Game Summary:
The battle opened up with a volley of ranged fire from the Mauryan side, in which Chanakya proved a fearsome combatant, killing an enemy Light Chariot in a single roll. The Nandas reacted with a concerted effort to bring down the elephants on the Mauryan flanks, pushing them back with ranged fire. In the center, Chandramas moved forward in an effort to both push Chanakya back and compress the Mauryan center, but was eventually rebuffed and forced to flee by a combination of ranged fire and Auxilia attacks.
Meanwhile, on the Nanda right, Dhana pushed forward along with a Light Chariot group, succeeding in destroying the Light Infantry and the wounded Elephant troop on the Mauryan left. The Nanda effort to block off Dhana's retreat was foiled by a First Strike, and both attacking mounted units escaped largely unscathed. In response, Chanakya moved to the left flank to try and chase down the retreating units. Chandragupta entered the fray, attacking an Elephant group that had moved to the Nanda right and annihilating it.
However, with no leaders and no command to support it, the Mauryan center was pushed to the edge of the board by Chandramas, who by now had regrouped with foot soldiers and pushed forward in a fearsome assault. With the Mauryan center withering and defeat looming, Chanakya and Chandragupta pushed forward in a last minute attempt to close the battle by defeating the now weakened Dhana and the mounted units on the Nanda right. Fate was on the side of the Mauryans; a lone Light Bowman division in the Mauryan center refused to die to Chandramas' assault, giving Chandragupta enough time to land the finishing blow on Dhana's Medium Cavalry and Light Chariot troops.
Final Score: Mauryan 6, Nandan 5
