Note: For clarity, Left and Right refer to the sides of the battlefield, not the commanders point of view.
Marco (Eumenes) 7
kwofford (Antigonus) 3
Eumenes began by moving LI to cover his ELE on the right. Antigonus advanced his LC on the right for missile fire, but one was driven off by a surprising early Spartacus command. Antigonus then advanced his mounted units on the left, while Eumenes countered with a Move-Fire-Move that sent the remaining LC on the right off the field. Antigonus responded by advancing his entire line forward. A couple of Eumenes LI moved into the center to harry the HI and LDR with missile fire, but then Antigonus attacked on the left with his mounted units. Although Eumenes fell his LI back, Antigonus pressed the left attack, ultimately losing his ELE. After Eumenes moved his left LI into a defensive position, Antigonus advanced his LI across the field into forward positions, then followed with himself in an all out Inspired LDR+4 on the left, bringing himself and his HC and MC into battle. When the dust had settled, Antigonus had picked up three banners and the score was suddenly 3-2. Eumenes responded with a Mounted Charge, driving Antigonus back and heavily damaging his HC. Antigonus charged back in to support his AUX on the left, but they failed to kill the ELE. Finally Eumenes double timed his center line into action. Shifting to the left, they eliminated three cavalry units, including shooting the horses out from under Antigonus himself twice. After evading to a nearby HI, Antigonus ordered his band of HI and advanced into the center. Antigonus himself on a HI attacked an opposing LDR on his own HI, doing 2 block damage to both. Eumenes played a Counter Attack and brought two HI against Antigonus’s damaged unit, killing it and then him in the ensuing single die LDR Check. It was a surprise quick ending to a wide ranging and uncertain battle.
Marco (Antigonus) 7
kwofford (Eumenes) 6
The battle opened with an Order Lights, a Counter Attack, and finally a Move-Fire-Move, so both sides enjoyed arrow showers in the morning, to no significant effect other than to get the LI where everyone wanted them. After moving his right LDR from LC to MI, Antigonus endured more arrows from a nice Darken the Sky, which left the LDR on a two block MI. Then a Line Advance brought Antigonus’s entire Infantry forward. Eumenes brought forward units on the right, but Antigonus fell back there, and connected his line across the rest of the field to center and left. After Eumenes advanced on the left, Antigonus used an Order Heavy to bring his entire HI into the center, backing the line himself with his HC on the left. Not to be outdone, Eumenes played the same command, bringing his HI forward to the center and attacking with his ELE on the right. The ELE had no effect, and ran off three hexes to the rear. After some LI positioning and missile fire on both sides of the center, Eumenes had constructed a continuous line almost completely across the field, while Antigonus was divided into two groups, left and right. Eumenes advanced a group of three HI against their counterparts, eliminating one HI for first blood. An attack by Antigonus next turn netted two banners, but was ultimately blunted by a well timed First Strike which sent the LDR running to the rear. Not good for Antigonus. Eumenes followed with his HC to the center to eliminate another HI, taking the score to 3-2 and placing all four LDRs in adjacent hexes. Antigonus used a Mounted Charge to bring forward all his cavalry, surrounding Eumenes himself on his HC. Eumenes survived and escaped, but his fellow LDR didn’t, and the score went to 5-4 Antigonus. Eumenes followed with an Inspired Left LDR+4, and then a Mounted Charge which brought all his cavalry and both ELE into play. Although he killed an MC, the ELE died against the fully bolstered HI. Score was now 6-5. An Order Mounted by Eumenes brought his other ELE into play, which finished off a badly wounded MI and sent his LDR running off the field. Unfortunately the MA BCC for the ELE did not succeed , and it fell to the BattleBack, leaving the field to Antigonus. Thanks kwofford for a tense game to the end.
