Freezing! Armies before 0AD at Avignon 2019
Sargonid Assyrian vs Kushan
Game 1 Sargonid Assyrian vs Galatian
Game 2 Sargonid Assyrian vs Carthaginian
Game 3 Sargonid Assyrian vs Ugaritic
Game 4 Sargonid Assyrian vs Kushan
Game 5 Sargonid Assyrian vs Alexander The Great
The evening before it had rained cats and dogs, or, more accurately, Chiens ate, erm, Chats. After dodging betwixt the rain showers, the hardy band of Franco-Greek-British warriors settled into digetsing a sophisticated meal in the sort of upmarket chi-chi restaurant frequented by well heeled locals, the like of which us mere wargamers rarely ever get to press our runny little noses up against the windows of never mind actually eat in.
At a civilized hour the last dregs of the eating team went for a couple more pints just to round off the evening, tryied again to avoid the rain, failed, got soaked and then made it back in pitch darkness to the hotel, and then it was suddenly tomorrow.
And, today tomorrow was Sunday and the Assyrian Empire was gazing down on all of creation from the heady heights of almost the top of the leaderboard with only a couple of French players between them and eternal glory and success. And probably some decent dice.
But definately some cheese for breakfast.
The first game of the 4th round on the 2nd day saw the mighty Lions sitting high up the table in 2nd place, and with that position they managed to race up the page of history to face a far later post-Alexandrian Kushan army from the deserts and blasted hillsides of Afghanistan.
The Assyrians had hastily repaired their chariots from the previous day, replacing more wheels, axles and spokes than Triggers brush had had new parts, and were now raring to go
Triggers Broom
The lists for the Sargonid Assyrian and Kushan from this game, as well as all the other lists from the games at Avignon can be seen here in the L'Art de la Guerre Wiki.
Along with Hind attack helicopters, CIA-provided manpads and rusting hulks of IED-terminated T55's the Kushans were sure to bring both Cataphracts and Elephants to this particular party, neither of which the Assyrians were particularly keen to fight.
A battle in which the mobility of the small and punchy Middle Eastern Kingdom's forces would need to be fully utilized in order to force a win to keep the momentum going.
The table was almost devoid of feature, with only a couple of patches of basic agriculture featuring in a meaningful position.