(Play)testing, (Play)testing, 1, 2...

A few weeks ago the session sign-up opened for MillenniumCon and I quickly registered for a few sessions of Mortem et Gloriam.  My friend Brian also signed up but he had not played the rules since last year's convention. In preparation for the upcoming convention gaming sessions we were able to get in a two games over the past few weekends.

It's been five months since I last played a game of Mortem et Gloriam so I needed to brush up on the rules while getting Brian familiar with them himself.

Attack of the huffalumps!

The First Game - Late Achaemenid Persians vs. Seleucid

Most people probably just want to see the pretty pictures so I'll keep it short.

Who: I brought out my in-munch-need-of-repair LAP army vs. Brian's Seleucid force.
What: Roughly 11,000 points per side but I did have to proxy a few LAP units with my Ancient Spanish figures.
Synopsis: Elephants smashed cavalry, cavalry fought cavalry and the Persian infantry became kebab's on the Seleucid pikes!
Outcome: This was mainly a learning game to see how the different troops fared against each other and to be sure we understood the phases.  Neither side was near break-point at the end but the Persians no longer had a right flank. However, my wallet did reach break-point by the end of the week as I had already purchased more figures to augment/replace my LAP forces.