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Sunday, March 4, 2018

Mortem et Gloriam - Alexandrian Macedonians vs. Late Achaemenid Persians (3/4/2018)

I should have titled this, "Bigger is Better".

Now that's a great hand - if I had a tribal army!

In my third game of Mortem et Gloriam (MeG), I went with the same Late Achaemenid Persian list I ran two weeks earlier, leaving all my mercenary hoplite and crescent shield infantry at six bases per TuG instead of removing one unit and upgrading the rest of the units to eight bases. I actually played around with the army builder available on The Wargames Zone web site but decided against changing the army composition.

Pretty much the same set up from the previous engagement

Grant went with the Alexandrian Macedonians, having misplaced the Classical Indians from the previous meeting when he went to load the car. This is a pike heavy army with a killer cavalry unit (the Companions).

Alexander and the Companions

Mortem et Gloriam - Classical Indians vs. Late Achaemenid Persians (2/17/2018)

About 25 years ago, when I still lived in Austin, DBM was the ancients rules of choice and I built a Late Achaemenid Persian army. It was fairly balanced and I probably had a 50% win percentage with them. Since moving to Dallas the army has been sitting in a closet and I don't think they've seen a table in at least 21 years. To be honest, until recently gaming in general had become a once or twice a year event for me and when I did game it was usually Chain of Command (WWII), Saga or some version of ACW.

I was introduced to Mortem et Gloriam (MeG) at MillenniumCon last November. Rob Smith, Bob Huey and others ran a game on Friday night and I was able to sit in, push lead and roll dice. After one turn I was hooked. By the end of the night I had already bought the rules and began researching new armies to buy. I knew that if I was going to get back into ancients I would need a new army to keep my interest - so I decided on Celtiberians. In the mean time, I still had my very worn, very battered Late Achaemenid Persians (more than one stand of hoplites are missing their long spears).