ZIPO 2012 ayyubids dance with nikaia

[domblas]

This is the first match of the ZIPPo2012. Ayyubid vs Nikaian
i have saladin IC + 2TC
4 * 4 Cv Mamluks
2 * 4 Cv drilled lancers sup
2 * 4 LH bedouins
2 * 4 LH seldjuks
2 * 6 LF poor bow
1 * 6 MF javeliners

Marc has
4 TC
2 * 4 Kn drilled sup
2 * 4 Cv lancers average
2 * 6 LF bow poor
6 * 4 LH BS
1 * 4 LH sup BS




marc on the left, places two pairs of KN/Cv in the center, and 2 wings, one stronger than the other. I have the init and places a bedouins in ambush behind a hill. Mamluks in the center, LH and LF on the wings with the bedouins on the pushing side and only one sedjuk and one LF on the refused side. Lancers at the extremities of mamluk lines, one on each side. Their targets: Cv average lancers, mamluks will play with the knights.

My plan : attack on my left, delay on my right, his plan seems to be the same. A valse...

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marcs left wing
http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj26 ... CN2045.jpg

marcs center
http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj26 ... CN2046.jpg

marcs right wing
the LF will be isolated if he refuses the flank, good meat for my bedouins
http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj26 ... CN2047.jpg

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Turn 1
his advance and my refused flank
http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj26 ... CN2048.jpg

my advance and his refused flank
http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj26 ... CN2049.jpg

[domblas]

things inthe center are more tended:

http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj26 ... CN2050.jpg

my sup lancer being disrupted even with an IC, and just before the impact with the bizantine cavalry!!! Allah why did you abandon me?

http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj26 ... CN2051.jpg
on my left things are progressing nicely

http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj26 ... CN2052.jpg
in the center my Cv finally recovered cohesion and his Cv lost a base. A BG of knigh charged but had lost a base with shooting... things were going to work as planned. His left wing was now touching my table side and threatening my camp.

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http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj26 ... CN2053.jpg
as illustrated here

http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj26 ... CN2054.jpg
on my left, one BG of his LH was broken, his LF evaded outside the table and the avergae Cv broke.

time came

a null
nice game with a fair player
Edward

[domblas]

my 3rd game was against an hungarian with plenty of LH and 3 bg of Kn. The game was also a nul, when the knight came in the center, my center line evaporated on both sides where i tried to push forward his LH.

http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj26 ... CN2058.jpg

photo of the loneliness of a Knight army fighting drilled cavalry

[domblas]

my 2 nd game was again against Nikaian. This time the opposing army had a BG of MF bowmen and a BG of HF def spear (you can see in the bottom of the picture). My opponent deployed on his right. YYou can see on the picture the game of shoot and flee done by the ghulams against Kn (without any success).
http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj26 ... CN2056.jpg

on the other side, too many terrain made the cavalry moves diificult
http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj26 ... CN2057.jpg

another null

my 4th game was a victory against an army of LH monghols but i took no pict