A load More Basic Impetus

What a great way to finish off a week by playing a few games of Basic Impetus with a few of your mates? And indeed that is what Jeff and Harrison Smith, Dave Hancox, Dave Lowes, Graeme Semple and myself did last Friday night at Townsville’s premier wargaming shop ‘Double Tap Wargaming and Supplies’.

We had three tables set up with six armies:

Table 1 – Early Imperial Roman (EIRs) vs Sarmatians

Table 2 – Late Imperial Romans (Eastern) (LIR) vs Samnites

Table 3 – Gauls vs Late Seleucid

The games and rules as usual played out very smoothly and from the banter between all opponents, they certainly seemed to have enjoyed the night. I even managed to win two games, which is unheard of, especially winning both my games. Thus I saw a victory of the EIRs with my Sarmatians (you just have to stay away from the legionnaires) and a win over the Seleucids with the Gauls. I would have, however, liked to have played my newly based LIRs but maybe another day.

LIR Heavy cavalry hide behind a unit of mounted archers

LIR light infantry.

LIR Archers (a gift from Carlo over in Perth…thanks mate they did well).

EIR Auxiliary (From Jeff’s collection).

EIR Eastern Archers..can be very nasty when in range of your cavalry units.

Sarmatian heavy cavalry. Thus the army proved very good against the Romans. Five CP units, three CL (with bow) and two skirmishers. Plus they were very manoeuvrable around the table, CL could move 14 units…massive.

EIR Catapult…ok but very easy to kill and best to keep in the rear or away from missile-armed troops.

Dave and Jeff battle each other with Gauls and Seleucids

Jeffs’ Gauls

Dave and Graeme – Samnites vs LIR

Another of Jeff’s EIR Auxiliary

Samnites Light Infantry move through some ruins

Partians (playing Sarmatian) ride over and destroy the EIR Auxiliary unit

But in turn, are hit in the flank by some nasty Legionnaires.

Nice paintwork by Leroy again on Jeff’s Gauls

Light Infantry (LI) Gauls vs Pike I had to charge first to gain a better outcome in the first turn rather than wait for them to attack me — I failed with these guys but three turns later I got my revenge and hit his pike on both flanks. Sorry, Harrison!

Seleucid Cataphracts were very very nasty in the first round of combat.