by T.J. Elsworth
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The following article, submitted by Seiitaishogun** Hiyatomi Elsworthojo, describes such an encounter.
It would seem that if, as the battle description relates, the WRG 6th Edition is so free with its "plus 2's" for the Samurai, there will soon be a run on the inventories of the local hobby shops for these fierce fighting men. A BRIEF BATTLE REPORT FROM THE OLD COUNTRY My early Samurai army was marching home from a successful campaign recently when, somewhere in the Levant, it was confronted by an upstart mob claiming to be the army of Alexander the Great. From the fact that their commander was a mere callow youth I concluded that ( especially using the WRG 6th Edition) they would not give my boys too much trouble and decided to give them a lesson. The forces were as follows:
The practiced eyes of PW members will immediately perceive the imbalance in the deployments as shown in Figure 1. Alexander, in his pride, thinks to break the thin line of Samurai before his phalanx and exploit the gap with his cavalry while holding his right flank on the woods. Little does he know of the flexibility and controlled ferocity of Samurai under WRG6!! My men now boast longbows and a "+2" for ferocity on uncontrolled charge , but the latter is a misnomer, since by deploying them out in the open, and by judicious positioning of my own bodyguard, I can unleash their charge at will ( on average dice throws, anyway! )
Alexander launched a despairing charge... but to no avail against my "+2's" and the threat of a charge next turn in their rear! Not many escaped. Back to PW Review March 1980 Table of Contents Back to PW Review List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1980 Wally Simon This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. |