The Meshwesh Pillage

The Game

A small, isolated village falls prey to an attack by pillagers.

Forewarned, however, the villagers have been able to raise the alarm and send for help: a band of defenders is sent forth to counter the attack and prevent the enemy from carrying off their food stores and precious cloths.

Battle Description
Each player can pick their preferred faction. The opposing armies can be from the same faction.

Army Budget:
Attacker: 600 gp
Defender : 600 gp

Armies
At the end of the game, the attacker wins if they control at least 10 loot. This becomes a major victory if at least two houses/tents have also been set on fire. If this isn’t the case, the defender wins the game. The 
defender gets a major victory if they have also prevented any houses from being set on fire.

Objectives
The attacker deploys first and gets the initiative for the first turn of the game. Once their army has been completely deployed, it’s the defender’s turn to do the same.

Sorted out my naked Slave, farm animals and head on a pole, with loot points!

SPECIAL RULES
Defender: A group of defenders are already in the village. During deployment, the defender places 25% of their figures within 6” of the centre of the village. The rest are 
deployed normally within 6” of their table edge.

Deployment
The game lasts for 10 game turns.

The Meshwesh attackers come on table.

In response the civilians flee.

The Libu second commander forms a line and gets his archers into firing positions on the rooftops.

The Libu Warlord comes on table last in response to the attack 

End of turn 1

By turn 3 the Libu berserk guy has taken up position in the animal pen to protect his favourite goat.  The Meshwesh are closing in.  The Meshwesh Warlord leaps off his chariot to fight on foot, something I decided is an Early Libyan/Bronze age thing...

The Libu Warlord does the same.

The Meshwesh declares that he is Usil son of Usop.  Come and have a go etc...  building his mens morale.

The beserk Libu guy fights off two Meshwesh.

Big Usil gets stuck into the Libu warlord in a charge.

He loses and goes a hit down

But the Meshwesh are getting the worst of it.

Bob the Meshwesh captures a naked Slave.  2 loot.

But another Meshwesh down.

And yet another.

The Berserk guy also kills one.  I should name him!

Four of the Meshwesh down including two of my new resin figures.  Shame!

Not going to go ten rounds this one!

The Meshwesh Warlord goes down

Same round a second Meshwesh is killed.  Poor dice.

But Bob escapes with his captured Slave.

The Meshwesh casualty box.  They are done!  The remainder dice for morale and two more run.  Better luck next time.