Hittites and Trojans deployed

Opposite end

Hittite right flank

Hittite left flank

Trojan right flank

Chariots advance

Trojan chariots charge, Hittites countercharge

Last Sunday Rick, Gary, Rob and I met down at Vikings Club in Lanyon for the monthly meeting of the Canberra Regional Wargames Group. We played a Hittites versus Trojans Midgard game, with Rick and Gary commanding the Trojan defenders and Rob and I commanding the Hittite attackers. The two forces advanced, skirmishers exchanging fire, then the Trojan chariots charged and the Hittite chariots countercharged. Sarpedon, the Lycian king and Trojan ally, was killed, an early casualty. 

In the centre the infantry closed in combat and the chariot combat continued. Eventually the Hittite chariots were destroyed and the now unattached Hittite hero evaded. On the Trojan right flank some spearmen finally managed to catch the Hittite chariots but the Hittites had the advantage in the infantry combat in the centre. A Hittite spearmen unit with attached commander was able to rout the Lycian warriors to finish the game.

Sarpedon is killed

Skirmishers shoot

Infantry close in the centre, chariot combat continues

Hittite chariots are destroyed, Hittite hero evades

Trojan spearmen finally catch Hittite chariots

Hittite archers and Trojan chariots both turn and face

Hittite spearmen rout the Lycian warriors, finishing the game