Romans vs. Persians

Inspired by a post* on the Portable Wargame Facebook group, I looked into playing a Byzantine battle with Dominion of the Spear. I settled on Late Romans vs. Sassanid Persians.

* Bob Cordery provides a nice overview of the post on his blog.

Set Up

• Persians (blue) - Elephants (elite armored), 2 armored horse archers in battle line. Spears in reserve
• Romans (red) - cavalry, archers, and legionaries (elite armored) in battle line. Cavalry and spears in reserve.

The Battle

The Persians launch their elephants on the left. The Roman cavalry panics and bolts. The Roman legionaries try unsuccessfully to engage the horse archers.

But the legionaries finally draw the horse archers into melee. The horse archers don't last.

The legionaries continue their attacks, this time routing the reserve spears. On the left, the Roman spears and Persian elephants engage in a bloody stalemate. leaving both units blown.

On the Persian side, only a unit of horse archers remain. Seeing both flanks exposed, they wisely decide to withdraw from the battlefield.

A Roman victory!

Next

Dominion is great! It is so easy to set up and play.

As a result, I've been playing a lot of games and have lots of reports to share. Over the next couple of weeks (and hopefully longer) you'll get 3 reports a week (on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday). I even completed a couple of 3-game campaigns!