Byzantine Disaster

Despite their defeat at Chobani, the Persians continued their offensive.

Dispositions

The Byzantines (red) have a line anchored between some woods and a village. The Persians advance from the south (bottom).

The opposing forces include:

• Byzantines - 2 units of cataphracts (heavy cavalry), 1 unit of skutatoi (heavy infantry), and 1 unit or archers.
• Persians - 2 light cavalry, 1 heavy cavalry, 1 medium infantry, and 1 elephant.

The Battle

The Byzantines advance to the hill, where a massive melee breaks out. On the Byzantine right, however, 1 unit of cataphracts gets shot to pieces by light cavalry bows.

Note: Above, you can get a look at my new casualty markers in action. Here is a close up.

The Persians wipe out the cataphracts and surround the skutatoi.

Breaking them and killing the general. The archers flee from the village.

Note: You can get a good look at the 2D village above. It is attached to a 1" square of thin wood.

Aftermath

With this unmitigated disaster, the Byzantines lose the war. The Persians win the campaign 3-1.

They sue for peace and make territorials concessions to the Persians.

Notes

I decided to play a quick scenario to entertain Thomasina, my game-loving cat. I chose to whip something up rather than play Battles of Medieval Britain because I wanted to get my new casualty markers and town counter into action. I am quite pleased with them!