Dara Interactive Replay

Summary

Leader Summary

Name	Rng	Init	Char	PersCmbt	Strat	Misc	Player	Email
Simmias	3	3C	3	4	-	Hun	Dr. Glenn W. Jones Radiation Oncologist, Ontario
Sunicus	3	3C	4	4	-	Hun	Stephen Sheridan	stephensheridan "at" starpower.net
Pharas	3	3C	5	6	-	Heruli	Knut Grünitz
A.John	5	5	3	5	-	-	Rubén López software developer, Barcelona, Catalonia	rlv66666 "at" worldonline.es
Bouzes	5	5	4	5	-	-	Mike Brown
Belisarius	7	6	7	4	7	Elite, 2 LCs, OC	Steve Carney	steveandsuzan "at" cox.net
Pitames	6	4	4	2	-	-	Marco Ferrari	marcoferrari "at" fastwebnet.it
Barasames	6	5	3	3	-	-	1. ??? 2. Laurie Gordon	Laurie.Gordon "at" cancercare.on.ca
Perozes	7	5	5	3	6	OC	Andrea Pagni

Turn 1

• Andreas defeats the Persian Pair rather handily
• Belisarius's EIO: the cataphract reserves are sent to the flanks
• Pitames: part of the Persian right flank cavalry advances at a slow canter
  • Momentum: the rest of the line is brought up as Pitames moves to where he can see Perozes's signal flags
• Barasames: The left flank Saracens advance and form up for battle as Barasames, too, moves to Perozes signal range
  • Momentum: The HC on the left advances, too
  • 2nd Momentum: The 2nd line HC follows suit
• Perozes: the LI charge up the center
  • Momentum: the MI line follows, in part
• Belisarius: gets his flanks anchored solidly, but then flubs the Momentum roll!

Turn 2

• A.John (EIO): prepares the Byzantine right for the expected Persian onslaught
• Simmias: places himself as local reserve on the right flank
• Sunicas: moves to guard the left flank
• Pharas: passes to maintain his hidden ambush
• Pitames: begins to bring up his rear cavalry line...
  • Momentum: ...and finishes doing same
• Perozes: continues to dress his rear line and bravely moves to lead from the front!
  • Momentum: the LI moves forward but stays out of bow range
  • 2nd Momentum: the second line continues its walk forward
• Bouzes: continues to prep his line for the Persian onslaught
• Barasames: brings up the straggling HC
  • Momentum: the Saracens race forward and draw the first blood of the battle
• A.John: shoots up the Saracens
  • Momentum: more target practice using the Saracens.
• Belisarius: tidies up his right flank
  • Momentum: begins rearrangement on the far right
  • 2nd Momentum: completes his work on the far right and heads back to the center

Turn 3

• Belisarius (EIO): now the inner left flank switches itself around
• Pharas: passes to maintain his hidden ambush
• Sunicas: moves from behind the front lines to to flank
• Simmias: recovers his LC to full strength
• Pitames: moves one of each unit type
• A.John: bow fire and recover, but his Momentum attempt results in Command Paralysis for the Byzantines!
• Perozes: regroups the Saracens and moves to talk to Barasames.
• Barasames: moves to the center
  • Momentum: Barasames contines on over to confer with Pitames, and pushes some lancers forward

Rout Point totals at the end of turn 3:

Side	Current	Limit	Pct
Persians	4	109	4%
Byzantines	0	102	0%

Turn 4

• Belisarius (EIO): now he's off to the left flank
• Pharas, Sunicas, Simmias: pass
• Pitames: The Persian right continues to move within striking range
• Barasames: With the right flank cavalry almost all in position, Barasames begins his return to the left flank
  • Momentum: Barasames gets back to the left flank and recovers the LC
• Bouzes: Straightens up the Byzantine left
• Perozes: The heavy cavalry on the left line up with the infantry
• A.John: ...waits...
• Belisarius: reinforces the left and rearranges the right

Rout Point totals at the end of turn 4:

Side	Current	Limit	Pct
Persians	4	109	4%
Byzantines	0	102	0%

Turn 5

• Belisarius (EIO): more tweaks to the line as the Byzantines await the Persian onslaught
• Pharas: the ambushers move out to the front line
• Sunicas: backstops the cavalry guarding the northern pass
• Simmias: passes
• Pitames: the right-wing LC begin to harass the Byzantine line
• Barasames: returns to confer with Perozes and orders up the Immortals
  • Momentum: The HC continue to canter up, and Barasames heads back to the Persian right
  • 2nd Momentum: Barasames arrives on the Persian right and continues the LC arrow barrage
• Bouzes: props up the units around the hill on the Byzantine left
• Perozes: dresses the rear ranks and moves to join the party on the Persian right
  • Momentum: the right-wing LC are spiffed up, good as new, and Perozes returns to the left.

Rout Point totals at the end of turn 5:

Side	Current	Limit	Pct
Persians	4	109	4%
Byzantines	0	102	0%

Turn 6

• Belisarius (EIO): the middle continues out to the flanks and the left recovers
• Pharas, Sunicas, Simmias: pass
• Pitames : More Saracen harassment, and single LN charges, to little effect
• A.John: Trumps to stop Pitames
• Barasames: As the Saracen hit-and-run continues, the Byzantine line begins to rout
  • Momentum: Barasames knocks the Byzantine flank but good!
• Bouzes: The Persian attackers are sent scurrying back to their lines
  • Momentum: ...and most of the Persian intruders are eliminated.
• Perozes: Moves to the left flank and tidies up the LC, then...
  • Momentum: ...hurls forward the Immortals, with moderate success

Rout Point totals at the end of turn 6:

Side	Current	Limit	Pct
Persians	24	109	22%
Byzantines	10	102	10%

Turn 7

• Belisarius (EIO): the Byzantine left is restored to order
• Uncontrolled Advance: the Persian HC which were held back last turn bounce off the Byzantine HI
• Pharas: passes
• Sunicas: passes
• Simmias: fires at the breakthrough Persian HC
• Pitames: the Lancers continue to leapfrog forward
  • Momentum: another squadron of lancers attack, but the Cataphracts stand tough
  • 2nd Momentum: the cataphracts are finally driven off
• Barasames: A suicide LN finishes off the routed Cataphract, at the cost of getting routed itself
• Belisarius: Both flanks are attended to and 13 RPs are racked up, but a Thracian CAT gets too ambitious
• Perozes: A Byzantine Command Failure has Perozes ending the turn by protecting his routed HC on the left

Rout Point totals at the end of turn 7:

Side	Current	Limit	Pct
Persians	37	109	34%
Byzantines	23	102	23%

Turn 8

• Belisarius (EIO): counterattack on the Byzantine left
• Simmias: missile fire
• Sunicas: bangs on the unrouted LN on the Persian right
• Pharas: finishes the job that Sunicas started
• Pitames: tries to rally the routed cavalry, but only makes matters worse
• Barasames: the weary Byzantine left flank horse is given a bloody nose
  • Momentum: the fleeing Persians are rallied and the attack on Hill 1603 claims another casualty as Sunicas is chased off
  • 2nd Momentum: Pharas is wiped out and the remaining shirkers rallied, while Barasames begins bringing up the LI
• A.John: a general counterattack is launched; both sides are beginning to crack but Byzantine numbers and quality are starting to tell
• Perozes: rallies some HC and moves south, where the rest of the routing HC wave good bye to him as they run for the board edge

Rout Point totals at the end of turn 8:

Side	Current	Limit	Pct
Persians	53	109	49%
Byzantines	31	102	30%

Turn 9

• Belisarius (EIO): another counterattack on the Byzantine left
• Simmias: continues to pelt Persian cavalry with arrows
• Pitames: routs and wounds Bouzes, but the Persians get cut up pretty badly, too
• Perozes: Fleeing Immortals are immune to his exhortations, but he scrapes up a counterattack force and the Byzantine right is looking very thin.
• Belisarius (Trump): mops up the routed units on the left (but the furball isn't over yet) and knocks back the unZOCed HC on the right
  • Momentum: the right flank is beefed up and a Hunnish sweep by Simmias eliminates two squadrons of the Immortals
• Bouzes: shores up the rear of the Byzantine left
• Barasames: The HI that dared to venture out of the trench lines is eliminated
• A.John: missile fire and threatening infantry chases back the Immortals

Rout Point totals at the end of turn 9:

Side	Current	Limit	Pct
Persians	93	109	85%
Byzantines	60	102	59%

Turn 10

• Belisarius (EIO): sends Sunicas north and crumbles the Persian left
• Simmias: a routing HC is mowed down with arrows
• Sunicas: Sunicas is wounded and the Huns pushed to their limits, but Hill 1603 is cleared of the enemy
• Pitames: eliminates Simmias and routs an HI: +22 RPs!
• Bouzes: the Persian right is sent packing
• Barasames: runs to the center for some quick damage control
  • Momentum: Barasames continues to the left wing, and routs a CAT, but his luck finally fails him and his Momentum runs out.
• A.John: an isolated squadron of Immortals is mopped up
• Perozes: the last stand of the Immortals comes this -><- close to breaking the Byzantines
• Belisarius: routed units are mopped up
  • Momentum: two more LN are routed

Final Rout Point totals:

Side	Current	Limit	Pct
Persians	146	109	134%
Byzantines	99	102	97%

My final comments.