DBA: Huns vs. Franks

The Fencibles had an abbreviated session last night. Many were away and one was detained by a serious family emergency. We wish his family well. Andrew appeared, having just dodged a strong storm on his way in. The storm dispersed a large concert at the nearby amphitheater. After dinner Andrew and I decided to have the Huns meet the Franks. He opted for the Franks but I thought since this was only his second DBA game he should have the Huns, who are a tough customer for the Franks.

A die roll determined that the foolish Franks had wandered into the steppes. I decided to form up around my camp, using the lone bad going gully to protect my front.

A note on the Hun horse archers: don’t look at what direction the horses are facing. The direction the archers are shooting is the front of the unit. Many are aiming the “Parthian” shot over the rear of their horses.

The Franks can only kill light horse when they flank them or the light horse don’t have room to recoil or retreat. Doubling them just makes them flee, whereas doubled warriors die. If the Huns had paid more attention to their flanks the game would not have been so close. Andrew did well for his second game of DBA and the first with quicksilver horse archers.

Edit: here is the brand new and so far unused Fort Toothpick:

Edit 2: One of the chaps on the Fanaticus DBA website noted that my Frankish army should have had a cavalry general rather a knight general. It was my error reading the army list. A cavalry general would have been more to my liking. Oh well, next time...