First Biblical Game

I treated myself to a venture into the Biblical period for army purchases this
Christmas and got myself some nice 6mm Egyptian and Hittite figures to allow me
to pursue an aspect of warfare I've always had an urge to look into in more
depth.

Many of my early games with toy soldiers contained Egyptian chariots, Assyrian
siege engines and Mycenean heroes, and it is these fond memories which I hope to
re-kindle with this move into the period.

My first pitched battle was a treat. It proved a rather one sided affair in the
end but did play exactly the way I wanted it to and gave me all the character
and feel of a pacy Biblical encounter.

The forces were slightly out of timeline in that it ranged a New Kingdom
Egyptian against an Assyrian Empire army. The latter is a very cool combat
operation. A bit like a Biblical panzer division in its offensive capability.
Looks great aswell with a potent mix of chariots, cavalry and infantry.

The Egyptians put up a pretty valiant fight but were overwhelmed by the Assyrian
surge forward. The terror rule combined with mixed units, heavy infantry and
better armour gave a fundamental edge to any Assyrian attacks. Despite this the
Assyrians were reduced to five units vs 2 Egyptian so it wasn't a walkover.

I've got plans now to go through all the major combatants I'm interested in and
in scanning the list, it does present a suprising amount of variety in
composition and tactical fighting style.

I've figures to cover:
- New Kingdom Egyptian
- Hittite Empire
- Assyrian Empire
- Cimmerians
- Sea Peoples
- Myceneans
- Trojans

This will keep me occupied for a time. One final comment, the Biblical rules
were spot on in my estimation of the ideal good game and satisfying simulation.

Cheers

Brian