Tigranocerta 69BC - part 3 - the rematch

 As the first playing of this scenario was such an Armenian walkover (or rideover?), I set the game up and played it through again.  This time the Romans opened their over on the right flank, moving the intimidating mass of legions toward the rag-tag bunch of enemy infantry.
What Tigranes really needed at this point was a card which would facilitate the movement of his heavy cavalry.  Like this one:

Before Lucullus knew what day it was a wall of cataphracts piled into some Roman cavalry.  It didn't look good.

Good it wasn't.  The Roman cavalry was able to take three hits.  And sustained four...

An essential accompaniment to a game.  Tea and a scone.

Time to get the legions moving again.

And off they go - pushing back some enemy skirmishers.

Tigranes responded with some skirmishing on the flanks.

 At this point there is a gap in my narrative - in all the excitement I forgot to take photos.  The legions continued to grind forward while the cataphracts had a breather after dispatching a further Roman cavalry unit.  By now the 'victory banners' score was 5-4 to Lucullus

By now the 'victory banners' score was 5-4 to Lucullus.  The winning sixth banner was provided by a cataphract unit which attacked some Roman infantry, bounced off and disintegrated.  Tigranes was not a happy chap.

 

 This was a much more closely fought game and by it's end units without losses were something of a rarity.

Even Tigranes The Not So Great (as he is now known) came face to face with the enemy.

So one game each to Lucullus and Tigranes so far.  I'll try it with 'real' players in a few weeks and see what happens then.