To Ur is Human, 6mm, Egypt vs Hittite and Syrian allies chariots

Hi!
A return to Ur with a solely chariot battle.
 Perhaps on the flank of some titanic struggle, the chariots of two great nations clash.

I have opted to use the rules mainly as written and have two elements per unit as stated in them.
Truthfully, I am not in favour of stating unit sizes as per number of elements. If you can keep score of casualties one element is sufficient.
The rule exceptions are that chariots can shoot on the move if not going into contact. On this occasion, both armies are allowed to shoot.
Also, I restricted the moves to 3'' including the charge into contact
(a) I wanted the battle to have some movement. A charge from the base lines would not give that feeling of advance to contact.
(b) It gave the units a chance to shoot their bows if they wished as they started roughly 12'' apart.
(c) As both armies were advancing to contact they were both classified as charging.
(d) Charges did occur when the opposing unit was stationary as happened a few times when a victorious unit didn't follow up.

I didn't use a grid as I wanted a 'free' running battle.

Egypt has 7 units and 1 Lugal
Hittite and allies 8 units
Both armies are in two lines, This worked out quite well for replenishing units doing a tactical withdrawal.

Egyptian are mainly Irregular Miniatures (Irregular Miniatures) with some Heroics and Ros (heroicsandros)
Hittites I'm not sure of the manufacturer, they could be Baccus Miniatures (baccus6mm) or Rapier Miniatures (whose website seems to be in a state of flux. Facebook page says it should be working by the end of February 2020 and it is, of course, now April). The Syrians, possibly including Hebrews and such like, are also Irregular Miniatures.

Egyptians on the left as you view

First bow casualties on the Egyptians

Egyptian Lugal in the front line

Push backs and follow up by both sides

Some combats were static affairs, no casualties

1st unit to lose a base

Then the Egyptian Lugal and unit

Egyptian Lugal's tactical withdrawal. Pharaoh Dunnarunna!

Intervention in the middle as the Egyptian 2nd line advance to attack

1st Syrian casualty

Followed by the 2nd!

Broader view of the battle line. Only the Hittite left wing is out of view

This mini-battle on the Egyptian left-wing went on for several turns but eventually the Hittites won

But suffered when the Egyptian 2nd line charged in

Another Hittite loss

Time for a sharp exit!

Egyptians still have a fighting chance with 3 units left

The retreat is sounded when they lose another unit

The rules gave a good flow to the game I thought. The shooting had some impact. It gave an initial advantage to the Hittites. It also helped the Egyptian second line when they were called upon, though the Hittites units targeted had already gained casualties by this point.

I remembered the extra dice for the follow up unit and the Lugal, though in his case it didn't help much. Two or three times I didn't follow up towards fresh units especially when the casualties on the unit were at 3. This may have been a mistake tactically. Perhaps they could have rallied back giving them time to divest themselves of a casualty point. Perhaps I'll try that next time.

Surprisingly, nearly all the fear tests were past, only one failing. This may be due to their elite status and the fact the rules allow units to break off when losing a base which I did take advantage of. Both these rules worked well in this game I felt.

I think this showed the rules, in general, can work in the later period of chariot warfare without excessive changes. It may need additional rules as discussed previously when chariots are facing infantry and cavalry.

I hope you liked the game.
Thank you for dropping by.