OGAM Poseidon vs Hades another sibling ding-dong.

I'm having a bit of bother with Blogger.  I'm not being notified of comments.  So if you do comment, please excuse any tardiness in replying.

Last week I felt that both the Kraken and Chimera didn't get the best go.  So this week, in the last of this mini series,  I've "upped"  the other brother.

Poseidon is the same as last week.  Hades I added second charioteer and Persephone (who we never, ever call perspiration in play) Mortal spear cut down to 24 from 30 and skirmishers added.  They can often make a game, skirmishers.

Hades Q4 C4 Raise the dead 240

Legends 2x Harpy Flying @ 60

Persephone Q3 C3 Mtd, Long, 86

Charioteer Q3 C3 Armoured, Mounted, undead 2 x 90 180

Mortals Undead Q4 C2 24 x18 = 432

Archers Q4 C2 Undead, Shoot Medium 6 x23 = 138

Javelin Q4 C1 Undead, Shoot Small 6 x 14 = 84

God 240

Legends 398

Mortals 654

Total 1,292

Poseidon Q2 C4 Amphibious, Part waters, Release the kraken, Water god 280

Legends  Chimera Q3 C3 Cbt master, Poison, Shooter short, Flying, 112

Minotaur Q3 C3 Dashing, Labyrinth Armoured, Mounted 104

Theseus Q3 C3 60

Charioteer Q3 C3 Armored, Mounted, 84 x 2 168

Mortals 8 Seapeoples (CO) Q4, C3, Armored, Dashing 8x 39 = 312

Archers Q4 C2 Shoot medium 8x 20 = 140

Javelin Q4 C1 Shooter short 8x 11 = 88

God 280

Legends 444

Mortals 540

Total 1,284

Newcomers Persephone and Chimera.

The game.  Tony took Poseidon again and won the initiative.  He swaps out a hill and plonks Poseidon in the puddle.

Under the gaze of the god, the javelins advance.  Mine counter then the Minotaur rumbles up.

Move and counter.  Seapeoples vs skeleton horde.  You'll notice I went with 2x12 rather than 3x8.

Airmobile Chimera comes in.

Crunch!

Wham!

Chimera takes out Harpy to control the flank.

The chariots start to circle-.

Theseus pokes the javelin.

Seapeoples repulsed!

Ouch!  One dead undead hero.

Without the support, the skeletons get pushed back into the trees.

Chariot Rumble! This is what a Bronze Age fantasy battle should look like.

Down goes one in a crunch of bone!

And another-.

Chariot bounces off spear.

now there's a big gap!

The skeletons are pushed back out of the woods.  Seapeoples hold back and the Chimera goes in.  Now remember it fell beneath the wheels of just 4 chariots last week?  now it slowly grinds and pushes the infantry back.

Hades steps in and stomps a Hero.

Persephone hasn't done so well, but comes into her own.  Crashing into a Hero.  Girl power.

Husband & wife team.

Grinding of bone continues.

Brothers and legends size up.

Poseidon pushed back.

That allows Persephone to dash to the aid of Harpy, killing Theseus.

The Harpy tries for the javelins, but gets pricked.

Repercussions, watch this one-.  Minotaur hits the archers throwing them back.

The Seapeoples throw themselves uphill against the outnumbered, lesser troops.

Pushing them off the hill.

The gods eye each other, but it's stalemate- no one unit can attack without being outnumbered.

The spear are going back, as are the archers.  Minotaur tries the spears.

Rollover and reaction!  Hades rushes the Minotaur.

Now it's his turn, 1st action- scratch one Minotaur!

Persephone's turn to dash, crashing into the archers.

He's looking peeved- slingers move up to run interference.

Amazingly, the archers shove the Seapeoples off the hill!

Smack in the path of Hades.

Not wanting to be the filling in a sandwich, Hades goes back.

Poseidon punishes the javelin for their impudence.

Free, the Seapeoples turn about and crash into Persephone!

She gets pushed back, breaking contact with the archers.

Those archers, having survived so much, go up and mix it with the Chimera.  Beset on all sides, it goes down!  Note how many spear it'd killed.

Here comes the Kraken!

Hades comes to the missus'ss aid.  The Seapeoples are sent back, breaking contact with Persephone.

Persephone charges the archers again.

The spear, free of chariots, advance on the javelin protecting the Kraken.

Clash again, push and shove.

We've been here before- Persephone pushed back.

Kraken comes, pushing spear.

11 v 6, I think this is the highest score by a legend-.

Clash of the gods, several units awed.  Rather than trounce the archers, Persephone attacks Poseidon but pays the price-.

Enraged, Hades smites Poseidon down!

With his handler done, the kraken goes amok, hits the 2 remaining javelins, kills one, pushes survivor back.

Despite morale, Hades is still threatened.

Poseidon pops up.

Spear crashes into the Kraken.

Hades comes, as does the remnant spear from the other flank.

Hades gets into contact.

Sneaking Poseidon pops him from behind.  As I said last week, the abstract method used that seemingly confused melee are easily resolved.

Hades raised by his stalwart archers.

Mash-up betwixt spear, god and Kraken.

Hades picked on the pesky archers.

Laid low by pesky spear, the Kraken expires.

he's peeved again!

Seapeoples have another go at me archers.

Last remaining archer going "Oh shit".

Leaving the spear, another crash- the one last archer makes Hades outnumbered!

Now THAT was a corker! action moved all over the table.  We'll do this one again.  Probably when I get a Spot. We could have continued, the spear raising Hades.  However, Poseidon had more left.  So we'll grant him the victory.