Chariots Rampant? Nemesis

According to Drews, a noted Scholar of the Bronze Age, chariots finally met their match with the Sea Peoples. Swift moving, well protected, warriors armed with sword and javelin mobbed the chariots.  Immobilizing them by spearing the horses and then cutting down the crew. Think Sherden, shield, armour, helmet, sword and javelin.  Lots of Sherden.

Of course the chariots could just ride off to safety. If they did, the Sea People were still there, advancing towards the nearest city. Sacking cities was the quick road to wealth and renown. They knew how to do it too.  

Why didn’t the Chariot Warriors just shoot them down?  I’m sure they did. But, there were lots of Sea People and they didn’t fear chariots.  Nor did they stand still relying on their armour.  Instead they attacked.  Seeking to get within javelin range.  A dramatic table top challenge then. 

Below, the Sherden.  Out of Sardinia they say. A lovely place to visit.

Can Lion Rampant v2 cope with this?  I think it might well. This will involve a bit of slight of hand. Here is my LRv2 profile for the Sea People Warriors.  The troop type is “Warriors” with added javelins.  Hopefully not too much violence to Dan's concept.

Models per unit	12	points	7
Attack	5+	Attack Value	3+
Move	6+	Defence Value	4+
Shoot	6+	Shoot Value	5+ Range 6”
Courage	4+	Maximum Move	8”
Armour	3	Special Rules	Javelins, Flexible, Wild Charge, Counter Charge versus infantry, Fast.

 

Expensive fellows but they stormed a world. If fielding them I could move to a 30 point "Warband" for both sides. I might also give their Chariot opponents an additional 2 points for each Chariot Unit. To compensate for their Fearsome factor not working on the Sea People.  It could buy them an extra unit.

For the sake of variety I have opted to make the Peleset Veteran Heavy infantry.  This is bit more than a whim.  

The Peleset seem to have been city people and part of the chariot culture.  They gave their name to Palestine. Here are the stat's.

Models per unit	12	points	7
Attack	6+	Attack Value	4+
Move	5+	Defence Value	4+
Shoot	6+	Shoot Value	5+ Range 6”
Courage	4+	Maximum Move	6”
Armour	3	Special Rules	Javelins, Veteran

Next we have the Teresh. 

Lots of theories about where they came from.  The one that currently holds my attention is that they were Cretans. I have been there too and loved it. Same stat's as the Sherden.

Models per unit	12	points	7
Attack	5+	Attack Value	3+
Move	6+	Defence Value	4+
Shoot	6+	Shoot Value	5+ Range 6”
Courage	4+	Maximum Move	8”
Armour	3	Special Rules	Javelins, Flexible, Wild Charge, Counter Charge versus infantry, Fast.

 

On this page you see various ethnicities of the Sea People Alliance. Mostly the figures are from Gladiator with a few Chariot Miniatures and Essex.  

As you might guess I'm very interested in trying out my Sea Peoples, replete with Drews's ideas on their tactics, against a Chariot Army. 

One more thing looms large.  Will we be able to replicate Chariot Warfare with LRv2?  That is where we are going next.  It is game time.

I'm going to use 3 units of Sea People and a veteran unit of Libyan Archers.