A settlement raid scenario with Ilium: A Game of Heroes
We played through the 'Settlement Raid' scenario for Ilium: A Game of Heroes this week. Andrew once again took control of his Achaeans (starting with Achilles [left] and Diomedes [right] on the table, with Ajax coming on later), attempting to raid a settlement allied to Troy. I started with Aeneas deployed in centre of the board around the village well, with Asteropaios and Sarpedon somewhere off-table but close by. The settlement raid scenario gives the attacker (in this case, the Achaeans) three different objectives which the defender has to thwart, each with their own loading of kleos (glory): burn buildings, poison the well, and capture the notables (there are some ladies down there by the well). Given the limited number of promachoi on the table, the players have to make hard decisions around which objectives to focus on. The scenario started very well for the Trojans, with Aeneas hurling his throwing spear and skewering Diomedes, causing four wounds (out of a total o...