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It looks like a huge army, but you are only controlling 8-10 units, so very manageable.

I want to eventually run an "Educational" game around the Battle of Kadesh at my local libraries. This will be with people who don't know anything about wargaming and probably don't know much about ancient history. Chances are they will be a mix of children, teens, and adults. I have never done anything like this before.

Therefore, I want to test run the Battle of Kadesh scenario from the In Strife and Conflict rulebook to see if it will do what I need it to do for the demo game. Therefore, I ran this scenario a few times to see how different folks would play it.

Forces

Egyptians
3 Light Chariots
- Composite Bows
- General
1 Professional Infantry
2 Auxiliary Infantry
- Composite Bows
4 Archers

Hittites
3 Heavy Chariots
- Javelins
- 1 General
1 Auxiliary Infantry
2 Levy Infantry
- Bows
2 Skirmishers

Mission:
We followed the outline in the main rulebook for the battle.

Set-up:
Of course, we will be playing today on a 72MU by 48MU board with each MU equal to 1 inch.

Using the core rulebook rules, we set-up the table per the scenario. The Egyptians start with a limited number of units on the table, representing the Pharaoh and his advanced force. The Hittites get all their troops to start with on the other side of the river.

Crossing the Orontes River is Dangerous terrain, but only Difficult at the Fords. The fields around Kadesh are also Difficult. The city itself is Impassable.



The Pharaoh is out ahead of the main army with his Sherden Guards and some Archers of the Ra division. The rest of the Egyptian army will begin trying to get to the battle starting in turn 4.



Of course, you can read all about what happened and how historical it was on the blog here:
https://bloodandspectacles.blogspot.com/2024/09/battle-report-in-strife-and-conflict_02055772395.html

Anyway, my latest project maybe of some interest to the Chariot heads in this thread. Everything you have seen so far has been 6mm. Well, Wargames Atlantic came out with a generic Dark Age Chariot for 28mm miniatures. I decided to pick up a box and give them a whirl!



Here is what they look like put together.



I decided to make mine for Persians. However, the great thing about this kit is that it does not come with any crew. You can add whoever you want the car. You could add Egyptians, Assyrians, Hittites, Trojans, Greeks, Carthaginians, Gauls, or more! Pretty clever of them really.

Here they are painted up and mixed in with my Persian Heavy Cavalry from Victrix.



Anyway, there is more pictures, sprue pics, and my ranting about chariots on the blog if you want to see or read more:

https://bloodandspectacles.blogspot.com/2024/09/on-painting-desk-persian-chariots.html

For those of you who look at the Events forum, you will see that I held a public participation wargame for the Battle of Kadesh in my small local community. I had spent some time setting up and preparing for this game by making resources, papering the town with flyers, and posting a lot on local Social Media.



So, how did it go? You can read the details on my blog here:
https://bloodandspectacles.blogspot.com/2025/04/battle-report-battle-of-kadesh.html

Here is a quick recap for you.

Will the event get more people into wargaming? No. Will it get more people into Bronze Age history.... probably also no. Will it get people into historical wargaming? Also probably no. Did I complete one of my objectives for the year and have a Participation, Public game for the Battle of Kadesh? Yes.

Overall, I got to play the game twice. The Hittites won both games, but how each victory played out was very different.



Not a smashing success, but I got out there and did it.

My local area is having its first ever Con on June 7th. Looks like the Battle of Kadesh is coming back for another run!

https://www.twinvalleygamecon.com/event-list