Well after much discussion (there were at least 3 emails) we have a plan; a plan that might be a tad controversial too...
Faced with the twin issues of nowhere near enough of the right figures painted for Callinicum as well as a real lack of inspiration for how to set up a game that would be something close to the historical battle, we have opted for a different solution. Rather than fight the complete battle we will do just the battle on the extreme wing between the Arab allies. This, it could be argued was the decisive area of the battlefield and winning on this wing effectively won the battle for the Persians even if their attempts to mop up the rest of the Byzantine army met with limited success.
So it will be a battle between massed Arab horsemen for the Piquet game. Ahead of us is much "discussion" over the ways the Arabs of either side should be defined under Piquet's Archon 2...
Below is King Arethas receiving the good news from Belisarius that everything depends on him!
