King of Kish

[FierceKitty]

I wonder if a few parched skeletons on the further dunes would work....

[toxicpixie]

What Will said

Oh dear, bad day to be an Elamite, then. Was that an unlikely string of bad dice which is possible but just very very improbable, or was it a "whoops, actually, cocked up the probabilities and factors and should have been different" moment? If that distinction makes sense

[Ithoriel]

The sheep move directly towards the Sumerian baseline only on a 6. They moved 2D6cms per turn. Players took turns to roll, so each turn one rolled direction, one rolled distance and swapped next turn.  We rolled 6s for every bloomin' roll!! Bean powered, jet-propelled homing sheep? We were giggling like schoolboys before every roll towards the end.

Amorite camp roll saw extra loot worth an additional VP on a 1 and defenders on a 6.

Attack on the fort is decided by opposed die rolls. Elamites have a General (6 dice) and a unit of Gutian Mercenaries (3 dice), Sumerian defenders have 3 dice. Attacking a fort the Gutians don't get their +1 die Shock Charge bonus. Defending the fort the Sumerians count their lowest die roll as a 7 and win ties. Both sides roll. Line up the dice high to low. Opposed dice, high roll wins, unopposed need 3+ to count. Reduce the unit's Effectiveness Rating by enemy successes. Sumerians won 3, Elamites won 1. Elamites decide where to take the casualties and, since the General will automatically recover 1 Effectiveness at the end of the round, they opt to reduce the General by 3. Which means they need to roll 2D6 and roll higher than losses taken .... what can go wrong? :-) All the 1s the  Elamites rolled in the assault (to balance all the sixes rolled for the sheep?) carry on into this roll. Exuent Elamites

The lack of scenery was deliberate to keep things simple for the test run.

Vineyards, irrigation ditches, orchards, villages, oases, etc. will come later

[toxicpixie]

Sounds like you need a change of dice more than a change in the rules, then