The Last Light at Grey Marsh
Battlefield: a scorching desert plain at noon · 10 Oct 2026 · Ranked
The 300
300 Spartan hoplites in a tight phalanx with bronze shields, long spears and short swords. Lifelong professional soldiers who never retreat or surrender.
Zulu Impi
1,500 Zulu warriors with short iklwa stabbing spears and cowhide shields, extremely fast on foot, attacking in the buffalo-horns encirclement formation.
ROUND 1 OF 4
The 300 sing a paean and march forward as one. Across a scorching desert plain at noon, Zulu Impi drum spears on shields, a sound like thunder across a scorching desert plain at noon.
ROUND 2 OF 4
Zulu Impi crash into The 300 with the iklwa, too fast to stop. The 300 are pressed hard on the flanks.
ROUND 3 OF 4
The 300 punch their spears through the front of Zulu Impi with terrifying precision. Zulu Impi lose warriors by the score crossing open ground.
ROUND 4 OF 4
Zulu Impi swamp The 300 with sheer weight of warriors. The 300 die where they stand, not one of them having taken a step back.
» One last rush with the iklwa and The 300 is gone.
THE WAR ORACLE'S VERDICT
A genuinely close fight. The 300 brings unmatched training, while Zulu Impi answers with huge numbers. Terrain and nerve on a scorching desert plain at noon could swing it either way.
- Huge numbers
- Small numbers
- The battlefield: a scorching desert plain at noon
MVP: The left horn
Zulu Impi holds a scorching desert plain at noon, bloodied but victorious. The 300 is finished as a fighting force.