Gosh, things were violent around the end of the 4th century BC. Anyway, here is the start of turn 2 of a rotated (across the hex-grain), semi-free set-up of the scenario from the Diadochoi module of the
5th ed of the Great battles of Alexander.
What is happening is that young Demetrios, having been left in command of most of his father's incipient quasi-Persian Empire, has moved against Ptolemy's forces against the advice of his military advisors. Historically, Demetrios' elephants hit some elephant traps and that was the beginning of the end of Demetrios' sortie against Ptolemy.
But we will see.
Quote from: MengJiao on September 03, 2016, 01:31:00 PM
Gosh, things were violent around the end of the 4th century BC. Anyway, here is the start of turn 2 of a rotated (across the hex-grain), semi-free set-up of the scenario from the Diadochoi module of the
5th ed of the Great battles of Alexander.
What is happening is that young Demetrios, having been left in command of most of his father's incipient quasi-Persian Empire, has moved against Ptolemy's forces against the advice of his military advisors. Historically, Demetrios' elephants hit some elephant traps and that was the beginning of the end of Demetrios' sortie against Ptolemy.
But we will see.
!0 minutes and one elephant rampage later, both sides are adusting their phalanxes and hoplites:
Quote from: MengJiao on September 03, 2016, 10:22:21 PM
Quote from: MengJiao on September 03, 2016, 01:31:00 PM
Gosh, things were violent around the end of the 4th century BC. Anyway, here is the start of turn 2 of a rotated (across the hex-grain), semi-free set-up of the scenario from the Diadochoi module of the
5th ed of the Great battles of Alexander.
What is happening is that young Demetrios, having been left in command of most of his father's incipient quasi-Persian Empire, has moved against Ptolemy's forces against the advice of his military advisors. Historically, Demetrios' elephants hit some elephant traps and that was the beginning of the end of Demetrios' sortie against Ptolemy.
But we will see.
!0 minutes and one elephant rampage later, both sides are adusting their phalanxes and hoplites:
Starting over in Vassal: redeployed Caltrops. This should fix that pipsqueak Demetrios' elephants at least. Right?
Okay...bigger Caltrops, wider view:
Quote from: MengJiao on September 06, 2016, 07:40:00 PM
Okay...bigger Caltrops, wider view:
This earlier version of the battle is even more boring than the one in the latest ed of Diadochoi (in the latest ed of GB of Alex). Never mind,
I've found a relatively blank slate of a battle. Apparently, after Tanagra in 457 which (by general convention) the Spartans won, the Spartans left Thessaly because their losses at Tanagra had been so high. This left the losers, the mostly happy and healthy 14,000 Athenians in Thessaly. The Athenians defeated the Boeotians at Oinophyta on the Apsos River a few mnths after Tanagra and went on to control the region. Little is known about the battle of Oinophyta, but the River in question is on the huge Platea map. So I'll see what I can do.