Oinephyta again. The Boeotian line looks strong as the sun comes up over Skolos:
Quote from: MengJiao on July 22, 2018, 09:33:29 AM
Oinephyta again. The Boeotian line looks strong as the sun comes up over Skolos:
Into the Golden Sun of Skolos, the Athenians march with a very complicated battle plan...more of a Frederichean march than a Hoplite march.
Screened on their left by a deceptive line of cavalry and skirmishers, they intend to use the rivers to slow the Boeotian response to their crossing at Skolos:
Quote from: MengJiao on July 22, 2018, 12:38:53 PM
Quote from: MengJiao on July 22, 2018, 09:33:29 AM
Oinephyta again. The Boeotian line looks strong as the sun comes up over Skolos:
Into the Golden Sun of Skolos, the Athenians march with a very complicated battle plan...more of a Frederichean march than a Hoplite march.
Screened on their left by a deceptive line of cavalry and skirmishers, they intend to use the rivers to slow the Boeotian response to their crossing at Skolos:
A little into Turn2: the left Athenian column has deployed a bit early and driven off some Boeotian cavalry:
Quote from: MengJiao on July 22, 2018, 12:55:17 PM
Quote from: MengJiao on July 22, 2018, 12:38:53 PM
Quote from: MengJiao on July 22, 2018, 09:33:29 AM
Oinephyta again. The Boeotian line looks strong as the sun comes up over Skolos:
Into the Golden Sun of Skolos, the Athenians march with a very complicated battle plan...more of a Frederichean march than a Hoplite march.
Screened on their left by a deceptive line of cavalry and skirmishers, they intend to use the rivers to slow the Boeotian response to their crossing at Skolos:
A little into Turn2: the left Athenian column has deployed a bit early and driven off some Boeotian cavalry:
Near the end of Turn3: the Athenian advanced guard is across the river and the Boeotians are turning to face them:
Quote from: MengJiao on July 22, 2018, 10:38:49 PM
Quote from: MengJiao on July 22, 2018, 12:55:17 PM
Quote from: MengJiao on July 22, 2018, 12:38:53 PM
Quote from: MengJiao on July 22, 2018, 09:33:29 AM
Oinephyta again. The Boeotian line looks strong as the sun comes up over Skolos:
Into the Golden Sun of Skolos, the Athenians march with a very complicated battle plan...more of a Frederichean march than a Hoplite march.
Screened on their left by a deceptive line of cavalry and skirmishers, they intend to use the rivers to slow the Boeotian response to their crossing at Skolos:
A little into Turn2: the left Athenian column has deployed a bit early and driven off some Boeotian cavalry:
Near the end of Turn3: the Athenian advanced guard is across the river and the Boeotians are turning to face them:
This all turned out to be too much for this game system and would almost certainly have been impossible for a hoplite army of the mid-fifth-century BC. So I called it off.