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[Asterix_von_TWC]

I remind everyone I am away until somewhere between the 4th and 9th. Will catch up thereafter.

[Indibil]

Indibil with Greco Bactrian Army beat Brenmusik with Thessalian 60 - 45

On the Greco-Bactrian left side the elephants were totally exterminated but the power of grec pikes was decisive to win the battle.

Thanks for the game Brenmusik

[rockmanbob123]

Rockmanbob123 (selecuids) defeated Egmont (samites) 44-14

The Samites set up their defense on a hill on the Selecuid left with their cavalry and light forces in the woods behind the hill.

The Selecuids elected to attack by first moving their horses to the right and far enough to outflank the hill. The Samite reserves were forced into a skirmish on their left with the selecuid horse while the heavy selecuid infantry on the right steamrolled the weaker samnite infantry

Thanks for the game Egmont!

[rockmanbob123]

Rockmanbob123 (Selecuids) defeated Indibil (Lysimachids) 49-23

[rockmanbob123]

rockmanbob123 (Thracians) fought Karvon (Selecuid 302-303) to a draw. After the initial skirmish the main battle lines declined combat maneuvering for

Rockmanbob123 won out the point margin 37-21

Thanks for the game!

[rockmanbob123]

rockmanbob123 (Seleucids) defeated Lauraleik (indo-greeks) 60-38

This battle was closer than the score would show.

The Seleucid cavalry on the left was able to disperse the Indo-greek horse and the Seleucid phalanxes attacked the indogreek pikes the indo greek elephants maneuvered to flank the Seleucid left but were delayed by a patch of rough ground in the center and a small Seleucid force of camel and light infantry that delayed the elephants long enough for the Seleucid phalanxes to rout the Indo greek center. As the battle ended the indo greek pachyderms were wreaking havoc in the Selecuid rear.

[Chris Townsend]

Well, King Pyrrhis and his army did make it to Egypt, to a very warm greeting from Ptolemy and his army. The Pyrrhic army is now recuperating on the beaches after a very hard fought victory. Some might call it a Pyrrhic victory

Score King Pyrrhis defeats Ptolemy 63 to 49.

As usual against a successor army, the Pyrrhic phalanx was outnumbered in quality and count by the Ptolemaic phalanx, and had a superiority in cavalry and rough equality in medium and light infantry. However, all the Ptolemaic cavalry was deployed on the left wing, with good support from all types of troops. So that battle was roughly equal in numbers, but the Ptolemy's excellent tactical use of his elephant and camel invariably meant that my cavalry was at a disadvantage, and the single supporting phalanx was unstoppable, leading to an almost complete rout of my right wing.

The Ptolemaic phalanx took up position on a low hill, but was lured down by the rash pursuit of a skirmisher by one of my phalanx. My supporting cavalry, elephant and Italian infantry couldn't really land any flank attacks, but, in the end, they stretched the Ptolemaic line enough to provide gaps for my phalanx to double team, eventually opening up holes in their line and leading to an almost complete collapse of the Ptolemaic phalanx.

This lead to a very unusual end game where Pyrrhis commanded more phalanx than his opponent, and less cavalry. The victorious Ptolemaic left wing, while devoting a few troops to chasing down fleeing survivors, rushed to the aid of the few remaining Ptolemaic phalanx (one was led by a leader that had initially fragmented against an even odds Pyrrhic charge, but then rallied his broken unit and returned to the fight!).

Battle eventually ensued almost as a meeting engagement, with lots of flanks being exposed and exploited, but eventually the Pyrrhic phalanx triumphed!

A good game, and a fitting end to the Pyrrhic army's travels.