I decided to go ahead anyway.https://db.tt/wNw9CW5K
Design Note: A mistake that would be easy to make in gaming this battle is to display the Qina stream as flowing to the east of Megiddo, forgetting that Thutmosis approached the city from the west (i.e., the rear of the fortress city not the front). The relative position of the stream is therefore reversed in some maps of this battle. Still, I guess it remains an open question. If someone finds a good rebuke to this conclusion I will gladly move the river, should anyone care.
Sources:
1. Online sources.
As with the sourcing of the Battle of Qadesh, one of the most useful narratives is to be found at:
http://www.touregypt.net/battleofmegidd ... z3QnCE4idD
And of course, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_ ... tury_BC%29
2. Books.
Aside from the book from which I quote in the scenario description, there are these:
James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt: Historical Documents (Chicago: 1906), Part II 407ff.
Mark Healy, Armies of the Pharaohs (1992 Osprey Publishing)
Paul K. Davis, 100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the Present (1999 Oxford University Press, pp. 1-6) A brief but very useful and well-written narrative.
Richard A. Gabriel, Thutmose III: The Military Biography of Egypt's Greatest Warrior King (2009 Potomac Books, Inc.) Yes, I know. But this is very entertaining reading and in my opinion the assumptions and suppositions inserted in the narrative to fill in gaps in historical knowledge are well-taken and in most cases justified. Popularized history that is useful if approached for what it is and unabashedly purports to be.
3. Games:
Tabletop: Gaming of this battle may be found in the DBA website and CCAncients.net. I did not find that this scenario transfers well from its tabletop versions to computer, as can be expected. I do not like too much compression or distortion of perspective. But that's just me.
Computer: There is of course another, earlier version of this battle scenario that can be found in FoG Battle Pack 1.
