Battle Report ??“ Chaironeia, the sequel.
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 4:04 pm
Battle Report ??“ Chaironeia, the sequel.
I wont bore you with a dribbling tale of gross incompetence or delight you with a superb video nasty of all the exciting bits, rather summarise the results of the two games between Phillips` Macedonians and a Greek Alliance.
The Greeks are big, I managed 18 BG`s against the Macedonian 13, a significant advantage and one that will make the Hoplite Greek List a very popular one. On that note maybe non-Thessalonians can have too many mounted troops?
With 4 TC`s, several of them allies a lot of points are freed up for troops.
The foot companions were universally stuffed, six out of seven blocks being broken in the two battles, despite being supported, a sprinkling of generals and fighting to their front. It was an alarming succession of double drops that did for them despite taking virtually no losses at all in bases.
Their mounted brothers on the other hand did the opposite, 4 blocks of 4, 3 with generals charged 4 blocks of 8 average hoplites, 1 with a general. The result being 4 BGs of broken hoplites for the loss of one base of Companions.
In the second battle the Macedonians lost 3 small pike blocks, Thracian peltasts and two BGs of Agrianian types, one being Superior, to the Greeks losses of 2 x 8 Hoplites, their smaller BG of Thracians, 1 small BG of LH and 3 BGs of javelinmen, two being poor. With the current scoring system the Macedonians achieved a marginal victory.
I think that both myself and Pete found this game one of our best so far for the tactical challenges it presented. Certainly my main criticism would be the undue effect that double drops had to the combats, 3 pike blocks broke with the total loss of only 1 base!
I will post a suggestion about double drops on the Forum.
Lance.
I wont bore you with a dribbling tale of gross incompetence or delight you with a superb video nasty of all the exciting bits, rather summarise the results of the two games between Phillips` Macedonians and a Greek Alliance.
The Greeks are big, I managed 18 BG`s against the Macedonian 13, a significant advantage and one that will make the Hoplite Greek List a very popular one. On that note maybe non-Thessalonians can have too many mounted troops?
With 4 TC`s, several of them allies a lot of points are freed up for troops.
The foot companions were universally stuffed, six out of seven blocks being broken in the two battles, despite being supported, a sprinkling of generals and fighting to their front. It was an alarming succession of double drops that did for them despite taking virtually no losses at all in bases.
Their mounted brothers on the other hand did the opposite, 4 blocks of 4, 3 with generals charged 4 blocks of 8 average hoplites, 1 with a general. The result being 4 BGs of broken hoplites for the loss of one base of Companions.
In the second battle the Macedonians lost 3 small pike blocks, Thracian peltasts and two BGs of Agrianian types, one being Superior, to the Greeks losses of 2 x 8 Hoplites, their smaller BG of Thracians, 1 small BG of LH and 3 BGs of javelinmen, two being poor. With the current scoring system the Macedonians achieved a marginal victory.
I think that both myself and Pete found this game one of our best so far for the tactical challenges it presented. Certainly my main criticism would be the undue effect that double drops had to the combats, 3 pike blocks broke with the total loss of only 1 base!
I will post a suggestion about double drops on the Forum.
Lance.