Thursday, 10 December 2020

The Battle for Greece 480BC.

This morning,observing social distancing and wearing masks, Paul and I had this "cracking" ancients game,which we had both been looking forward to for such a long time!



 Top photo is the scenario etc,bottom photo shows Paul moving the Persians(we diced to se who commanded what-I got the Greeks!) The first couple of moves saw the Persians attacking the wall,centre and Greek left(Spartans!) whilst the Greeks countered by advancing the Spartans and Athenians,in the centre-wonderful stuff!



Top shows the Spartans giving the Immortals a good "going over" the bottom photo shows the Athenians in the centre giving the Axemen a good "going over" too...........................


HOWEVER-there's always an however!-the Corinthians,defending the wall, were being given a "going over" by the Cardaces and axemen on the Persian left-oh dear!!-luckily I had reserves,and they were put into the fray extra quick.


Top photo shows my Corinthians losing the wall!!!Bottom photo shows the Spartans have exchanged lines and are holding their own(steady!) against Paul's second line of Immortals.

In this shot the Athenians,holding the centre, are being assailed by a combination of axemen,scythed chariots,cataphracts and mercenary hoplites-and were doing quite well until one unit looked as though it could break,so I put in their CinC,and guess what??-YES Paul killed him,resulting in the whole centre collapsing and fleeing for their lives......................

This is the sad picture of the Greek centre(or not!)-with the Cataphracts and mercenary hoplites now free to attack both flanks,the Persians were declared the winners!!

This was great game,and we hope to have more soon-it was good to get back into the routine of gaming,we had a break at half time and enjoyed an OXO and a packet of crisps-oh heaven!



































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  1. tradgardmastare11 December 2020 at 07:19

    Great photos! Did you sing any songs from the musical “Grease” as you played? Not even “Greece is the word..” by any chance?

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    1. william coutts11 December 2020 at 20:55

      Allan,you don't write the jokes they put in Xmas crackers do you???
      Cheers,johnc

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  2. Reiverdance11 December 2020 at 19:29

    Beef stock and a bag of crisps. You’re a cheap date lol. What a fray! It looks magnificent. Few games will beat a stand up ancients battle. Only ruined by Paul’s demon dice rolls. I hope you’ve taken the names of each and every one of those mercenary hoplites. They should be ashamed! All the best, Chris:-)

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    1. william coutts11 December 2020 at 20:57

      Chris,that's classed as a banquet up here in the murky wilds of Westerhope!!-I'm working on a scheme to stop Paul from throwing 5's,it might involve not giving him any dice at all!
      johnc

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  3. James Fisher13 December 2020 at 01:20

    I haven't been keeping up with the blogs that I follow these past two or three weeks, so have missed nearly a dozen of your posts John!
    This is a great one to come back for, what a fine game.
    Social distancing works really well in wargaming as who wants to go anywhere near the evil _______(insert name of enemy here)?!
    Regards, James

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    1. william coutts14 December 2020 at 14:40

      Hi James-hope you're ok!the name to insert is PAUL!!!!-good to hear from you again,cheers.
      johnc

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