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Post by twrnz on Sept 17, 2016 5:31:31 GMT
Managed to get down to the local Wargames Club Thursday and resolve another battle from our Empire Campaign with the help of another player. The game fought in 305 BC found the Siciliot Greeks attacking the Early Carthaginians who themselves had invaded Sicilia. The game report will be rolled into the campaign summary when the last two campaign games are resolved.
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Post by sydwargamer on Sept 18, 2016 22:20:35 GMT
Greg, if only you had retired to Sydney, you could have joined the Gang of Four every Tuesday evening and SSG on Friday nights.
But no, you stayed in Armidale...
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Post by gregorius on Sept 19, 2016 8:15:17 GMT
Exactly, we chose to stay in the little smoke.
Cheers,
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Post by twrnz on Sept 27, 2016 19:40:39 GMT
A Big Battle game last night between my Athenians and invading Graeco-Bactrians. A battlefield with much terrain, including areas of rough plough provided some interesting challenges for both players. The mounted charges on the hoplites proved exceptionally risky with the Athenians clearly supported by the Athenian dice gods. The general view, mid game. Another view, this time the centre left from the Athenian line.
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Post by timurilank on Sept 27, 2016 22:22:12 GMT
Lovely looking game. But Athenian vs. Greco-Bactrian? Did the Athenians take a wrong turn when they stepped off the boat?
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Post by twrnz on Sept 27, 2016 22:27:25 GMT
Yes, I'm afraid there was a small but critical time warp.
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Post by hdan on Sept 27, 2016 23:15:50 GMT
With apologies to everyone for the off-topic post:
I have to admit, every time I see a message pop up in this forum, I'm reminded of Chris Rock's "Champagne Room" song, which I'll paraphrase as:
"No matter what ANY gamer tells you, there are NO GAMES in the Wargames Room"
Sorry, I'll be moving along now. (Also, the original song is NSFW.)
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Post by twrnz on Sept 30, 2016 9:55:56 GMT
A BBDBA encounter this evening with my Athenians deploying to face Later Macedonians. There were some fascinating interactions with so many hoplites in play. As was to be expected the phalangites achieved an advantage in the centre which the Athenian reserves tried to counter. The Athenian mounted, on the right flank, tried to gain advantage against the Macedonian left but were unable to before the Athenian centre collapsed. Another outstanding game.
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Post by mark leslie on Oct 1, 2016 4:14:22 GMT
I enjoy watching your Tin Soldier soldiers. One of these days I'm going to have to get a matched pair of armies just because their unique look speaks to me of old time toy soldiers.
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Post by timurilank on Oct 1, 2016 7:31:39 GMT
Very impressive.
Out of curiosity, does anyone base their Macedonian Companions on 40 x 40 mm in wedge formation?
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Post by twrnz on Oct 1, 2016 7:36:51 GMT
I enjoy watching your Tin Soldier soldiers. One of these days I'm going to have to get a matched pair of armies just because their unique look speaks to me of old time toy soldiers. They have an unusual style, which I like. I have had many hoplites figures for many years but over the last few years expanded the Successors to match.
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Post by twrnz on Oct 1, 2016 7:39:54 GMT
Very impressive.
Out of curiosity, does anyone base their Macedonian Companions on 40 x 40 mm in wedge formation? My Campanions are on 40mm x 40mm bases. This allows one figure to be forward. They are a little disadvantaged in the game, however the larger bases look good and protect the figures.
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Post by Piyan Glupak on Oct 1, 2016 7:46:13 GMT
Very impressive.
Out of curiosity, does anyone base their Macedonian Companions on 40 x 40 mm in wedge formation? I have a 6mm Seleucid army that I based the 4Kn on 40 by 40mm bases in a wedge formation, which is, in theory, naughty basing for version 2.2/2.2+ and before. One of the reasons that I did this was to highlight the fact that they were knights. I tend use my 6mm armies for BBDBA.
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Post by twrnz on Oct 1, 2016 22:15:51 GMT
Excellent photo! I so like the look of 6mm Ancients. They really provide a massed look.
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Post by timurilank on Oct 2, 2016 5:44:22 GMT
Very impressive.
Out of curiosity, does anyone base their Macedonian Companions on 40 x 40 mm in wedge formation? My Campanions are on 40mm x 40mm bases. This allows one figure to be forward. They are a little disadvantaged in the game, however the larger bases look good and protect the figures. I too like the look, but I found only three armies that might use the formation; the Macedonian, Thracian and Scythian. The formation seems to have fallen out of fashion after Alexander's death as I find no further reference to it used during the Successor period (B. Bar-Kochva and Asclepiodotus).
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