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Post by timurilank on Nov 6, 2016 8:05:59 GMT
Your battle reports are really nice ! It seems we like to play the same historical period I do enjoy the era and will be posting occasional scenarios, battle reports and scratch building projects. The project has reached its final stage however and tomorrow a new one will begin.
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Post by timurilank on Nov 23, 2016 10:14:20 GMT
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Post by timurilank on Jul 12, 2017 14:58:06 GMT
The Consular Army vs. the Iberians During the past month there have been a number of proposals made to help auxiliaries improve their usage in the DBA game. I remembered doing a series of historical match ups between Rome and the Iberians, but noticed the latter were 3Ax and not the ‘solid’ types.
I decided to correct this and ran the other Iberians with their auxiliaries (4Ax) through their paces. Iberia was defender in all three battles and therefore choice of arable terrain features.
Both armies deployed matched battle lines flanked by a difficult hill and field and as the game progressed, the Iberians slowly withdrew to a new position on a difficult hill. With half of their army on the plain below. Rome seized the advantage of the situation and swept up the hill to keep the Iberians from aiding the battle on the plain below. On the plain, fighting against the mutually supporting triarii flanked by hastati and principes the Iberians were gradually defeated. Score 4 – 1 for Rome.
In a second battle, the Iberians had terrain advantage but lost to the slow but methodical attack by Rome mirroring the first battle. Score 4 – 2 for Rome.
A third battle, found the Iberians defending a river line separating the two armies. The river was found to be a class II type which slows crossing and river banks aid the defender. The Iberians tenaciously held the river line until Rome outflanked the defenders using their allied cavalry to roll up the Spanish line. Score 4 – 2 for Rome.
Historically, the Iberians did not fare well against Rome, unlike their cousins the Celtiberians and Lusitanians. On rare occasions, the Iberians did form alliances with the Celtiberians (Livy) but looking at the lists for II/39 not one of the three are allowed allies. Despite their loss, I do see the Iberians shine in a campaign setting were other aspects play an important role; such as scouting, knowledge of terrain, supply, and night fighting.
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Post by Antoine on Sept 20, 2017 0:02:25 GMT
Nice feedback on the iberians ! I do love my 3Bd Celtiberians and your experience confirms what I think of 4Ax: they can't hold the legions ! When using Auxiliaries, I really think movement is the key to overbalance your medium combat factors, so should I play Iberians, I would do as I did with my Gauls: favor the "fast" version. Fits guerilla well
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Post by timurilank on Sept 20, 2017 6:14:25 GMT
Nice feedback on the iberians ! I do love my 3Bd Celtiberians and your experience confirms what I think of 4Ax: they can't hold the legions ! When using Auxiliaries, I really think movement is the key to overbalance your medium combat factors, so should I play Iberians, I would do as I did with my Gauls: favor the "fast" version. Fits guerilla well
Selecting the 4Ax option for the Iberian does demonstrate a high level of optimism in a player. I find too, having ‘arable’ as home terrain is not helpful and none of the sub-lists may have allies.
Regarding allies, the Iberians did form a coalition with the Celtiberians on two occasions (mid-2nd c. BC); this enabled them to field an army of 30,000 strong. A full Roman legion with allied wing of the period had strength of 20,000.
From a historical perspective, many of the smaller operations in 2nd century BC Hispania (Livy) were conducted solely by the allied wing of a Roman Legion. Looking at the Polybian list, this would replace the 4 x 4Bd with 3Ax/4Ax. This would offer an interesting game and something I would pursue in the near future with a few historical scenarios.
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Post by timurilank on Oct 7, 2017 7:34:55 GMT
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Post by Antoine on Oct 9, 2017 20:46:12 GMT
Nice BatReps ! Warbands armies are quite devastating against Rome when the Celtic God of Luck is watching them
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Post by timurilank on Oct 9, 2017 21:18:12 GMT
Nice BatReps ! Warbands armies are quite devastating against Rome when the Celtic God of Luck is watching them Thank you for the comment.
You will enjoy tomorrow's post as the Cimbri continue their march westward.
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Post by timurilank on Oct 10, 2017 8:51:22 GMT
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Post by Antoine on Oct 10, 2017 21:58:42 GMT
Another cool batrep: I did indeed enjoy it Celtiberians are a tough nut to crack: yesterday evening, my friend playing Polybian romans learned that even caetrati are vicious foes as they flanked and destroyed his general
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Post by timurilank on Oct 10, 2017 22:24:07 GMT
Another cool batrep: I did indeed enjoy it Celtiberians are a tough nut to crack: yesterday evening, my friend playing Polybian romans learned that even caetrati are vicious foes as they flanked and destroyed his general Glad you liked it. You will find the next one even better. This will involve more than 60 elements and is set in Hispania, 2nd century BC.
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Post by timurilank on Oct 17, 2017 7:21:22 GMT
The Battle of Toletum, 193 BC I have taken the opportunity to backtrack and add a few larger battles involving earlier projects. This is the first of three confrontations set in the 2nd century BC. I think you will enjoy this one.
dbagora.blogspot.nl/2017/10/battle-of-toletum-193-bc-ulterior.html
Next week, Hannibal makes his debut on the game table.
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Post by timurilank on Oct 18, 2017 7:20:49 GMT
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Post by timurilank on Oct 24, 2017 7:43:05 GMT
Battle of the Tagus, 220 BC Before the siege of Saguntum could begin, two campaign seasons were needed to consolidate Carthaginian held territory in Hispania.
The Battle of the Tagus offered some interesting problems to re-fight; one, numbers involved a heavily outnumbered Carthaginian army and secondly, the Tagus needed to be crossed.
These problems are addressed in part one and tomorrow, the re-fight will be posted to the blog. dbagora.blogspot.nl/2017/10/the-battle-of-tagus-220-bc.html
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Post by timurilank on Oct 25, 2017 7:26:25 GMT
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