Post by jim1973 on Oct 25, 2022 8:58:05 GMT
As mentioned on a previous thread, I will try to put up some battle reports. I'll try for 1 per week until Xmas.
Firstly, Cyrus (Early Achaemenid Persia I/60b) invaded Kyrene in North Africa (Early Kyrenean Greek I/56a). The invasion occurred in spring and started at sunrise with the possibility of Strong Winds (Time and Weather variant on wiki). This could be a problem for the Persian archers. But it could also interfere with any Littoral sea landing by the Greeks, which would be a potential advantage given the Persian empire doesn't have the resources for a sea landing (sigh). Here are the starting positions:
The Greeks didn't take the risk of a sea landing. Early PIPs were low and the mobile tower managed to take out the middle spear element. The wind kicked up suddenly but died away just as quick. Then the lines clashed.
Initially, the Persians stood up but archery became ineffective and inevitably the spears overran the sparabara and destroy the centre
So victory to the Kyreneans. A spear heavy army in its own territory is tough and 8Bw cannot handle it, compounded with the 2 element loss for the first 8Bw casualty. We've discussed this before on several occasions. Maybe in a future iteration they will get some punch.
Hope you enjoy.
Jim
Firstly, Cyrus (Early Achaemenid Persia I/60b) invaded Kyrene in North Africa (Early Kyrenean Greek I/56a). The invasion occurred in spring and started at sunrise with the possibility of Strong Winds (Time and Weather variant on wiki). This could be a problem for the Persian archers. But it could also interfere with any Littoral sea landing by the Greeks, which would be a potential advantage given the Persian empire doesn't have the resources for a sea landing (sigh). Here are the starting positions:
The Greeks didn't take the risk of a sea landing. Early PIPs were low and the mobile tower managed to take out the middle spear element. The wind kicked up suddenly but died away just as quick. Then the lines clashed.
Initially, the Persians stood up but archery became ineffective and inevitably the spears overran the sparabara and destroy the centre
So victory to the Kyreneans. A spear heavy army in its own territory is tough and 8Bw cannot handle it, compounded with the 2 element loss for the first 8Bw casualty. We've discussed this before on several occasions. Maybe in a future iteration they will get some punch.
Hope you enjoy.
Jim
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