And so, the leafy suburb of Stevenage Old Town resonated with the cries of wild Thracian tribesmen....and Tony!
Set in the mid 4th century BC, the game was set during the expansion of the Thracian kingdom and an attack on Athenian colonies in the Chersonese.
Chris and Malcolm’s hoplite-heavy army faced an army of Thracians, all armed with throwing sticks!
The opening rounds saw Tony’s Thracian cavalry wing sweep round Malcolm’s flank and then stop.
Rob’s centre of tribal warriors trudged forward as Chris’s Hoplite phalanxes moved ominously forward. Dave’s combined-arms Thracian left deftly manoeuvred as Malcolm found Chris disposition of the Athenian cavalry a problem.
Tony’s battle soon degenerated into avoiding Malcolm’s more ponderous units, and then evading off the table!
Chris crashed into the tribal centre and started disordering Rob’s warriors. Things weren’t looking good for Thrace, especially as Tony’s off-table units meant at one point 6 coins surrendered to Athens.
Then a miracle, now attributed to the intervention of the horse god. Rob’s light javelinmen started disordering the hoplites, even scoring “double disorders”.
Tony’s errant cavalry returned to the table on the other flank and stormed an Athenian camp.
We called it a night after three hours of hard fighting. The Athenians retired off the table battered and bruised leaving the Thracians in possession of the battlefield.
Simon
Set in the mid 4th century BC, the game was set during the expansion of the Thracian kingdom and an attack on Athenian colonies in the Chersonese.
Chris and Malcolm’s hoplite-heavy army faced an army of Thracians, all armed with throwing sticks!
The opening rounds saw Tony’s Thracian cavalry wing sweep round Malcolm’s flank and then stop.
Rob’s centre of tribal warriors trudged forward as Chris’s Hoplite phalanxes moved ominously forward. Dave’s combined-arms Thracian left deftly manoeuvred as Malcolm found Chris disposition of the Athenian cavalry a problem.
Tony’s battle soon degenerated into avoiding Malcolm’s more ponderous units, and then evading off the table!
Chris crashed into the tribal centre and started disordering Rob’s warriors. Things weren’t looking good for Thrace, especially as Tony’s off-table units meant at one point 6 coins surrendered to Athens.
Then a miracle, now attributed to the intervention of the horse god. Rob’s light javelinmen started disordering the hoplites, even scoring “double disorders”.
Tony’s errant cavalry returned to the table on the other flank and stormed an Athenian camp.
We called it a night after three hours of hard fighting. The Athenians retired off the table battered and bruised leaving the Thracians in possession of the battlefield.
Simon
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