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| View of the table from the Spartan lines |
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| Side view |
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| Both sides advance |
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| Athenians and allies right flank |
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| Athenians and allies centre |
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| Spartans and allies right flank |
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| Spartan centre |
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| Spartans and allies left flank |
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| Left flank charges |
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| Spartans close in the centre |
Last Sunday Craig, Garry, Rick, Gary and I met down at the Vikings Club and played a 200 point Spartans versus Athenians ADLG game. Craig and Garry commanded the Athenians and allies, while Rick and I commanded the Spartans and allies and Gary sat out the game as a spectator due to potential work commitments. This turned out to be a real thrashing for the Spartans due to consistently bad dice rolling and the Athenians suffered very few casualties at all.
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| Spartan right flank takes casualties from archers |
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| Side view of the battle |
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| Action in the centre |
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| Athenian pig in a poke |
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| Spartan left flank and centre |
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| Spartan right flank starts to crumble |
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| Casualties mount in the centre |
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| Athenian cavalry threaten the Spartan left flank |
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| It's only a matter of time... |
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| Spartan centre collapses |
Lovely looking game, even if it didn't go you're way,are they potentially flaming pigs?!
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Thanks Iain, the Spartans certainly got hammered. I think they forgot the camp, so used some pigs and their herders instead.
DeleteFine looking battle. Was the Athenian victory solely luck driven?
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan, probably not solely but in ADLG there is not many modifiers so it does resolve individual unit combat.
DeleteWhat a great looking game......poor Spartans!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ray, it was a massacre!
DeleteBeautiful figures and grand scale battle lines.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dean, the Spartans looked good even if they didn't perform.
DeleteFantastic looking battle!
ReplyDeleteThanks Michal.
DeleteNice to see some phalanx action on the table. Good looking armies, too!
ReplyDeleteThanks FMB it was good to get the hoplites out but not such a great result for the Spartans!
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