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| Armies deployed |
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| Opposite end |
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| Seleucids advance |
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| Seleucid elephant, Agema and pike charge |
Last Wednesday afternoon Garry and Craig came over and we played a Seleucid versus Ptolemaic Successor ADLG game inside. It was too hot for the shed, the maximum temperature was 43 degrees centigrade, the curtains were closed and the air conditioning running! The only drawback with this, was the table was a bit small (6 x 4 foot) for the size of the game, our usual 9 x 5 table tennis table is much better and allows manoeuvring on the flanks.
Garry and Craig commanded the Ptolemaic defenders with a sizeable advantage in phalangites, some of these the machimoi, were supposed to fight as mediocre. My later Seleucid army had cataphracts and an armoured elephant but the game was decided by the pike infantry. My elephant, Agema cataphracts, pike and thureophoroi all charged. Multiple rounds of combat saw the Seleucid flanks hold but in the centre the pike were quickly ground down and in tatters.
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| Pike combat in the centre |
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Seleucid pike break, Thracians
take casualties from shooting |
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| Seleucid cataphracts charge on the left flank |
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| Seleucid centre in tatters |
Another excellent ancient battle!
ReplyDeleteThanks Michal, it was good to get the Successors on the table.
DeleteAnother marvellous looking game with beautifully painted figures. That fifth photo of the two pike blokes coming together is marvellous.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes, James
Thanks James, the Seleucids didn’t put up much of fight but it was fun to play another Successors game, it’s been a while.
DeleteSuccessor games are some of the most beautiful games and this is no exception!
ReplyDeleteThanks Christopher, all the pike and different troop types do look good.
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