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Made in us
Sergeant Major




Pennsylvania

It has been a while since I have done a L’ Art de la Guerre battlereport. But Kozcon is coming, a 25mm open, it’s time to warm up the lead.
I did a couple of practice games with a surprise list, the Islamic Persians. And surprise, they suck in LADG. They have none of the impetuous shock value as they do in Warrior™. They are just a shoot and scoot army, and not to my liking, and it shows. A catastrophic loss to the Turag, and a losing draw to the Scots.
But on top of that, they are no fun either. For me or my opponent. If they are not enjoyable, then why play them at all?

So Steve offered to come over, and his only army in 25’s is Alexandrian Macedonian, and I was not going to subject him (or me, especially me) to an evening of **no** fun.

But what could be fun, and historic, was this army of Hoplites I have lying around. So I printed the list without reviewing it, and ran with it.
18 Hoplites, 6 Peltasts and 4 LI, commanded by 3 ordinary commanders, what can go wrong?

https://philonancients.blogspot.com/2022/03/beware-of-greeks-bearing-jiffs.html

Enjoy!

In the ultimate, victory through excess was cheaper than defeat without waste. 
   
Made in it
Longtime Dakkanaut



Cheyenne WY

Good write up! I think your foe will get the "hang" of his army. He refused his best troops, advanced his worst (left flank) and also brought the phalanx forward and tried to break the center, very counter to usual Macidonian methods. He'll do better no question.

Nice to see a Greek army as well.

The will of the hive is always the same: HUNGER 
   
 
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