The lost battles of Alexander the Great

[Phobos]

Hello there comrades,

Was wondering aabout make a narrative campaign in a `What if´Scenario, If Alexander III didn´t died on Babilonia on 323 BC. As recorded by his historians, the next pkan was descend the persian gulf with a 1,000 ships fleet and invade Arabia. Next?
I´m designing some scenarios for my fellow players, I think in Arabia at least could have fighted 3 battles, against Gerrhaia Arabia, bedouins nomads and Yemeni kingdoms. Next one is Carthage, maybe Italian Peninsula (Etruscans, Campanians et al, Samnites and Early Roman Republic), Gauls, and then Iberian Peninsula.

Musings?

[Steve J]

Nice idea .

[Danyo]

I like that idea, would make for a seriously fun campaign!
To be honest, I really don't think Alexander would've stopped until everywhere was under his rule..except for America, back then in BC I doubt they were even aware that America existed haha.

[Ithoriel]

Nice idea, so many options.

I suspect that in real life the size of the Empire would have resulted in a lot of "fire brigade" actions against internal revolts but in addition to the options suggested already a further action against the Scythians or a second go at persuading his army to push the borders of the Empire further East into India would be options too.

[WeeWars]

Phil Barker poses his sequels and might-have-beens in Alexander the Great's Campaigns, chapter 17, based on Some Problems of Greek History by Arnold Toynbee:
what might have happened had Philip not been murdered when he was
what the result might have been of Alexander's recovery

[Matt J]

I saw the film, they obviously invaded Ireland first

[Fenton]

I always presumed that eventually he would look west to Rome and take them on

[Techno]

I saw the film, they obviously invaded Ireland first

That film was truly dire !
Cheers - Phil.

[Ithoriel]

I always presumed that eventually he would look west to Rome and take them on

I'd have thought Syracuse, a wealthy and powerful Greek colony, would be a target before the relatively newly formed, barbarian Roman state. Which might have lead to an entirely different Carthaginian War ... what's Greek for "Carthago delenda est"?

[Fenton]

I an about 100 years from then it would be "Carthago delenda est"

[WeeWars]

Alexander obeys doctors.
Arabian expedition successful.
Capital becomes Alexandria-in-Egypt after canal is re-opened.
Tyre refounded.
Thrace is pacified.
Carthage is attacked.
New Alexandria set up in Gibraltar.
Following Pytheas' recent explorations, Africa is circumnavigated.
Italy next. Alexander allies with Rome against the Samnites (who have just beaten the Romans). Italian league set up to restrict future Roman expansion. Samnites deported to India.
Alexander completes conquest of India.
On to China. States ally with Alexander against Chin. Another anti-expansionist league is formed.
Phoenicians establish sea routes all over the place.
Alexander finally dies at 69.
Hannibal son of Hamilcar discovers America in the reign of Alexander's great grandson. Two reigns later, Heron is encouraged to invent a workable steamship.

[Leon]

I saw the film, they obviously invaded Ireland first

That film was truly dire !
Cheers - Phil.

Yes, I couldn't believe just how bad it was as I was watching it.

[Techno]

I watched 'The director's cut'....Couldn't make sense of the timeline at all.....Let alone everything else that I thought was rubbish !
Cheers - Phil

[Ithoriel]

Alexander obeys doctors.
Two satraps and one of the diadochi revolt thinking he'll die anyway.
Arabian expedition shelved while the revolts are put down.
Arabian expedition abandoned when Alexander loses yet another army in the sand.
Capital becomes Alexandria-in-Egypt after canal is re-opened.
Greece and Macedon revolt in disgust at this manifestation of Alexander's decadence.
Alexander shows Greece and Macedon that decadent or not he's still the best general around.
Pella burnt "by accident" (honest guv'nor!)
Eumenes, Taxiles and Porus revolt and carve out independent kingdoms on the eastern edge of the empire.
While Alexander is marching to settle with the three wannabe kings he is struck down with a mystery illness and the army camps around his tent then during his convalescence it goes into winter quarters.
Ptolemy quietly seizes power in Egypt (just looking after it 'til you're feeling better Alexander)
The Thracians stop fighting each other briefly and decide to invade Macedon.
Perdiccas crushes the Thracian attack and declares himself regent of Macedonia and Greece in support of Phillip III and declares support for Eumenes.
Outraged by the perfidy of his allies and of his erstwhile friends and companions the now much recovered Alexander goes on a week-long drinking binge and during a blistering tirade against his enemies, listing all the things he will do to them he has a heart attack and dies.

So much more likely than the world conquering Alexander.