Since the little lady fancies herself as a Siamese Alexander....

She won yet?

Quote from: FierceKitty on 29 May 2019, 03:01:51 AM
Since the little lady fancies herself as a Siamese Alexander....

The 1950's called.

They'd like their attitude back.

Quote from: mad lemmey on 29 May 2019, 07:03:49 AM
She won yet?

And how dramatically did she do so?

We're just setting up. Be patient, gentlemen and others, there will be news anon.

I'm assuming the not-  is so that the Macedonian /Greek government doesn't come a-knocking for royalties (not to mention a Fatwa from Iran).

You've got the general idea.

Casualties so far: Persians: 1 element Greek hoplite mercs; Macedonians: 1 element thureophoroi

Alarmingly, there are signs of treachery among the Arabs and Egyptians....

The beginning.

Lee decided Alexander was tired of leading the Hetairoi, and sent him in against Darius and the Persian Guards at the head of the Thessalians. It was a long fight, but favoured us in the end. Arachosians skirmishing to keep the phalanx busy a bit further on. Also note the Arabs, who got a shaky loyalty result early on, and never returned to our control, just sitting there cheering indiscriminately and selling everyone dubious souvenirs.

My main attack was on the right too. Coordination was imperfect, but there were enough units to surround the Hellenistic forces and win the battle. Bottom right - Agrianian peltasts misunderstood a withdrawal and fled.

The centre, in close up. In fact, there were quite a lot of hoplites and phalangites banging shields, with some Persian infantry predicably getting knocked over by the phalanxes quite early on. Happily, a Persian army seldom runs out of reserves.

A better impression of the main crunch in the middle. The Paphlagonian levies coming out of the Greek colonial town were flank attacked by the phalanx in the picture, but had some lucky rolls and were not broken; for Persian levies, that counts as a victory. Just beyond the treacherous Arabs, some Scythian heavy horse were broken through by their own lights, then charged by another phalanx. They held on, but with over 50% losses.

Another view of the infantry scrap in the middle.

You beat Robert E ?

She's probably just feeling sorry, for you.

Nice pics !!

Cheers - Phil

Quote from: Techno on 29 May 2019, 03:24:06 PM


She's probably just feeling sorry, for you.

That's what she claims.

I have to make yet another plea informed by complete ignorance, which side is which?

I know that everyone knows at a glance, but not me.
Referring to the first picture, "The Big Picture", I thought the Persians were on the right (they have lots of hoplite mercenaries and a chariot) and the Macedonians on the left (lots of pikes). In studying the rest of the pictures I became confused.

As your description unfolded I wanted to throw my considerable psychic reinforcement to Lee (as I always do) but I am now concerned it was drastically misapplied.     

I always enjoy your pictures because the sun yellow sand fields are so bright and cheery!

You have it right, but the Persians were wrapping around and behind the Macedonian left wing by the end.

Lulling you into a false sense of security so she'll have you exactly where she wants you!

Congratulations on your victory 

She'll demand a rematch shortly.

Quote from: FierceKitty on 29 May 2019, 05:51:07 PM
You have it right, but the Persians were wrapping around and behind the Macedonian left wing by the end.

Thanks, have it sorted. All I know about Not-Gaugamela is from the movie Not-Alexander.