Post by Eric Farrington on May 26, 2020 13:25:29 GMT
Here is where I will have various Wars of the Republic battles....
Today's is Anabasis of the Seleucids....
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Anabasis of the Seleucids
The Seleucid Empire was founded by the successor’s of Alexander the Great. These successors fought a series of wars with each other for control of his empire. Eventually, the Successors and their children were able to establish their own stable empires. All though smaller than that of Alexander, they were regional power players.
The Seleucid Empire covered much of the Middle East and Eastern parts of the known Ancient world. They were a major player in the Hellenization of the Near East. Their main power base was in Syria but their empire extended into the East and even came up against the Mauryan Empire of India.
When Antiochus the III came to power, he went eastward and restored various vassal states back under Seleucid control. This included Parthia and Greco-Bactria. During this process, Antiochus defeated the leader of a Greco-Bactrian king named Euthydemus at the battle of Arius. Interestingly, this man was also Greek and previously aligned with the Seleucids.
After the Battle of Arius, the Bactrians retreated back to their capital. Antiochus III put the city under siege for three years before they came to a negotiated truce.
Today’s battle will be using the Wars of the Republic rules, but again I am using the lists creatively to simulate other ancient combat to test what they can do. Today will be the Seleucid successor list vs. the Lesser Satrapy list to represent the Bactrians. We will be using a Scout the Area scenario to represent the advanced forces of both armies scouting out the geography.
Forces
Seleucids
1 Heavy Cavalry
1 Bronze Shields- General
1 White Shields
1 Agema
Greco-Bactrians
1 Heavy Cavalry Cataphracts- General
1 Bronze Shields
2 Light Infantry
1 Archers
Seleucids will have 5 Commander’s Gaze, while the Bactrians will have 6
Mission
The Secure the Area scenario has 6 tokens scattered across the board, and is set-up by the defenders after terrain is set-up. As a unit puts a token into their Zone of Control, they have scouted the terrain there and can put the token on their side of the board. The side that uncovers the most tokens wins OR if they can force the enemy to collapse in 8 turns.
Set-up
Today’s game is using 1 inch as an MU, and is being played on a 72 by 48 MU board.
For terrain, we used the terrain placement rules straight from the rule book. The Seleucids got to place terrain first. In the center terrain on their side of the board a small wall was placed towards the left corner. The Satrapy matched it on the opposite side with a grove of trees in the forward right corner. This left the center a bit congested. On the left corner in the Satrapy's side of the board the Seleucids placed a 1 level rocky hill in the center of it. On the Satrapy's left flank grid space they placed another rocky, one level hill towards the front of it, again blocking up the center of the board. The Seleucids placed a wall on their right flank grid space to act as a defensive location for the flank. Finally, on the Seleucid left flank the Satrapy placed a small rock hill in the center of the grid space.
The Exploration tokens were then placed in on these terrain pieces. The battlefield was somewhat congested in the center of the board, and that would make capturing objectives there a bloody pushing match. The Seleucid Phalanxes liked there chances there.
For Deployment, the Seleucids were the attackers and began to deploy first. This was an alternate deployment process so the Defenders could react to where the Attackers were located. Interestingly, the Seleucids decided to put their Phalanxes in the center, across from the enemy light infantry. The Greco-Bactrian Phalanx and Archers were on the right, and facing the Agema. The Cavalry forces were facing each other on the left flank. Some interesting match-ups.
Most of these two armies have miniatures EXCEPT the cataphracts are paper templates! Boo! Hiss!
Let's see how things turned out....
bloodandspectacles.blogspot.com/2020/05/battle-report-wars-of-republic-anabasis.html
Today's is Anabasis of the Seleucids....
bloodandspectacles.blogspot.com/2020/05/battle-report-wars-of-republic-anabasis.html
Anabasis of the Seleucids
The Seleucid Empire was founded by the successor’s of Alexander the Great. These successors fought a series of wars with each other for control of his empire. Eventually, the Successors and their children were able to establish their own stable empires. All though smaller than that of Alexander, they were regional power players.
The Seleucid Empire covered much of the Middle East and Eastern parts of the known Ancient world. They were a major player in the Hellenization of the Near East. Their main power base was in Syria but their empire extended into the East and even came up against the Mauryan Empire of India.
When Antiochus the III came to power, he went eastward and restored various vassal states back under Seleucid control. This included Parthia and Greco-Bactria. During this process, Antiochus defeated the leader of a Greco-Bactrian king named Euthydemus at the battle of Arius. Interestingly, this man was also Greek and previously aligned with the Seleucids.
After the Battle of Arius, the Bactrians retreated back to their capital. Antiochus III put the city under siege for three years before they came to a negotiated truce.
Today’s battle will be using the Wars of the Republic rules, but again I am using the lists creatively to simulate other ancient combat to test what they can do. Today will be the Seleucid successor list vs. the Lesser Satrapy list to represent the Bactrians. We will be using a Scout the Area scenario to represent the advanced forces of both armies scouting out the geography.
Forces
Seleucids
1 Heavy Cavalry
1 Bronze Shields- General
1 White Shields
1 Agema
Greco-Bactrians
1 Heavy Cavalry Cataphracts- General
1 Bronze Shields
2 Light Infantry
1 Archers
Seleucids will have 5 Commander’s Gaze, while the Bactrians will have 6
Mission
The Secure the Area scenario has 6 tokens scattered across the board, and is set-up by the defenders after terrain is set-up. As a unit puts a token into their Zone of Control, they have scouted the terrain there and can put the token on their side of the board. The side that uncovers the most tokens wins OR if they can force the enemy to collapse in 8 turns.
Set-up
Today’s game is using 1 inch as an MU, and is being played on a 72 by 48 MU board.
For terrain, we used the terrain placement rules straight from the rule book. The Seleucids got to place terrain first. In the center terrain on their side of the board a small wall was placed towards the left corner. The Satrapy matched it on the opposite side with a grove of trees in the forward right corner. This left the center a bit congested. On the left corner in the Satrapy's side of the board the Seleucids placed a 1 level rocky hill in the center of it. On the Satrapy's left flank grid space they placed another rocky, one level hill towards the front of it, again blocking up the center of the board. The Seleucids placed a wall on their right flank grid space to act as a defensive location for the flank. Finally, on the Seleucid left flank the Satrapy placed a small rock hill in the center of the grid space.
The Exploration tokens were then placed in on these terrain pieces. The battlefield was somewhat congested in the center of the board, and that would make capturing objectives there a bloody pushing match. The Seleucid Phalanxes liked there chances there.
For Deployment, the Seleucids were the attackers and began to deploy first. This was an alternate deployment process so the Defenders could react to where the Attackers were located. Interestingly, the Seleucids decided to put their Phalanxes in the center, across from the enemy light infantry. The Greco-Bactrian Phalanx and Archers were on the right, and facing the Agema. The Cavalry forces were facing each other on the left flank. Some interesting match-ups.
Most of these two armies have miniatures EXCEPT the cataphracts are paper templates! Boo! Hiss!
Let's see how things turned out....
bloodandspectacles.blogspot.com/2020/05/battle-report-wars-of-republic-anabasis.html