"Alala! Hoplite Rules" Topic
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| smacdowall | 13 Oct 2022 6:14 a.m. PST |
link I have been working on some new simple rules for Hoplite battles which I call Alala! — from the ancient Greek war cry. I will use these for the Society of Ancients Matinea Battle Day and will also showcase them at the Society Conference in Cambridge 28-30 October. The idea behind the rules is to get your hoplite phalanxes ordered and psychologically ready before signalling the advance to close with the enemy. Once the phalanxes begin to move in on each other there is little scope for tactical finesse or complex manoeuvre. Light troops and cavalry play a subordinate role — harassing and annoying the enemy and driving off enemy skirmishers. The rules as they currently stand after a first play test are available as a free download in the Rules section of my website.https://www.legio-wargames.com/wargames-rules An illustrated battle report of a recent game is up on my blog: link Simon |
| DeRuyter | 13 Oct 2022 9:27 a.m. PST |
That sounds an awful lot like "Hoplomachia" by The Perfect Captain. Starts with the idea to simulate hoplite warfare as opposed to your generic ancients' rules. |
John Leahy  | 13 Oct 2022 5:02 p.m. PST |
Love the 1/72 figs! I have those Atlantic Greeks and even a Trojan mixed in. My first ancients. I downloaded the rules. Thanks for making them free. I love going to your website. All sorts of interesting stuff to read and download! Thanks John |
| Gray Bear | 13 Oct 2022 11:04 p.m. PST |
Thanks for sharing. I'll have a look. |
| pfmodel | 14 Oct 2022 1:17 a.m. PST |
I do like the figures. Very nice. |
| smacdowall | 20 Oct 2022 8:44 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the kind comments. Looking forward to running a game at the Society of Ancients Conference 28-30 Oct.
In the meantime I have managed a second test game at link
Simon |
| smacdowall | 21 Oct 2022 1:57 a.m. PST |
The freely downloadable rules now include the cards and QRS so if you downloaded earlier you may wish to get the latest version. link Simon |
| Riothamus | 24 Dec 2022 12:14 p.m. PST |
awesome work Simon and your conference report is in Slingshot 342 |
Deucey  | 01 Feb 2023 10:50 p.m. PST |
These look really good. Thanks! |
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