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Tango01 ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 26 Jun 2024 5:31 p.m. PST |
"Time for a holiday period big ancients refight, where the aim is to get as many plastic 1/72 figures on the table as possible, usually to fight a scenario from Phil Sabin's "Lost Battles", but using AMW. Over the years there have been quite a few of these, and I'm running out of battles for which I have the figures. This year I settled on Pydna, the last climactic battle between Rome and Macedon. Alas, here Sabin let me down a bit. Pydna is a bit of an encounter battle. Having faced off and not fought for a few days the battle is triggered by an incident between two foraging parties involving an out of control mule. The armies then deploy in haste and the battle sort of starts piecemeal. Sabin therefore doesn't give his normal deployment map, which I think he secretly prefers not to do as deploying troops is a key skill of the commander in his view. Of course, this means that you can end up with a battle that doesn't look like the historical prototype at all. I therefore drew inspiration from Goldsworthy's "In the Name of Rome", and an orbat done by Simon MacDowell I found on line. I jiggered about with them a bit, and I still wasn't happy when I'd finished. I'll say now that it will probably take several plays to get this scenario to work satisfactorily. I wasn't helped by the decision to go on a river cruise the week before Christmas, followed by visiting the eldest daughter and husband for Christmas, only coming back the day after Boxing Day and being caught in silly traffic around the A34 / M40 / A43 junctions on the way back. Essentially I ran out of time to do anything other than put the toys on the table and cross my fingers…" link
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