"Tests of 'Alala!'" Topic

"'Alala!' is a set of wargame rules written by Simon MacDowell and published by the Society of Ancients "designed to recreate the ethos of ancient Greek warfare when hoplite phalanxes clashed in battle and the gods intervened in the affairs of mortals. Their principal application is for battles between the Greek city states during the Peloponnesian and Boeotian wars of the 5th – 4th centuries BC, but can also be used for the Persian Wars or later Macedonian conquest of Greece." I bought a copy of the rules at Salute in April. Over the last few days I have run two test games to help learn the ropes and assess whether they will be good for use for land battles in a planned campaign based on the Lamian War of 323 – 322 BC.
In this post I will outline how the rules work, give a brief account of the two test battles and share initial thoughts. Two quick games – using identical forces and very similar deployment – are not sufficient basis for an in depth review but they have whetted our appetite to explore further. The rules have a distinctive flavour to them and seem to capture the nature of hoplite phalanx warfare more closely than other rules we have tried so far. .."

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Armand

And still available to purchase from the Society of Ancients website, soa.org.uk

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Armand

Thanks for the review. I will be ordering the rules.

A votre service mon ami…

Armand