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Author Topic: Opponents for Hoplites?  (Read 2603 times)

Offline FierceKitty

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Re: Opponents for Hoplites?
« Reply #15 on: March 17, 2020, 01:25:30 AM »
Barker got it right when he said the Greeks divided the world into foreigners, whom they despised, and Greeks, whom they hated.
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Re: Opponents for Hoplites?
« Reply #16 on: March 17, 2020, 02:24:06 PM »
Unless you were a Greek from the same city, social class, and political leanings.... then you were tolerated!
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Offline valerio81

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Re: Opponents for Hoplites?
« Reply #17 on: March 18, 2020, 10:48:47 AM »
If you pick up the perfect captain's Hoplomachia rules even greek vs greek is going to be a lot of fun and realistic feelingz. hoplite warfare not vanilla infantry vs vanilla infantry.

Don t be put off by the appearence, is really not that complicated , just badly edited! But the rules are well worth
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Offline Easy E

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Re: Opponents for Hoplites?
« Reply #18 on: March 19, 2020, 03:33:54 PM »
Good point!  Hoplite vs. Hoplite is a lot of different styles of combat with the light infantry and cavalry along for the ride too!

Offline Will Bailie

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Re: Opponents for Hoplites?
« Reply #19 on: March 19, 2020, 04:12:01 PM »
I am considering fielding an opponent for my hoplites. Apart from other hoplites and the Persians, just wondered who else there is to consider?

Has anyone mentioned skeletons yet?   ;)

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Offline armchairgeneral

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Re: Opponents for Hoplites?
« Reply #20 on: March 19, 2020, 07:43:15 PM »
Well if you are talking mythical, I did think about a scantily clad Amazon force from Crocodile games or Rbjgc  lol

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Offline ErikB

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Re: Opponents for Hoplites?
« Reply #21 on: March 19, 2020, 08:46:19 PM »
Has anyone mentioned Romans?

There was a fair amount of overlap between Hopites and Legionaries, especially the pre-Maurian Reform Romans (those guys with the feathers sticking out of their helmets and the rectangular shields that were rounded on top and bottom).

Mythological monsters are the coolest for Hoplites, in my humble opinion... especially armies of skeletons.

Offline FierceKitty

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Re: Opponents for Hoplites?
« Reply #22 on: March 20, 2020, 01:37:06 AM »


Mythological monsters are the coolest for Hoplites, in my humble opinion... especially armies of skeletons.

They certainly leave me cold.