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Miniatures Adventure => Age of Myths, Gods and Empires => Topic started by: Irregular Wars Nic on October 27, 2019, 10:37:24 PM

Title: ROMANES EVNT DOMVS - a fourth battle against Triumvirate Romans in Asia
Post by: Irregular Wars Nic on October 27, 2019, 10:37:24 PM

We've recently had a trio of 6mm battles using l'Art de la Guerre in which Andrew's Triumvirate Romans have faced off against three different late Hellenistic armies for control of Asia. Warning - may contain dancing girls...

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ROMANES EVNT DOMVS: Tigranes and Triumvirate Romans in Mesopotamia
https://irregularwars.blogspot.com/2019/04/romanes-evnt-domvs-tigranes-and.html (https://irregularwars.blogspot.com/2019/04/romanes-evnt-domvs-tigranes-and.html)

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ROMANES EVNT DOMVS II: Blood in the Beqa'a
http://irregularwars.blogspot.com/2019/10/romanes-evnt-domvs-ii-blood-in-beqaa.html (http://irregularwars.blogspot.com/2019/10/romanes-evnt-domvs-ii-blood-in-beqaa.html)

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ROMANES EVNT DOMVS III: Pilums for the poisoner-prince of Pontos
https://irregularwars.blogspot.com/2019/10/romanes-evnt-domvs-iii-pilums-for.html (https://irregularwars.blogspot.com/2019/10/romanes-evnt-domvs-iii-pilums-for.html)

Title: Re: ROMANES EVNT DOMVS - three battles against Triumvirate Romans in Asia
Post by: Ethelred the Almost Ready on October 28, 2019, 03:00:30 AM

Great looking games and nice reports.
It's always better to post games when you have won (smug bastard).

I have never really been certain about these rules as most of the reports I've read seem to focus on turning flanks in a way that seems most un-ancient resulting in units at all sorts of funny angles.  Your game does not seem like that.

Title: Re: ROMANES EVNT DOMVS - three battles against Triumvirate Romans in Asia
Post by: Irregular Wars Nic on October 28, 2019, 09:15:45 AM

While turning a flank was certainly the key way to win in Classical and Hellenistic battles, we  favour the "Hey you over there! Yeah, you. Let's fight!" approach.

I mean, we generally try to have a plan that is vaguely historically sound, but we play the game, not the rules. I'm sure any competition gamer would trounce us in a couple of turns.

Title: Re: ROMANES EVNT DOMVS - three battles against Triumvirate Romans in Asia
Post by: Easy E on October 28, 2019, 08:24:37 PM

Sweet!  I was just doing some reading on the battles in Armenia!

Title: Re: ROMANES EVNT DOMVS - a fourth battle against Triumvirate Romans in Asia
Post by: Irregular Wars Nic on November 14, 2019, 08:42:20 PM

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A fourth clash is now up on the blog, this time documenting a Triumvirate Roman clash with a late Seleukid army on the road to Damascus.

https://irregularwars.blogspot.com/2019/11/romanes-evnt-domvs-iv-road-to-damascus.html (https://irregularwars.blogspot.com/2019/11/romanes-evnt-domvs-iv-road-to-damascus.html)