Thinking of starting Successors

[has.been]

I like your single minded determination!

Yup. Our Ian is not easily distracted, unlike the rest of...
Ooooooh SHINEY !!!!
 

[Digits]

Nice looking fellas…very colourful!

[Westbury]

In my defence Pete, it was Dave that got distracted but who am I to complain 

[Zingara]

Gorgeous looking troops. Is Dave back on track now or are other distractions on the way?

[Westbury]

No more distractions!   

[Hu Rhu]

Those Galatians are sumptuous.   

[Westbury]

2nd lot of Galatians done.

[Westbury]

Also casualty markers as part of our cunning plan when using movement trays.

[Westbury]

Both units to frighten the non existent pikemen 

[has.been]

Dave has done a good job on those Galations,
even if he does think they are Gauls.

[Jjonas]

Very nice.
I feel that people get a little bit boring with Galatians because of the Pergamene statues.

Unfortunately we don’t have an unbiased source of how they actually appeared in battle.

Since they were Celts, and made up of various tribes it seems highly likely that different groups would have different looks.
At least one source describes a Galatian shield wall comprised of armored front rankers. As they settled along the Black Sea and Anatolia, no doubt that also changed their appearances.
The war where the Thracians eradicated the Galatian Kingdom of Tylis sounds like tremendous struggle, hardly mentioned in sources.

[Westbury]

Thanks JJ, was getting a bit concerned we'd screwed up.

[Zingara]

Great looking troops as always.  Bring on the phalanx !! I look forward to seeing all these on the table.

[Westbury]

So, with the Galatians done, we thought we'd have another playtest of the rules. This time, Achaean League v Middle Imperial Seleucid - a purely wargaming conceit for the period 281-223 
The Achaeans were the more numerous, featuring 4 blocks of mercenary hoplites, 3 lots of peltasts, 5 groups of psiloi, 2 units of Tarentine skirmish cavalry, a unit of League armoured horse and a unit of Greek mercenary horse.
The Seleucids were better quality with, a single unit of Hetairoi, 3 units of Xystophoroi, 1 unit f Tarentine skirmish cavalry, 3 elephants, 2 units of Galatians, a single unit of Cretan archers and a lonely only pike block.
The Achaeans deployed their infantry across the table width, alternating peltasts with hoplites, covering the front with slingers & archers and protecting the flanks with javelin men. The plan was to edge forward and hope their width would prevent the Seleucids from turning their flanks.
The Seleucids deployed all their cavalry on the right hoping to bulldoze their way through and get into the rear, the elephants were the sole centre tasked with just messing up the hoplites, the Galatians on the left were tasked with turning the Achaean right by pivoting on the pike unit to their own right.

[Westbury]

Once deployment was revealed and both sides started moving the Achaean cavalry reserve knew where it needed to go, the left! Forgot to say, the savvy Achaean player deployed his cavalry at the rear so as to be able to respond to where the Seleucid cavalry were