I wanted to do a short intro to let you all know what my blog will feature.
I'm a big fan of ancient history and the Hellenistic Age is one of my favorite time periods. I also really enjoy games and historical tabletop is a great combination of my passion for history and love of gaming. So this blog will be a sort of digital journal of my journey through historical tabletop. The posts will include battle reports, painting and creating army lists, tie in narrative elements, and the research I put into the game. The historical research may also lead to posts that just cover some historical topic that I find interesting. I'd also like to get some community engagement going, otherwise I would just post all this to my private Google docs. So each blog post will try to feature some engagement questions, a comment section for community thoughts, and any topics you all might be interested in.
To kick things off, I'll jump right into a preview of the two campaigns I'm building up to. The first campaign is a series of scenarios in a fictional setting where Alexander the Great did not die in 323 B.C. The other campaign takes place in the same universe, but follows a Greek mercenary band around the Mediterranean. I will primarily be using Tactica II as a rule set, with some of my own slight tweaks for the scenarios. But, I also hope to try out some other rule systems and a variety of scenario types.
In my first scenario, we have Alexander the Great invading the region of Cyrenaica. For the game I will be using Tactica II with some alterations. Rather than slugging it out until one army reaches its breakpoint, the game will be decided by the highest point total from controlling objective points on the map. Control of the objective will grant the player its full point value while both a contested objective and an uncontrolled objective will not grant any points to either player. I'll be providing more details, along with a rough illustration and photos of the battlefield in future articles. For now, some brief context for the special rules will be provided below.
The two forces facing off will be the vanguard of a Macedonian army led by Alexander himself, and an army from Cyrene made up of Greek colonists, Greek mercenaries, and native Libyan allies. This battle represents a smaller portion of each side's larger force clashing as Alexander looks to get his army into a favorable position to lay siege to the city of Cyrene. Some of the notable units that will be featured in this game, and discussed in more detail in my future articles, will be the proto-thureophoroi units on the Greek colony’s side and the experimental mixed “pike & shot” units of Alexander the Great. I’ll also be providing some information on the area of Cyrenaica and the city of Cyrene.
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