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Title: Little Battles 2025
Post by: dwkay57 on Feb 16, 2025, 01:33 PM
Just when you thought the year couldn't get any worse.....
... the old duffer bores again  ;D

First up, one of my Persian satraps takes on some of my Romans.
Title: Re: Little Battles 2025
Post by: Imperial Dave on Feb 16, 2025, 02:54 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Little Battles 2025
Post by: Jim Webster on Feb 16, 2025, 03:08 PM
Interesting scrap.
I wonder if the result would have been different if the Romans were the ones who had to cross the river?
Title: Re: Little Battles 2025
Post by: dwkay57 on Feb 16, 2025, 05:44 PM
Yes, I'm pondering on that too young Jim. Something to try a bit later in the year perhaps.
Title: Re: Little Battles 2025
Post by: dwkay57 on Jun 08, 2025, 08:05 AM
After a long gap, I'm back to bore again with a battle that featured two historical armies even if they weren't "matched".

All my Romans take on all my Greeks in a battle so large (and long) that I had to split the short report to get the attachment thingy to work.
Title: Re: Little Battles 2025
Post by: Jim Webster on Jun 08, 2025, 08:18 AM
Brew time beckons  8)
Title: Re: Little Battles 2025
Post by: Imperial Dave on Jun 08, 2025, 08:53 AM
Ooooh  :)
Title: Re: Little Battles 2025
Post by: Prufrock on Jun 08, 2025, 10:42 AM
That's a big battle, David! Thanks for an enjoyable read
Title: Re: Little Battles 2025
Post by: Imperial Dave on Jun 08, 2025, 10:48 AM
And at what point will you need a bigger room or even house... ?  ;D
Title: Re: Little Battles 2025
Post by: dwkay57 on Jun 08, 2025, 12:18 PM
Not as soon as young Jim will need a bigger mug for when he gets round to reading the reports....
Title: Re: Little Battles 2025
Post by: Jim Webster on Jun 08, 2025, 03:33 PM
Quote from: dwkay57 on Jun 08, 2025, 12:18 PMNot as soon as young Jim will need a bigger mug for when he gets round to reading the reports....

Yes, they're not 'little battles' any more  ;D
Title: Re: Little Battles 2025
Post by: Chris on Jun 09, 2025, 01:19 PM
Quote from: dwkay57 on Jun 08, 2025, 08:05 AMAll my Romans take on all my Greeks in a battle so large (and long) that I had to split the short report to get the attachment thingy to work.


Truly, a "powerful point" example of a very specific type of Greco-Roman wrestling.  ;)  ::)

Standard setting, I would say.
Title: Re: Little Battles 2025
Post by: dwkay57 on Jul 28, 2025, 12:05 PM
A smaller - in terms of figures on the battlefield - battle this time as my Armenians took an alliance of Osrhoene and Commagene.

Again I used a variant of Justin's pre-battle jostling process to determine the battlefield.

Report attached in two halves (to get round the 1.5MB limit) for those who want to see if it went to penalties.
Title: Re: Little Battles 2025
Post by: dwkay57 on Sep 08, 2025, 04:29 PM
Young Jim was right. My battles are getting bigger. Apparently, this was my ninth largest to date. One of the drawbacks of having a larger playing surface with no time limit.

Of course, another drawback is that the battles take longer and the reports increase in size. Although, part of the increase in this one was the way events unfolded leading to a protracted battle.

My three Celtic British tribes took on two of my Persian satraps. OK - not historically, nor geographically, matched - but a different mix of fighting styles on display.

Title: Re: Little Battles 2025
Post by: dwkay57 on Oct 20, 2025, 01:15 PM
Another battle with Persians, but of the more traditional sort, and a somewhat random opponent in the form of an alliance of four of my Near Eastern armies.

Not much in the way of historical accuracy but a wide range of troop definitions represented.