Little Battles 2025

[dwkay57]

Just when you thought the year couldn't get any worse.....
... the old duffer bores again 

First up, one of my Persian satraps takes on some of my Romans.

[Imperial Dave]

 

[Jim Webster]

Interesting scrap.
I wonder if the result would have been different if the Romans were the ones who had to cross the river?

[dwkay57]

Yes, I'm pondering on that too young Jim. Something to try a bit later in the year perhaps.

[dwkay57]

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.

[Jim Webster]

Brew time beckons 

[Imperial Dave]

Ooooh 

[Prufrock]

That's a big battle, David! Thanks for an enjoyable read

[Imperial Dave]

And at what point will you need a bigger room or even house... ? 

[dwkay57]

Not as soon as young Jim will need a bigger mug for when he gets round to reading the reports....

[Jim Webster]

Not 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 

[Chris]

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.

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

Standard setting, I would say.

[dwkay57]

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.

[dwkay57]

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.

[dwkay57]

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.