In a vain attempt to avoid repeatedly misspelling "Seleucid" I've just created a set of 5 video battle reports from the recent Beachhead competition in Bournemouth earlier this year.
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These feature a mostly-Victrix 28mm Seleusid army taking on the Indians, Camillan Romans, Galatians, Dacians and finally the Early Imperial Romans in 5 pretty brutal and full-impact battle play-through videos.
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At this event neither me nor any of my opponents seemed keen to muck about, so the end result is a lot of closeups of 28mm troops in push-and-shove close quarters combat - what's not to like eh?!
You can see the first video here:
..or by following this link (https://youtu.be/a9YgV_Vi3CE?si=dtK4KUiJaUKmdAau)
The others then all follow on in sequence.
(https://www.madaxeman.com/images/gamereportimages/Beachhead_2024/IMGP0063.JPG)
Quote from: gavindbm on March 21, 2024, 12:01:48 PMEnjoyed them.
I got the impression of some good combat dice luck.
I think you are probably right there - however when you face a line of matchups which are pretty even, the fine margins and the rub of the green will almost always decide things!
I do also think the couple of Cataphract units the Seleucids brought to the table were pretty important in generating an extra edge - not much in any of my opponents armies could really stand up to them, so that really helped me break through a few times