For something different I thought I would try a battle I didn't know a great deal about, Tunis, 310 BC, part of an expedition by Agathocles, tyrant of Syracuse, to hit Carthage in its own territory.
The first post features the initial dispositions (https://prufrockian-gleanings.blogspot.com/2024/08/tunis-310-bc-dispositions.html) and the second the battle itself. (https://prufrockian-gleanings.blogspot.com/)
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As usual for me, the rules used are Phil Sabin's Lost Battles / Strategos system, and the game was played solo.
I think I need to read up a little more on Agathocles. He seems to have been quite an interesting character!
And an unknown for me too!
I must read up on Agathocles and Phil Sabin's rules. Ignorance is not bliss.
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For those unfamiliar with the battle, the source is Diodorus XX.10-13 (https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/20A*.html#3).
Quote from: Duncan Head on September 02, 2024, 11:34:50 AMFor those unfamiliar with the battle, the source is Diodorus XX.10-13 (https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/20A*.html#3).
Thanks, Duncan!
Echo that!
Lots of interesting things in that battle. Plenty of morale related stuff, anti-chariot tactics, the ineffectiveness of cavalry against formed hoplites, the lack of situational awareness that leaves troops at the back of a formation clueless about why the army is retreating - lots of things to recreate in a refight.
Indeed. Good observations Anthony
Yes, it's a good one all right.
Did you get to release any owls? It's an aspect I found very odd. It seems Agathocles had been collecting owls and then released them to improve morale. I brought it up in the Alala! Facebook pages little while ago to add a card for this - 'release the owls'. :)
(Check out 11.4 in Duncan's reference)
Quote from: Ian61 on September 03, 2024, 08:19:27 AM'[R]elease the owls'. :)
Produce the owls! (https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1528890680/owls-goonmaster-basing-bits-miniature?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_uk_en_gb_d-toys_and_games-other&utm_custom1=_k_CjwKCAjw59q2BhBOEiwAKc0ijRoQK2MO3BnCYl3Ywax4UeAwexbZ4wJjSad5Xrn2sLXTP1TOxd8WZhoCSJEQAvD_BwE_k_&utm_content=go_12604682562_122820637674_508814539886_pla-314535279100_c__1528890680engb_5400642232&utm_custom2=12604682562&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw59q2BhBOEiwAKc0ijRoQK2MO3BnCYl3Ywax4UeAwexbZ4wJjSad5Xrn2sLXTP1TOxd8WZhoCSJEQAvD_BwE)
Quote from: Ian61 on September 03, 2024, 08:19:27 AMI brought it up in the Alala! Facebook pages little while ago to add a card for this
Does this suggest that you have been tempted to try a refight with Alala!?
Quote from: Erpingham on September 03, 2024, 11:54:36 AMQuote from: Ian61 on September 03, 2024, 08:19:27 AMI brought it up in the Alala! Facebook pages little while ago to add a card for this
Does this suggest that you have been tempted to try a refight with Alala!?
Indeed it's one I would like to do but we will have to work out some chariot rules first.
Quote from: Ian61 on September 03, 2024, 01:53:16 PMwe will have to work out some chariot rules first.
Should be fun, as, from what I recall of earlier conversations, we don't know a lot about how Carthaginian chariots operated.