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Battle Day 2017 – Arsuf 1191 AD
Battle Day 2017 duly took place on Saturday 1 April at the usual venue of Sycamore Hall, Bletchley. Around 40 wargamers refought the Battle of Arsuf, 1191 AD across eight different wargames using eight different sets of rules. The day started with a very well-received expert introduction to the battle and the challenges of wargaming
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Battle Day 2016 – Pharsalus 48 BC
Pharsalus 48 BC For almost all the horsemen had crowded to this point, in order to overpower Caesar and cut to pieces the tenth legion; for this was generally said to fight better than any other, and in its ranks Caesar usually stood when he fought a battle. But Caesar, observing that the left wing of the enemy
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Battle Day 2015 – Hydaspes 326 BC
…he was informed that Porus, with the whole of his army, was on the other side of that river… The twelfth annual Society of Ancients Battle DaySaturday 28 March 2015 Sycamore Hall, Drayton Road, Bletchley, Near Milton Keynes, MK2 3RR The Hydaspes 326 BC Upon this, the drivers of the elephants urged forward the beasts against
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Battle Day 2014 – Montaperti 1260 AD
Introduction The aim of this Battle Pack is to introduce the battle, give a broad description of the events leading up to and during the battle itself, give some orders of battle, and provide some observations on the challenges and issues that a Game Organiser may need to consider when planning the refight. English translation
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Battle Day 2013 – Chalons 451 AD
Richard Lockwood This Battle pack should be read in conjunction with all the material on the SoA Forum that has been posted. Terrain “The battle field was a plain rising by a sharp slope to a ridge.” (Jordanes) This is really all we know about the ground over which the battle was fought. Chances are
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Battle Day 2012 – Plataea 479 BC
On they went with loud shouts… Richard Lockwood & Daivid Barnsdale When he had so spoken, he crossed the Asopus, and led the Persians forward at a run directly upon the track of the Greeks, whom he believed to be in actual flight. He could not see the Athenians; for, as they had taken the
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Battle Day 2011 – Kadesh 1274 BC
There was no Battle Pack for the refight of Kadesh – instead all of the discussions about it can be found on the Society Forum.
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Battle Day 2010 – Zama 202 BC
The seventh annual Society of Ancients Battle Day, Saturday 17 April 2010. Sycamore Hall, Drayton Road, Bletchley, Near Milton Keynes, MK2 3RR. He ordered each officer to address his own men, bidding them rest their hopes of victory on him and the army he had brought with him; while he bade their officers remind the
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