- Vedo che tante proposte si manifestano, tante buoni progetti per il 2013 si fanno avanti: ed allora ecco il mio contributo per una battaglia di rito ellenistico, già pronta, bella e fatta: si tratta solo di raccogliere le minis ! 
che non sono tantissime:
- Infatti, anche questo anno, come ogni anno, Stepen Phenow regala alla comunità armattiana uno scenario storico: tocca questo anno alla battaglia fra Diadochi di Paraetacene del 317 BC:
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ARMATI/message/34858
- Ogni esercito viene diviso in tre comandi, che si schierano sulle 3 zone ( ale dx, sx e centro ) con propri punti di rottura e di comando. L'iniziativa è per esercito, non per comando. E' quindi adatta ad esser giocata da 2/3 giocatori per parte; il campo dovrebbe esser un 72" x 40".
- per l'esercito di ANTIGONO, servono le seguenti Unità:
LC: 2 con Jav., 4 con Lance, 7 con Bow;
HC: 6 con Lance/Jav , 4 con Bow;
Elefanti : 5
PH 12;
LHI 4 ;
SI 3 con Bow e 3 con Jav.
- per l' altro contendente: EUMENE
servono:
LC 1 Bow, 6 Jav.
HC 7
EL 8
PH 7
FT 4
SIBow 8
SI Jav. 7
- e da 4 a 6 giocatori potrebbero scannarsi con questi eserciti alessandrini togliendosi tutti gli sfizi sull' uso, combinato, si spera, o meno, si teme,
di Falangi, di Elefanti e di Cavallerie varie.
- Che ne dite? lo mettiamo " in pila " da risolvere nel 2013 ?
- approfitto per augurare buon fine d'anno a tutti !
-
Antigonids
Left Wing
H-1 L-4 BP-2 Init 4
Pithon +1 +1
> 2-LC (Tarentines) 2[1]0 +1 Javelins
6-LC (Dahae) 1[0]0 +1 Bows
4-LC (Lancers) 3[0]0 +2 Lance (Sarissaphoroi)
> 2-HC (Hellenic) 4[0]0 +1 Javelins
> 2 Ele (Elephants) 5[3]2 +1 Various
Center
H-2 L-3 BP-4 Init 4
Demetrios +1 +2
> 6-PH (Mercenaries) 6[0]0 +1 Spears/Pikes
> 6 PH (Macedonians) 7[0]0 +1 Pikes (Vets)
> 4 LHI(Peltasts) 4[1]2 +1 Javelin
3 SI (Archers) 2[1]1 +2 Bow
3 SI (Lights) 3[1]2 +2 Javelin
> 2 Ele (Elephants) 5[3]2 +1 Various
Right Wing
H-3 L-1 BP-3 Init 4
Antigonios +2 +2
> 4 HC (Asians) 4[0]0 +1 Bow (-1)
> 2 HC (Companions) 4[1]0 +1 Various
> 1 HC (Aegema) 5[0]0 +1 Various (Vets)
> 1 HC (Amphippoi) 4[0]0 +1 Various
> 1 LC (Parthians) 1[0]0 +1 Bow
> 1 Ele (Elephants) 5[3]2 +1 Various
----------------------------------------------------------
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Eumenes the Greek +2 +2
Left Wing
H-1 L-4 BP-3 Init 4
Eudamos +1 +1
1-LC (Dahae) 1[0]0 +1 Bows
> 5-LC (Hellenic) 2[0]0 +1 Javelin
> 2 HC (Hellenic) 4[0]0 +1 Javelin
> 2 Ele (Elephants) 5[3]2 +1 Various
3 SI (Archers) 2[1]1 +2 Bow
4 SI (Lights) 3[1]2 +2 Javelin
Center
H-2 L-3 BP-4 Init 4
Peucestas +1 +1
> 3 PH (Silver Shields) 8[1]0 +1 Pikes (Vets)
> 4 PH (Macedonians) 7[0]0 +1 Pikes (Vets)
> 4 Ft (Iranians) 5[0]0 +1 Spears
5 SI (Archers) 2[1]1 +2 Bow
3 SI (Lights) 3[1]2 +2 Javelin
> 3 Ele (Elephants) 5[3]2 +1 Various
Right Wing
H-3 L-1 BP-4 Init 5
Eumenes of Kardia +2 +2
> 1 HC (Companions) 5[0]0 +1 Various (Vets)
> 2 HC (Aegema) 4[1]0 +1 Various
> 2 HC (Kappadocian) 4[0]0 +1 Various
> 1 LC (Tarentines) 2[1]0 +1 Javelins
> 3 Ele (Elephants) 5[3]2 +1 Various
Special Rules
Elephant units each have their own control point.
Enemy units fighting the Silver Shields, are undressed on pre-melee roll of a 5-6, representing the awe these warriors inspired in their enemies.
First Number of Command Personalities is the melee plus, second is the rally. Figure must be in base to base contact to “inspire” unit.
Tarentines.
These are not true Greco-Italians but simply light shielded cavalry fighting in Tarentine style. The +1 flank factor represents the advantage of the shield.
Asian Heavy Cavalry With “mixed” arms, these apparently are close order Iranian Bactrian style heavy cavalry, with bow and spear. If they do not move, they may shoot like any other horse archer, if they move they may not. -1
to fire represents
that they are not in loose order like a light cavalry.
Sarissaphoroi. These were LC usually called Lancers. It fairly obvious that they are light cavalry and also they were not carrying a long hoplite spear like Companions or Aegema, but something unique. While the original
Macedonian pike armed scouts were absorbed into the Companions, they were replaced by these troops. They may evade.
Greek Cavalry. They may throw their javelins at any target that they charge or when charged before contact.
Depth vrs width. Macedon pike armed units operated in 10-16 ranks. This depth in column was important in pike tactics. In Armati the tactical factor unit wider” adds a +1 to wider unit. This is because the unengaged wing
could fall on the narrower unit fighting it at an advantage. However, in a pike battle the initial shock was more important. Hence the deeper formation.
The idea was the shock would break the engaged unit(s) before the shallower wing could intervene.
For this battle, the “wider than” is only applied to cavalry fights.
HI receives a “deeper than” +1 tactical modifier if fighting a unit not in depth.
Also all Pike armed units must be in depth. Spear/Pike armed units may be either.
The Battleline concept for divisions.
One change from the usual Armati rules is the inclusion of Wings and a Center.
In order to operate with some efficiency, an army would sub divide into sections that were actual little armies. This had nothing to do with national command structure which is what Divisions represent, rather it is to do with
administrating the battle. This subsection might break while leaving the rest of the army unaffected. Think of each section as a core, with a low break point.
1. Command.
Each wing is a small Armati army. It uses that command structure and receives a general. The BP of the wing is given next to that wing's command structure. The General counts as one additional BP loss for that wing.
2. Deployment.
Each wing is deployed per Armati rules. In Infantry and Cavalry divisions Exception are the flank wing (if any) If they extend into the cavalry zone they should be cavalry heavy. (More horse figures than foot in that zone.)
3. Initiative.
Initiative is determined by totaling all three wings' initiatives then comparing the difference between armies. Ex: the three wings have the following Initiative 4, 3, 5 for a total of 12. The opposing army has 5, 5, 4 for a
total of 14. Difference to the die roll is +2. Per Armati rules.
Initiative cannot be ever higher +3.
4. Division Splits.
Each wing is only allowed to split its divisions up to its own initiative total. If wing 1 has used its allowable splits, it cannot carry out an additional voluntary split, even though wing 3 still has enough initiative to allow it. Wing 3's troops can only use its initiative to determine its splits.
The Battlefield
Terrain was on a flat plateau in front of the slope of the Zygros Mountains with each wing resting on low hills. This was Eumenes' left wing, Antigonios' right. There were the foothills of the mountain range in Antigonios'rear.
Diodorios mentions no other significant terrain features.
Numbers. It is is fairly evident that Diodorios has exaggerated the numbers of the armies. Antigonios' was the larger force, but suffered from lack of good Macedonian infantry. Eumenes had higher quality and also better
legitimacy in using Macedonians, in fact Antigonios' Macedonian battalions may have not engaged due to the fear they might defect to Eumenes. So Antigonios attempted to offset this lack with mercenary heavy armed, likely Greek
hoplites from Asia Minor and Greece. He was forced to incorporate peltasts into his ranks to extend his phalanx width. Their inability to stand up to the Silver Shields is proof the experiment was a failure.
Also what I believe is overlooked is the overwhelming amount of fire power supplied by Peucestas' bow armed Persian/Median subjects in the center, they must have distressed the Antigonid center greatly since Antigonios' bulk of his bow armed troops -mounted archers- was on his left. This in turn would play an important part of the battle. Eumenes' force on his right was his best horse with elephants, but lacked light horse support. This in Antigonios' opinion was Eumenes' weak link and set out to exploit it.
The Battle. Antigonios apparently decided to send his lighter bow armed cavalry against Eumenes' heavy horse on right. Since there was only one light horse unit in that wing, Antigonios hoped to damage Eumenes' best cavalry on
his right with missiles while he sent a knock-out blow against Eumenes'left, and his center held Eumenes' center in check. He took command of his right wing, with Pithon leading his left. Eumenes seemed to pin his hopes on his right wing where he stationed his greatest number of elephants.
The battle developed in three phases: these were
(a) Antigonus' Left wing attack. Pithon led his mounted archers in an flanking movement on the enemy's right wing. Avoiding the front of the elephants, from the flank he was able to wound many by arrows. Eumenes wing suffered much damage from light cavalry missiles since he had no light cavalry screening it. With his right wing shaky, Eumenes was forced to ask for aid from Eudamus' light squadrons to ride behind the his lines from the left wing to the right. Now reinforced, Eumenes pushed back Pithon's force and, with the help of his elephants, drove them to the hills.
(b) The Center fight. These had meanwhile been engaged in a long bitter struggle in which casualties were heavy. There is no mention of the two lines of elephants or the heavy missile superiority of Eumenes' center. But, a
regular phalanx infantry push of pike ensued in which the 3,000 Silver Shields, all old veterans of Alexander's campaigns overthrew their opponents and broke the mercenary phalanx. The Antigonid Macedonians refused to stand, (or fight) gave way and was pushed back to the foothills.
(c) Antigonios' Right wing Charge. With his left wing in retreat and his center driven back, Antigonios might have called it a day and retreated, but an opportunity presented itself and the cavalry general took advantage.
Eumenes' push-back of the center allowed a gap to appear on the left. Seizing this chance, Antigonus led his light-wing cavalry in a charge against his opponent's remaining lighter cavalry on Eumenes' left, on their exposed inner right flank.
To save these left-wing troops, Eumenes reformed his right wing, but was too late the left broke.
(d) Dusk. With Eumenes' momentum halted, Antigonios managed to rally his defeated troops and reformed them all up in a battleline on the back foothills. It was now dusk and Eumenes reformed his army as well, and being exhausted marched off at midnight leaving the field to Antigonios.
Diodorios claims that the greatest loss was among Antigonios' mercenaries - 3,700 dead and 4,000 wounded.
che non sono tantissime: - Infatti, anche questo anno, come ogni anno, Stepen Phenow regala alla comunità armattiana uno scenario storico: tocca questo anno alla battaglia fra Diadochi di Paraetacene del 317 BC:
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ARMATI/message/34858
- Ogni esercito viene diviso in tre comandi, che si schierano sulle 3 zone ( ale dx, sx e centro ) con propri punti di rottura e di comando. L'iniziativa è per esercito, non per comando. E' quindi adatta ad esser giocata da 2/3 giocatori per parte; il campo dovrebbe esser un 72" x 40".
- per l'esercito di ANTIGONO, servono le seguenti Unità:
LC: 2 con Jav., 4 con Lance, 7 con Bow;
HC: 6 con Lance/Jav , 4 con Bow;
Elefanti : 5
PH 12;
LHI 4 ;
SI 3 con Bow e 3 con Jav.
- per l' altro contendente: EUMENE
servono:
LC 1 Bow, 6 Jav.
HC 7
EL 8
PH 7
FT 4
SIBow 8
SI Jav. 7
- e da 4 a 6 giocatori potrebbero scannarsi con questi eserciti alessandrini togliendosi tutti gli sfizi sull' uso, combinato, si spera, o meno, si teme,
di Falangi, di Elefanti e di Cavallerie varie. - Che ne dite? lo mettiamo " in pila " da risolvere nel 2013 ?
- approfitto per augurare buon fine d'anno a tutti !
-
Antigonids
Left Wing
H-1 L-4 BP-2 Init 4
Pithon +1 +1
> 2-LC (Tarentines) 2[1]0 +1 Javelins
6-LC (Dahae) 1[0]0 +1 Bows
4-LC (Lancers) 3[0]0 +2 Lance (Sarissaphoroi)
> 2-HC (Hellenic) 4[0]0 +1 Javelins
> 2 Ele (Elephants) 5[3]2 +1 Various
Center
H-2 L-3 BP-4 Init 4
Demetrios +1 +2
> 6-PH (Mercenaries) 6[0]0 +1 Spears/Pikes
> 6 PH (Macedonians) 7[0]0 +1 Pikes (Vets)
> 4 LHI(Peltasts) 4[1]2 +1 Javelin
3 SI (Archers) 2[1]1 +2 Bow
3 SI (Lights) 3[1]2 +2 Javelin
> 2 Ele (Elephants) 5[3]2 +1 Various
Right Wing
H-3 L-1 BP-3 Init 4
Antigonios +2 +2
> 4 HC (Asians) 4[0]0 +1 Bow (-1)
> 2 HC (Companions) 4[1]0 +1 Various
> 1 HC (Aegema) 5[0]0 +1 Various (Vets)
> 1 HC (Amphippoi) 4[0]0 +1 Various
> 1 LC (Parthians) 1[0]0 +1 Bow
> 1 Ele (Elephants) 5[3]2 +1 Various
----------------------------------------------------------
------
Eumenes the Greek +2 +2
Left Wing
H-1 L-4 BP-3 Init 4
Eudamos +1 +1
1-LC (Dahae) 1[0]0 +1 Bows
> 5-LC (Hellenic) 2[0]0 +1 Javelin
> 2 HC (Hellenic) 4[0]0 +1 Javelin
> 2 Ele (Elephants) 5[3]2 +1 Various
3 SI (Archers) 2[1]1 +2 Bow
4 SI (Lights) 3[1]2 +2 Javelin
Center
H-2 L-3 BP-4 Init 4
Peucestas +1 +1
> 3 PH (Silver Shields) 8[1]0 +1 Pikes (Vets)
> 4 PH (Macedonians) 7[0]0 +1 Pikes (Vets)
> 4 Ft (Iranians) 5[0]0 +1 Spears
5 SI (Archers) 2[1]1 +2 Bow
3 SI (Lights) 3[1]2 +2 Javelin
> 3 Ele (Elephants) 5[3]2 +1 Various
Right Wing
H-3 L-1 BP-4 Init 5
Eumenes of Kardia +2 +2
> 1 HC (Companions) 5[0]0 +1 Various (Vets)
> 2 HC (Aegema) 4[1]0 +1 Various
> 2 HC (Kappadocian) 4[0]0 +1 Various
> 1 LC (Tarentines) 2[1]0 +1 Javelins
> 3 Ele (Elephants) 5[3]2 +1 Various
Special Rules
Elephant units each have their own control point.
Enemy units fighting the Silver Shields, are undressed on pre-melee roll of a 5-6, representing the awe these warriors inspired in their enemies.
First Number of Command Personalities is the melee plus, second is the rally. Figure must be in base to base contact to “inspire” unit.
Tarentines.
These are not true Greco-Italians but simply light shielded cavalry fighting in Tarentine style. The +1 flank factor represents the advantage of the shield.
Asian Heavy Cavalry With “mixed” arms, these apparently are close order Iranian Bactrian style heavy cavalry, with bow and spear. If they do not move, they may shoot like any other horse archer, if they move they may not. -1
to fire represents
that they are not in loose order like a light cavalry.
Sarissaphoroi. These were LC usually called Lancers. It fairly obvious that they are light cavalry and also they were not carrying a long hoplite spear like Companions or Aegema, but something unique. While the original
Macedonian pike armed scouts were absorbed into the Companions, they were replaced by these troops. They may evade.
Greek Cavalry. They may throw their javelins at any target that they charge or when charged before contact.
Depth vrs width. Macedon pike armed units operated in 10-16 ranks. This depth in column was important in pike tactics. In Armati the tactical factor unit wider” adds a +1 to wider unit. This is because the unengaged wing
could fall on the narrower unit fighting it at an advantage. However, in a pike battle the initial shock was more important. Hence the deeper formation.
The idea was the shock would break the engaged unit(s) before the shallower wing could intervene.
For this battle, the “wider than” is only applied to cavalry fights.
HI receives a “deeper than” +1 tactical modifier if fighting a unit not in depth.
Also all Pike armed units must be in depth. Spear/Pike armed units may be either.
The Battleline concept for divisions.
One change from the usual Armati rules is the inclusion of Wings and a Center.
In order to operate with some efficiency, an army would sub divide into sections that were actual little armies. This had nothing to do with national command structure which is what Divisions represent, rather it is to do with
administrating the battle. This subsection might break while leaving the rest of the army unaffected. Think of each section as a core, with a low break point.
1. Command.
Each wing is a small Armati army. It uses that command structure and receives a general. The BP of the wing is given next to that wing's command structure. The General counts as one additional BP loss for that wing.
2. Deployment.
Each wing is deployed per Armati rules. In Infantry and Cavalry divisions Exception are the flank wing (if any) If they extend into the cavalry zone they should be cavalry heavy. (More horse figures than foot in that zone.)
3. Initiative.
Initiative is determined by totaling all three wings' initiatives then comparing the difference between armies. Ex: the three wings have the following Initiative 4, 3, 5 for a total of 12. The opposing army has 5, 5, 4 for a
total of 14. Difference to the die roll is +2. Per Armati rules.
Initiative cannot be ever higher +3.
4. Division Splits.
Each wing is only allowed to split its divisions up to its own initiative total. If wing 1 has used its allowable splits, it cannot carry out an additional voluntary split, even though wing 3 still has enough initiative to allow it. Wing 3's troops can only use its initiative to determine its splits.
The Battlefield
Terrain was on a flat plateau in front of the slope of the Zygros Mountains with each wing resting on low hills. This was Eumenes' left wing, Antigonios' right. There were the foothills of the mountain range in Antigonios'rear.
Diodorios mentions no other significant terrain features.
Numbers. It is is fairly evident that Diodorios has exaggerated the numbers of the armies. Antigonios' was the larger force, but suffered from lack of good Macedonian infantry. Eumenes had higher quality and also better
legitimacy in using Macedonians, in fact Antigonios' Macedonian battalions may have not engaged due to the fear they might defect to Eumenes. So Antigonios attempted to offset this lack with mercenary heavy armed, likely Greek
hoplites from Asia Minor and Greece. He was forced to incorporate peltasts into his ranks to extend his phalanx width. Their inability to stand up to the Silver Shields is proof the experiment was a failure.
Also what I believe is overlooked is the overwhelming amount of fire power supplied by Peucestas' bow armed Persian/Median subjects in the center, they must have distressed the Antigonid center greatly since Antigonios' bulk of his bow armed troops -mounted archers- was on his left. This in turn would play an important part of the battle. Eumenes' force on his right was his best horse with elephants, but lacked light horse support. This in Antigonios' opinion was Eumenes' weak link and set out to exploit it.
The Battle. Antigonios apparently decided to send his lighter bow armed cavalry against Eumenes' heavy horse on right. Since there was only one light horse unit in that wing, Antigonios hoped to damage Eumenes' best cavalry on
his right with missiles while he sent a knock-out blow against Eumenes'left, and his center held Eumenes' center in check. He took command of his right wing, with Pithon leading his left. Eumenes seemed to pin his hopes on his right wing where he stationed his greatest number of elephants.
The battle developed in three phases: these were
(a) Antigonus' Left wing attack. Pithon led his mounted archers in an flanking movement on the enemy's right wing. Avoiding the front of the elephants, from the flank he was able to wound many by arrows. Eumenes wing suffered much damage from light cavalry missiles since he had no light cavalry screening it. With his right wing shaky, Eumenes was forced to ask for aid from Eudamus' light squadrons to ride behind the his lines from the left wing to the right. Now reinforced, Eumenes pushed back Pithon's force and, with the help of his elephants, drove them to the hills.
(b) The Center fight. These had meanwhile been engaged in a long bitter struggle in which casualties were heavy. There is no mention of the two lines of elephants or the heavy missile superiority of Eumenes' center. But, a
regular phalanx infantry push of pike ensued in which the 3,000 Silver Shields, all old veterans of Alexander's campaigns overthrew their opponents and broke the mercenary phalanx. The Antigonid Macedonians refused to stand, (or fight) gave way and was pushed back to the foothills.
(c) Antigonios' Right wing Charge. With his left wing in retreat and his center driven back, Antigonios might have called it a day and retreated, but an opportunity presented itself and the cavalry general took advantage.
Eumenes' push-back of the center allowed a gap to appear on the left. Seizing this chance, Antigonus led his light-wing cavalry in a charge against his opponent's remaining lighter cavalry on Eumenes' left, on their exposed inner right flank.
To save these left-wing troops, Eumenes reformed his right wing, but was too late the left broke.
(d) Dusk. With Eumenes' momentum halted, Antigonios managed to rally his defeated troops and reformed them all up in a battleline on the back foothills. It was now dusk and Eumenes reformed his army as well, and being exhausted marched off at midnight leaving the field to Antigonios.
Diodorios claims that the greatest loss was among Antigonios' mercenaries - 3,700 dead and 4,000 wounded.
il tipico di questa battaglia sono le PH e gli EL.
quindi dopo che i 
giocatori si saranno uniti nella impresa, cercando di selezionarle anche in base alla decenza pittorica ; ( quelli che indico sono quelli dipinti dai Taucher ) 
)
; le Cav. non sembrano poche neanche qua.
Non si sfugge dal prof. Sabin !