Oinephyta: 457 BC: Sunrise at Skolos

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Oinephyta again.  The Boeotian line looks strong as the sun comes up over Skolos:


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Quote from: MengJiao on July 22, 2018, 09:33:29 AM

Oinephyta again.  The Boeotian line looks strong as the sun comes up over Skolos:

  Into the Golden Sun of Skolos, the Athenians march with a very  complicated battle plan...more of a Frederichean march than a Hoplite march.
Screened on their left by a deceptive line of cavalry and skirmishers, they intend to use the rivers to slow the Boeotian response to their crossing at Skolos:

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Quote from: MengJiao on July 22, 2018, 12:38:53 PM
Quote from: MengJiao on July 22, 2018, 09:33:29 AM

Oinephyta again.  The Boeotian line looks strong as the sun comes up over Skolos:

  Into the Golden Sun of Skolos, the Athenians march with a very  complicated battle plan...more of a Frederichean march than a Hoplite march.
Screened on their left by a deceptive line of cavalry and skirmishers, they intend to use the rivers to slow the Boeotian response to their crossing at Skolos:

  A little into Turn2: the left Athenian column has deployed a bit early and driven off some Boeotian cavalry:


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Quote from: MengJiao on July 22, 2018, 12:55:17 PM
Quote from: MengJiao on July 22, 2018, 12:38:53 PM
Quote from: MengJiao on July 22, 2018, 09:33:29 AM

Oinephyta again.  The Boeotian line looks strong as the sun comes up over Skolos:

  Into the Golden Sun of Skolos, the Athenians march with a very  complicated battle plan...more of a Frederichean march than a Hoplite march.
Screened on their left by a deceptive line of cavalry and skirmishers, they intend to use the rivers to slow the Boeotian response to their crossing at Skolos:

  A little into Turn2: the left Athenian column has deployed a bit early and driven off some Boeotian cavalry:

  Near the end of Turn3: the Athenian advanced guard is across the river and the Boeotians are turning to face them:


MengJiao

Quote from: MengJiao on July 22, 2018, 10:38:49 PM
Quote from: MengJiao on July 22, 2018, 12:55:17 PM
Quote from: MengJiao on July 22, 2018, 12:38:53 PM
Quote from: MengJiao on July 22, 2018, 09:33:29 AM

Oinephyta again.  The Boeotian line looks strong as the sun comes up over Skolos:

  Into the Golden Sun of Skolos, the Athenians march with a very  complicated battle plan...more of a Frederichean march than a Hoplite march.
Screened on their left by a deceptive line of cavalry and skirmishers, they intend to use the rivers to slow the Boeotian response to their crossing at Skolos:

  A little into Turn2: the left Athenian column has deployed a bit early and driven off some Boeotian cavalry:

  Near the end of Turn3: the Athenian advanced guard is across the river and the Boeotians are turning to face them:

  This all turned out to be too much for this game system and would almost certainly have been impossible for a hoplite army of the mid-fifth-century BC.  So I called it off.