Wine and Women, a Thracian Campaign, write-up thread

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The final update for a few days.

The battle for Rhodes. Thracians Vs Greeks.


On the first turn a ship from Sparta had put in at Athens. Loaded with troops. Next turn it sails to here. It acts as a stepping stone for more troops from Halicarnassus to cross to Rhodes. Once ashore the Greek army attacks it. An open field battle where the hoplite advantage of the Greeks is reduced.

The sloping battlefield favoured the Greeks. Thracians just off boats were downhill no matter where they deployed. So they initially mass on a flank and race for the high ground. The Greeks, caught on the hop, are well out of position. They turn as one in a column to try and head us off from the high ground.


Militia cavalry harrass and stop the Greek column. Distracted it. This allows the tired Thracian infantry to gain the high ground. The tables were turned on the Greeks.


The Greek cavalry has gone. One in a cavalry melee, one shot to death, and one in a combo of the two.


As the hoplites come together our peltast gets behind and charges. Instant rout of these Greeks.


And again the Peltasts cause a rout by charge from behind.


Several Greek hoplites close our line together. Poking of each other goes on for a few seconds longer this time. But not long as the Thracian general is coming in from the far flank to rear charge the stubborn Greek units that havnt already routed.


Thats a disadvantage of fighting near the red line. Too many Greeks survived. They didnt have far to rout.


Greek faction destroyed. Rhodes captured. The Wonder is ours. No its not. Rebls have sprung up and captured the vacant city. :(


Still 4 regions to go.
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That summer saw fewer new units created than last winter:
14 Peasants
3 Archers
1 Militia Cavalry
1 Bireme
2 Spy

Funds remain both plentyful yet tight. We can do all the eseentials but cannot build everywhere before cash runs out. Theres a lot of infrastructure I want but cant afford. Mercenary hires at the front are first spending priority.
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Thats as far as I got today. One and a bit turns played. More follows later in the week.

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The campaign is complete. The final write up.

The final turn was about which four regions to capture.

Scipii held Syracuse with two units. Its main army had been destroyed at Messana last turn. Ladders got us in. The two Roman units waiting huddled in the plaza. A few arrows from the Cretans encouraged them to charge out.



3 Regions to go
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Rammed the gates at Batavodurum. Javlins and arrows confused the German spearband. The phalanx split up into separated men. Our mercenaries rushed in and taunted them before engaging in hand to hand. When the general charges in against sword fighting germans it was soon all over.



2 Regions to go
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Rhodes had been taken over by rebels snatching it from us as the Greek faction was destroyed. So we took it back. Straightforward assault shooting from behind a phalanx. One mistake was to charge the Thracian general through a ready Thracian phalanx. Lost my own general in that move.

We got the rebel general easily enough.


1 Region to go
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This is it. Massila.



The last general a Thracian will kill in this campaign


Shoot.


Victory.

Walking tall.


And so ends a PBM campaign that for so long remained undone. It needed less than 2 full turns to complete.

Econ21...PBM thread to be updated please. Now where is the Perthia PBM...