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the macedonians used phalangites most of the time instead of hoplites

Does anybody known much about this board game? I just found out about it on the internet and I'm interested in it.

Whats with this? Scotland wasn't paticularly attractive to the Romans anyway - too cold and hilly The romans conquerd many places just like modern day scotland .But I do agree about rome losing interest.

[Try this: tape your thumb to your hand, then try to tie your shoe. : Not only that but try going about your day as normal with a pop sicle stick taped to both of your thumbs. Its hard believe me. Then get into a sword fight with someone you trust and write. Good luck.

It could work only if the men were extemily skilled and could hold the position throught a battle while taking some casualtys. Another thing. the spears would have to be the 8 foot long hoplite spears not the 18 foot levy men spears. If they were 18 feet long the romans could not carry thier shields as well and they would cover such little land in one days time. P.S. I was wondering if cavery hit hop lites or even elephaunts do you think the spear could posibly snap in two?

on a scale of 1 to 10 how good is is this book by Christian Meier?

nO way this new game is going to outstirp rome total war.no way, no how

Lets try a new one, man. Before Marius reforms: Your in egypt on the east side of the nile, fighting the pharoh's strongest and largest army on the west side of the nile, they are composed of entierly veterans. You are the romans with 2 legions,50 velites, around 200 cavalry, and a 100 mercenary horse archers from parthia. The enemy consists of 20,000 spear men, 400 chariots, 100 archers, and 100 camal riders. Your men ar tired of walking and are ready to bed down for the night when the egyptians attack. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Let the 20,000 men die for roman honor and leave the germans tired and have huge casultys because of roman strength. The germans dont know of the reniforments comig so wait until night and ambush them using roman archers to attack with a quick barrage of arrows then liht the arrows a blaze, then they would know were you are and attack with no armour. have your velites and legions throuh their pila and masacre them. after that send every man in for a full on charge to wipe them out.

The macidoinan cavelry is supurb a calvery fight is out of the question espacilly if they out number you 3-1. I would head to the dense forest were the phalanx would have a hard time manovering and thus fall victom to a charge of vetran legonares and raw recruts. With the phalanx in dire need of help the enemy calvery would come to there aid thats were you have your calvery comes and attacks them from the side (as a decoy). When they are close but the legonares still have there pila to throw. So before their calvery get there you hit them witha barrage of pila scaring the horses and possibly causing a stamped and then hit the phalanx hard in the back with your cavery. then when the phalanx are destroded kill off the calvery with pilum and cavery.

yes but forming a line of battle could encurage the enemy to fight harder, or you could have the legions through tere pilums and spread panik through out the enemy.