Ancients

Raphia finally hit the table. While I was still 5 units short of my full OOB, the game played very well and balanced. Games were played in both the afternoon and evening sessions on Saturday. The GMT Simple GBoH rules worked perfect, and we were able to play both games to completion (5 players per side) in just over 2 hours despite everyone learning the rules as we went along. The first session ended with a virtual mirror of the historical battle. Each side turned the other’s left flank, and the final result was determined by the heavier Ptolemaic foot on the eastern portion of the field. The second game saw the phalanx’s meet much earlier in the game, and the inability of Antiochus to turn the Egyptian left quickly enough resulted in a Seleucid defeat. A light bit of tweaking of the Egyptian Levy Phalanx ratings will be used in the next game. But overall the game was remarkably balanced from the start. Setup and take down was very quick.