Battle of Marathon.

Last night,by way of a change,we re-fought the famous battle of Marathon.
Dave and I were the Persians,and Graham'Paul and Brian were the Greeks.
If I were to be honest,the game was a very short disaster!!-mainly because I had weighted the "adapted" rules too heavily in favour of the Greeks-in fact,apart from the Persian centre,the rest of the Persians didn't stand a chance!!-ho hum.can't win them all!!!

This is how the table looked before any movement,Greeks to the left,Persians to the right.

The initial "clash"-the weakened Greek centre assaults the Persian centre-we tried something a little different as well,using the centre as one unit,the left flank as one unit and the right flank as one unit-so one dice throw decided who won and who lost-again making the game very fast(and short!!)-oh dear!

These two shots show the Greek flanks successfully pushing the Persian flank units back,whilst the Persians continue to push the Greek centre back(as per history!)

The successful Greek wings turned to catch the Persians in a classic pincer movement-game over!!

One final shot of the table-Graham looks happy!!
To show my disappointment,Brian suggested that I take a "selfie".................

Oh dear,how sad,never mind!!
I then suggested that Brian took a "selfie"...................................

Aaaaaaaagh!!!!
Roll on next Sunday,probably Crusader/El Cid,but who knows??