Wanted to buy: Victrix Greek cavalry - posted by Josh Barton, 4 November 2023

So after another loss for the Greeks today, my partner wisely just said 'you should just play with the rules and use more cavalry'

Given that does anyone have 3-6 victrix greek cav they'd be willing to part with? 

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  Vincent Cholewa

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  Good on you, Josh. Not that I have any Victrix cavalry but tinkering and adjusting lists is one the great traditions of wargaming. Have you tried posting on Ben Vartok’s group

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    Josh Barton

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    Vincent Cholewathank you!

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      Vincent Cholewa

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      Josh Barton you’re welcome 

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• Neil Williamson

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  So you are coming round to my way of thinking Josh. 4 legs for the win. 

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    Vincent Cholewa

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    Neil Williamson “four legs good”

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    Josh Barton

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    Neil Williamsonha! I wouldn't go that far... but spear can't be the army's punch

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• Bruce Ferguson

  you'll need more than 6

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    Josh Barton

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    Bruce Fergusonyes, aiming for 6 bases which is a pack and a half, hence looking for half a pack if people have leftovers

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• Paul Graham

  Hey Josh, I may have the Greek cavalry you're looking for, I'll contact you separately.

  It was a closer game than Josh makes out. When the Greeks conceded, the Persians (Late Achaemenids) had 36% losses with one command shattered and the other two commands only a couple of elements away from disheartened. The main Greek hoplite block only started to crumble when its flanking psiloi had been cleared by the Persian auxiliaries and cavalry, and it took the Persian's own Greek mercenaries to main inroads into Josh's phalanx.

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• Andrew Bennetts

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  Follow the advice of Iphicrates: "....... the light-armed troops are like the hands, the cavalry like the feet, the line of men-at‑arms itself like chest and breastplate, and the general like the head" (Plutarch, Life of Pelopidas 2.1 - https://penelope.uchicago.edu/.../Lives/Pelopidas*.html)

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