New battle scenarios for CK

[martin goddard]

Whilst considering the next couple of battles to do I looked  into Telemon 225BC. Gauls caught between two Roman armies. Not sure it would be much of a game for the Gauls though, as I like the battle to be able to have various outcomes.


I am going to do Clastidium and Ulai River (?)


martin

[martin goddard]

Clastidium.  Roman republic goes up against the Celts (without trousers).
Ulai River.  Those darned Elamites are confronted by Mad dog Ashurbanipal.

https://www.peterpig.co.uk/CK%20battles.html

I think they make enjoyable and informative reading too.


martin

[Colonel Kilgore]

I see that the Battle of Maldon has recently (?) been added. Which is nice, following its outing at the SoA Battle Day.

I wanted to pick up on the commentary of the "Unready" element of Ethelred's name, which I'd understood to mean something rather different. Wikipedia has: His epithet comes from the Old English word unræd meaning "poorly advised"; it is a pun on his name, which means "well advised".

Simon

[martin goddard]

I believe the "unready" label is more to do with the state of England rather than the state of Ethelred. England was unready for war, thus "unready".
Possibly similar to the way that Bashir al Assad was unready.

That is how I have read it.

Next year in Cunaxa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cunaxa which I hope we can all trek along to?

martin

[Sean Clark]

A good excuse for a nice Achaemenid Persian range, Martin! You've got the Greeks covered already 

[martin goddard]

All being well I would like to do a later Persian range.


martin

[Sean Clark]

If you do get around to it, I'll paint one up for the Society battle day, and a Greek army to fight against it.

A special piece for the death of Cyrus would look good on the table.

Reading the account from your link, death by scaphism sounds most unpleasant!

[Sean Clark]

Cunaxa podcast

This is a good podcast on the battle.