Manzikert re-fought
In 1071 the East Roman Emperor Romanus IV gathered a huge army with the intent of breaking the growing power of the Seljuk Turks....
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Simon MacDowall
- Jul 12
- 2 min
King Edward Prevails
The semi-fictitious Wars of the Roses engagement at Newark (1471) makes for a really good two player game. A visit by Harry Sidebottom...
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Simon MacDowall
- Jul 5
- 1 min
Alp Arslan Considers
Faced with a far more numerous enemy at Manzikert, Sultan Muhammad Ibn Dawud Çağrı, known as Alp Arslan, considers his options. Alp...
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Simon MacDowall
- Apr 26
- 2 min
Mini Mantinea
A number of our group were unable to make it to the Society of Ancients Battle Day. Therefore I put on another Mantinea game with Alala!...
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Simon MacDowall
- Apr 5
- 3 min
Both sides win and lose
Last weekend I put on an Alala! game at the 19th Society of Ancients Battle Day featuring 2nd Mantinea (362 BC). As ever, the day was...
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Simon MacDowall
- Jan 19
- 3 min
A Hole in the Walls of Babylon
My 25mil Byzantine army has just its first table-top outing in more than 3 decades! The game was set in early AD 1061 when most of...
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Simon MacDowall
- Dec 5, 2022
- 3 min
Hereward re-awakes
Leaving aside my Ancient Greeks for a while, I recently found myself embroiled in an attempt to suppress Hereward the Wake’s East Anglian...
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Simon MacDowall
- Oct 20, 2022
- 1 min
More Hoplite Action
Yesterday we managed to get a second test game of Alala! hoplite rules in before the upcoming Society of Ancients Conference. It was...
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Simon MacDowall
- Oct 12, 2022
- 2 min
Alala!
I have been working on some new simple rules for Hoplite battles which I call Alala! — from the ancient Greek war cry. I will use these...
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Simon MacDowall
- Sep 4, 2022
- 3 min
The Battle for Rocroi
It has been 5 years in the making but finally I had painted up all the troops I needed to refight the battle of Rocroi (1643) between the...
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Simon MacDowall
- Apr 23, 2022
- 1 min
Reinforcements for Rocroi
Italians, Burgundians and Germans fresh off the painting table, ready to join the Spanish Army at Rocroi (1643). The Italians (left) and...
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Simon MacDowall
- Apr 11, 2022
- 3 min
The Other Northwest Frontier
In May 1885 the inhabitants of the Canadian Northwest Territories — Metis (descendants of French and Scottish fur traders intermarried...
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