Plastic & Steel Affligem 14 October : Plataea 479 BC refight in 54mm - preparing Crisis 2017

We did  the battle twice.
First time Dirk, Steven and Ronny were the Greeks.
Siegfried, Thomas and Jeroen the Persians and allies.

First battle

The very good Osprey book 

The first battle, the other Greek  division was strong enough to keep the Indians and Egyptians bussy while the Corinthians helped the Athenians against the Thebans and Medes.

The Spartans rolled down on the Persians light lines and swepted them aside, except the immortals who were able to stop one Spartan unit, but were in the end also destoyed. The Persian cavalry made an outflanking move, but were not able to to tip the balance. Once the lifeguard unit was done, two Spartan units turned towards the already exausted Medes and the battle was over. A 2 hour and a half game

Second battle

We changed sides for the second battle

It was obvious the Persian light units were absolutly no match for the Elite Spartans. 

The tactcis should be changed.  The Persians now didn't defend in dept, but spread to make a wide front, while the Persian cavalry went against the Athenians. 

The Corinthians didn't come in support. Facing 3 divisions the Athenians didn't last. The Corinthians and other greek divisions took long to defeat the Indians an Egyptians and were to late to come to support. Further more, the Spartans were relcutant to advance fearing being outflanked. 

In the end, both the Persian and Spartan command were exhausted, with the Spartans in a better shape. But with the Medes and Thebans closing in and the remaing Greek commands far of, the Spartans were doomed.