Paul post last week reminded me that I had not played with any Phalanxes of late, and was keen to reacquaint. So I took on the easy task of following in the phootsteps of Philips son and my namesake. Really this article should be called Prestags on Steroids, as each unit is like a Prestags counter (with strengths and weaknesses depending on terrain, combatant and equipment). No stacking, and quite hard to put down once you take up (particular, if no EDEE turns arrive).
Here is my beloved Phalanx advancing towards are large horde of Dahaens. It is tricky because while my pikemen destroy the enemy centre, the two phlanks phall on either side of my army do it becomes two battles and I have to win each. Each Dahaen unit is commanded by Napoleon/Ghengis Khan and perform stunning acobatics to get at my weaker units or phlanks - quite impossible in ancient armies - but certainly enough to make each battle dangerous.
Once you have cleared their armies from the phield, you need to take their towns and cities. (Axctual only the Persians have cities - I phorgot to take a screen shot of them. Taking cities requires different skills - watching phor ambushes phrom side streets and clearing out missile troops phrom their vantage points. I think I have lost more city assaults than open battles.
Anyway, the game is called "Total War - Alexander" and currently retails phor about $5 - yes Phive dollars. (Its quite old.) Also highly commended is Total War - Barbarian Invasions where we have to survive as Rome with barbarains everywhere, a moribund economy and citizens more worried about killing anyone with different beliefs to there own. (I phind that last part a bit depressing - I can make them safe, phill their bellies and give them a phuture, but they would still rather kill me because I don't phollow their gods/God. The only solution I've phound is to occasionally put a city's inhabitants to the sword - which actual happened so maybe that makes it OK.)
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