The Ballad of Bradicles

So, I chose as my Starting asset of Loyalty +1 because I gave Bradicles the Charismatic  trait.

After fighting 3 battles in the first turn of the campaign, I have the following assets:
Starting Assets – Loyalty  +1

1st Battle Result vs Chris – Major Victory
Renown: +3
Assets: Influence +1 (disputed), Wealth  +1 (motivation), Influence +1 (major victory), Wealth +1 (captured treasure)
Experience: Bradicles +2, Eeyoricles +1

2nd Battle Result (Pressed) vs Sean – Draw
Renown: +1
Assets: 0
Experience: 0

3rd Battle Result (Pressed) vs Henry – Major Victory
Renown: +2
Assets: Zeal +1
Experience: Bradicles +1

Participation (battle report, painting, etc.): Inf +1

TOTALS:
Renown: 5 (first battle plus best other battle)
Assets: Influence : 3, Wealth 2, Loyalty  1, Allies: 0, Zeal: 1

Experience: Bradicles 3 (advances to Lvl 4!),

Eeyoricles 1

This means that at the next stage of the campaign I can build my army in accordance to the following table.

More in the area of whimsy than an actual project, it occurred to me that the old saying “Beware of Greeks bearing Trojans” could be funny.

Another source of inspiration is all the purple I’m using on my minis. Well, technically probably lavender, but you get the idea. Grapes are purple and I crush my foes like grapes, so how about calling them the Grape Crushers?  Or in Greek, the Spastíres Stafylión.

Somewhat out of order but here’s my opponents version of my Game 2. My opponent was Sean Twiddy and he’s a fantastic painter. Link to his battle report below.
https://stwiddy.wordpress.com/2022/11/25/clash-of-spears-punic-war-in-sicily-campaign-turn-1-battle-1/?fbclid=IwAR1iM910Wwm1Rqzj9K3zu_Om2ftmh6u5iEX7oNAsGyVj5TmXgW4i7pmkqec

I’d rather be lucky than good and I had a few dice rolls break my way.

I do feel like I need more heavy troops. Yes, the slingers are solid and the Pezhetairoi have proven to be fantastic but I faced three units of Hoplites with only one. Those Hoplites definitely under performed against the Numidians. I had two fate dice and could’ve re-rolled the attack. I might’ve put fatigue  on the two commanders and that reduced Hoplite unit if I’d wiped out the Numidians. I could’ve attacked them again or I could’ve gone for the Hoplites. Only one if the commanders was within reach so I could’ve piled on. I think I still would’ve lost my Hoplites as they were clearly overextended but they could’ve had more effect.

The left hand Pezhetairoi unit was going to get mauled but I could’ve played that better. Doing the Defend action, where hits are first cancelled by your Fight skill and then remaining hits are canceled by your armor would’ve been better than a counter attack. Henry’s Hoplites and my Pezhetairoi have the same fight skill and armor save and his unit was bigger so dragging out the fight was probably the better option.

I’m  surprised my slingers survived the Hoplites attack. As it was, I had three break points and Henry had four. But only by 2 models. It was a close game!

From the Carthaginian viewpoint.
https://plasticpirates.blogspot.com/2022/11/pork-its-what-for-dinner-hopefully.html?m=1

If I’d thought of it sooner, id have arranged these as point and counterpoint battle reports. But here we are, so these are links to my opponents Battle reports.

The campaign encourages battle reports as publishing them earns you assets that are useable in the campaign

Game 1, the 8 player inaugural event:

https://plasticpirates.blogspot.com/2022/10/clash-of-spears-battle-for-sicily-begins.html?m=1

Bradicles watches the Pezhetairoi on the far right flank as they first loose their javelins and then charge into the unarmored Carthaginian Hoplites. They savage them causing them to flee the field. The Pezhetairoi then herd the pigs back to camp.

Bradicles has to admire the Carthaginian commander. Such boldness! Such glory! He looks to his slingers as they look up at him, bloodied and exhausted but still standing. He smiles and points to the herd of pigs. “We feast!” The men cheer!

Eeyoricles considers the day. He reflected that on the plus side with so many paying the ferryman this day, there’d be more than enough food tonight. He almost smiled at the thought.

Almost.