Olives and Figs : Phocian Raid on Thessalian Camp

Still catching up ……..

We had the chance of a smaller battle for a change a couple of weeks ago and picked this scenario out of Wargames Soldiers and Strategy No 127, so a nod to them. In the end I changed a few things so perhaps I would describe it as ‘inspired by’ the article. We would be using Lion Rampant.

Rather than sausage and mustard we felt ‘Olives and Figs’ might be a better name, the Phocians would be raiding the Thessalian camp and attempting to burn as many of the camps tents as possible.

The Phocians are predominantly heavy Hoplites but with a couple of lighter support units

The Thessalians have two units within the camp but the rest of their force can be seen in the distance rushing towards the camp

The defenders get the best of the early activations putting them in a good position

But the Phocians eventually get moving the challenge now is can they get to the tents ?

The defenders take some early casualties

and battle becomes quite tense with individual conflicts across the camp

Eventually the Phocians break through to the first objective tent

The Thessalians hold them back initially but the first tent is set to burn

After some very tight fighting another tent is also set alight, but now both sides are almost broken

and with the defenders having one last chance to hold them off they trip on their way across the table and the third tent is set on fire.

Another fun battle which was very close almost right to the last roll of the dice. A bit more painting this week, mainly Italians forces for WW2.

Here a cute little Autoblinda armoured car, a resin Warlord model cheap off eBay

That’s it for now, several more battles to post soon 👍

Matt♥️