Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-24696651-20150414223503/@comment-24696651-20150417234612

(That's two catapults, 133 heavy inf, and 400 archers.)

Adalv decided to keep his cavalry out of this fight. A head on cavalry charge would be suicidal, and there was no oppurtunity to outlank the enemy.

He marched his skirmishers forward in a loose formation, ordering some to fire at the catapults to prevent them getting a clear shot (think 200 archers firing in unison and the resulting arrow cloud), while the others fired at the heavy infantry and archers to soften them up. The Hoplites charged at the enemy in a close formation, but just before they made contact, they formed a phalanx and began cautiously moving forward, stabbing with their spears some 3 metres from the enemy.