20 - Gaugamela

Gaugamela

1 October 331 BCE

Alexander III

Cards 130A – 135A

Morale: 1

Darius III

Cards 92B – 100B

Morale: 4

Numbering somewhere between 100,000 and one million (!), Darius's army vastly outnumbered Alexander's. But he was still trying to fight the Macedonians with Persian methods, and after some hard fighting, Alexander broke the Persian left.

20

Skirmishers

1

Doubles

Attack

Pair

Left Chariots OR Right Chariots

1 hit.
You CHOOSE the target.

Screen

Pair

Any enemy formation

If either Chariot formation is screened, it suffers 1 hit!

130A

♥

Thessalians

4

★

5 / 6

Attack

Bessus, Greeks

1 hit per die. 1 self.

Screen

Pair

Bessus, Greeks

131A

♥

Phalanx

6

★

( 1 / 2 / 3 )

Attack

Greeks, The Immortals, Right Reserve

1 hit plus 1 hit per die. 1 self.

Counterattack

Pair

Any enemy attacking it

1 hit. Suffers 1 less hit.

132A

♥

Hoplites

6

★

( 4 / 5 / 6 )

Absorb

Voluntary

Any friendly formation

Suffers hits.

As the years of campaigning wore on, the elite Macedonian Phalanx grew smaller, and Alexander had to increasingly rely on Greek mercenaries and allies to plug holes in his line.

133A

♦

Hypaspists

4

★

( 5 / 6 )

Attack

Mazaeus, Kinsmen, The Immortals

1 hit per die. 1 self.

Counterattack

Pair

Mazaeus, Kinsmen, The Immortals

1 hit.

134A

♦

Companions

4

★

Doubles

Attack

Pair

Kinsmen, The Immortals, Left Reserve

1 hit per die. 1 self.

Counterattack

Pair

Left Chariots

1 hit.

135A

♦

Left Chariots

2

Doubles

Attack

Pair

Companions

1 hit. 1 self.

92B

♠

Mazaeus

6

Attack

Companions, Hypaspists

1 hit per die. 1 self.

93B

♣

Kinsmen

3

5

Attack

Pair

Companions, Hypaspists

1 hit.

Screen

Pair

Companions

94B

♣

The Immortals

2

Doubles

Attack

Pair

Phalanx, Companions, Hypaspists

1 hit.

Counterattack

Pair

Any enemy attacking it

1 hit. Suffers 1 less hit and never more than 1.

95B

♠

Greeks

3

( 4 )

Attack

Phalanx

1 hit per die. 1 self.

Counterattack

Pair

Phalanx

1 hit.

96B

♣

Bessus

6

3

Attack

Thessalians, Phalanx

1 hit per die. 1 self.

97B

♣

Right Chariots

2

Doubles

Attack

Pair

Phalanx

1 hit. 1 self.

98B

♠

Left Reserve

6

★

( 6 )

Counterattack

Pair

Companions

1 hit.

IN RESERVE (Kinsmen)

99B

♠

Right Reserve

6

★

( 6 )

Counterattack

Pair

Phalanx

1 hit.

IN RESERVE (The Immortals)

100B

♠