Thinking, playing Latrunculi & Petteia like the ancients

[Catiline]

thx that fits with what I was thinking. Presumably H in 5B must move or be captured?<br>
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what is the benefit of long formations, surely I assume there must be some sort of gain, or it would seem to me that there should be as so much ancient warfare depended on getting longer and therefore flanking position. This must have some benefit or the temptation would be to form into a deep column<br>
with little frontage and great mass, and use it to punch through an opposing formation, but this doesn't fit with the way were trying to think of this game does it?<br>
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As is surely the initiative lies with whover forms a deeper formation and charges first so smashing the opposition. after that there would seem to be little way back for the other side. i realise part of the game is to avoid that occurance and that it would take a number of terms to form that formation during which time it might be vulnerable, but not very as it would be arranging itself some way from the enemy,<br>
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eg<br>
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to form<br>
XX<br>
XX<br>
XX<br>
XX<br>
takes at least 6 moves by my understanding<br>
ie<br>
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Starting with<br>
XXXXXXXX<br>
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1)<br>
XXXXXX<br>
_______XX<br>
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2)<br>
XXXX<br>
____XX<br>
______XX<br>
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3)<br>
XX<br>
__XX<br>
____XX<br>
______XX<br>
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4)<br>
XX<br>
XX<br>
____XX<br>
______XX<br>
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5)<br>
XX<br>
XX<br>
XX<br>
_______XX<br>
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6)<br>
XX<br>
XX<br>
XX<br>
XX<br>
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THat is of course unless you allow for wheeling about say front corners of a formation <p><i>Unless the Persians fly away like birds, hide in the earth like mice, or leap into a lake like frogs, they will never see their homes again, but will die under our arrows</i></p><i></i>