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Simon MacDowall
Nov 152 min read
Athenians ready for battle
Painting a unit of Athenians for 'Alala!
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Simon MacDowall
Oct 153 min read
Alexander wins the day
Athens and Thebes have united to fight for Greek liberty against Philip of Macedon's growing power. The armies meet near Chaeronea. Using...
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Simon MacDowall
Oct 91 min read
Greek Mercenary Hoplites
Needing more Greek hoplites that could slot into any army I have just painted up a unit of mercenaries. The white shields and some...
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Simon MacDowall
Feb 241 min read
'Alala! is launched
My rules for Greek Hoplite battles have now been published by the Society of Ancients. They are available from the Society website here....
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Simon MacDowall
Apr 5, 20233 min read
Both sides win and lose
Last weekend I put on an Alala! game at the 19th Society of Ancients Battle Day featuring 2nd Mantinea (362 BC). As ever, the day was...
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Simon MacDowall
Nov 16, 20222 min read
Ragging Hoplite Shields
I have been having great fun playing around with different shield designs for my next unit of Greek Hoplites. Most are hand painted but I...
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Simon MacDowall
Nov 8, 20221 min read
Men of Bronze
I have just finished painting my first Hoplite unit for Alala! and the Society of Ancients Mantinea Battle Day. These are Newline Designs...
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Simon MacDowall
Oct 20, 20221 min read
More Hoplite Action
Yesterday we managed to get a second test game of Alala! hoplite rules in before the upcoming Society of Ancients Conference. It was...
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Simon MacDowall
Oct 12, 20222 min read
Alala!
I have been working on some new simple rules for Hoplite battles which I call Alala! — from the ancient Greek war cry. I will use these...
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