Hiho,
nachdem ich mich intensiver mit Agemas Angebot befasst habe geistert nun die Idee einer 28mm Skirmish Truppe in meinem Kopf herum.
Sagen wir mal maximal 50 Leute auf jeder Seite, aber eher so im Bereich 10-30. Ich will je eine Box kaufen, die Minis aufwendig bemalen und dann auf schoen gestalteten Tischen (maximal 60cm x 60cm) kurzweiligen Spass haben. Hier bietet sich eventuell Dux Brit. an oder das noch nicht erschienene SoSaS. 28mm ist mir zu viel Arbeit wenn es um ganze Armeen geht und sieht auch nicht ganz ueberzeugend aus. Ich strebe nach einem 1:1 Massstab.
Die Idee ist alle Szenarien mit einer Quellenstelle zu \'belegen\'. Weniger auf Grund von \'Knoepfchenzaehlerei\', eher weil ich immer die Idee hatte, dass Skirmish Operationen nicht wirklich in die Antike passen. Natuerlich hat bereits eine einfache Suche via Perseus einige kurzweilige und interessante Szenarioideen hervorgebracht:
The Consuls, wishing to reconnoitre the slope of the hill towards the enemy\'s camp, ordered their main force to remain in position; while they themselves with two troops of cavalry, their lictors, and about thirty velites advanced to make the reconnaisance. Now some Numidians, who were accustomed to lie in ambush for those who came on skirmishes, or any other services from the Roman camp, happened, as it chanced, to have ensconced themselves at the foot of the hill. Being informed by their look-out man that a body of men was coming over the brow of the hill above them, they rose from their place of concealment, ascended the hill by a side road, and got between the Consuls and their camp.
At the very first charge they killed Claudius and some others, and having wounded the rest, forced them to fly in different directions down the sides of the hill. Though the men in camp saw what was happening they were unable to come to the relief of their endangered comrades; for while they were still shouting out to get ready, and before they had recovered from the first shock of their surprise, while some were putting the bridles on their horses and others donning their armour, the affair was all over. The son of Claudius, though wounded, narrowly escaped with his life (Plb. 10.32)Die Idee ist natuerlich, dass die Numider Claudius toeten muessen, waerend Velites und Reiterei dies zu verhindenr versuchen.
Weiter geht es mit der allbeliebten Kuhjagd
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Scipio then dismissed the assembly, but on the next day got his troops on the march, and having reached the Ebro in ten days and crossed it, on the fourth day after that pitched his camp near that of the enemy, with a valley between his own and the enemy\'s lines. Next day he turned some cattle that had accompanied his army into this valley, after giving Caius Laelius instructions to have the cavalry ready, and some of the tribunes to prepare the velites. The Iberians having at once made an onslaught upon the cattle, he despatched some of the velites against them.
These two forces became engaged, and reinforcements being sent to either party from time to time, a severe infantry skirmishing took place in the valley. The proper moment for attack being now come, Caius Laelius, having the cavalry prepared as directed, charged the skirmishers of the enemy, getting between them and the high ground, so that the greater number of them were scattered about the valley and killed by the cavalry (Plb. 11.32).Hier demnach das Ziel der Iberer die Rinder zu erlegen, waehrend die Velites versuchen dies zu verhindern. Spaeter mischt dann ebenfalls die Reiterei mit.
Ansonsten faellt mir auch noch die Episode ein, wo durch Hinterlist eine Stadt zu Hannibal uebergelaufen ist: In einer Nacht und Nebel Aktion fuehrt ein Verraeter karthagische Truppen ind die Stadt, woraufhin die Wachen getoete werden. Mir faellt nur nicht der Name der Stadt ein...
Was gibt es noch?
Verteidigung des Feldlagers gegen numidische Reiterei bei Errichtung des vallum.
Pluenderung von Gehoeften.
Teilausschnitt aus groesseren Schlachten z. B. Kampf der Velites gegen die Elefanten bei Zama:
Hannibal gave the word to the men on the elephants to charge the enemy. But as they heard the horns and trumpets braying all round them, some of the elephants became unmanageable and rushed back upon the Numidian contingents of the Carthaginian army; and this enabled Massanissa with great speed to deprive the Carthaginian left wing of its cavalry support. The rest of the elephants charged the Roman velites in the spaces between the maniples of the line, and while inflicting much damage on the enemy suffered severely themselves; until, becoming frightened, some of them ran away down the vacant spaces, the Romans letting them pass harmlessly along, according to Scipio\'s orders, while others ran away to the right under a shower of darts from the cavalry, until they were finally driven clear off the field (Plb. 15.12).Wie schaut es aus, hab ihr weitere Ideen, wohlmoeglich mit Quellenbeleg/inspiration?
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Thema: Ideen für historische Skirmish Szenarien für den 2. punischen Krieg in 28mm (Gelesen 2954 mal)