Thinking, playing Latrunculi & Petteia like the ancients

[Anonymous]

To obtain the deep formation:<br>
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XX<br>
XX<br>
XX<br>
XX<br>
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you are correct, it would take 6 turns.<br>
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An example of flanking.<br>
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Turn 5: H's turn<br>
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To avoid capture by enclosure H would move the enclosed hoplite back 1, 2 or 3 squares. In this example I chose 2 squares.<br>
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1<br>
2<br>
3<br>
4 X X X X X H H H<br>
5 X ...X X H<br>
6 H ...H H<br>
7 ...H<br>
8<br>
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Turn 6: Assume X continues to use mass to move his phalanx.<br>
At the end of X's turn it would look like this.<br>
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1<br>
2<br>
3<br>
4 ...........X H H H<br>
5 X X X X H<br>
6 X ...X X<br>
7 H H H H<br>
8<br>
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H's turn: The hoplites in row 4 use mass to move the single X hoplite 2 squares to the left.<br>
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1<br>
2<br>
3<br>
4 ......X H H H<br>
5 X X X X H<br>
6 X ...X X<br>
7 H H H H<br>
8<br>
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In the next section I will briefly discuss formations. <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showLocalUserPublicProfile?login=gil>Gil</A> at: 1/15/02 11:13:13 pm<br></i>