19 - Issus

Issus
5 November 333 BCE
Darius III
Cards 115A-121A
Morale: 3
Alexander III
Cards 122A-129A
Morale: 1
Darius had a numerical advantage – how much exactly is impossible to say – but most of his troops were ineffectual light infantry that weren't actually engaged. Both sides concentrated their strength on their right, and it was a race to see which side's left would collapse first.
19
Light Infantry
1
Doubles
Screen
Pair
Companions, Hypaspists
This small detachment was tasked with preventing Alexander and his Companion cavalry from crossing the river.

It didn't work.

You had one job.

115A
♣
Cardaces Left
6
(6)
Attack
Companions, Hypaspists
1 hit per die. 1 self per action.
116A
♣
Greek Left
4
(5)/(6)
Attack
Hypaspists, Right Phalanx
1 hit per die. 1 self per action.
Counterattack
Pair
Right Phalanx
1 hit.
117A
♣
Greek Right
4
(5)/(6)
Attack
Center Phalanx, Left Phalanx
1 hit per die. 1 self per action.
Counterattack
Pair
Center Phalanx
1 hit.
118A
♠
Cardaces Right
6
(6)
Attack
Left Phalanx
1 hit per die. 1 self per action.
119A
♠
Persian Horse
6
4
Attack
Thessalians, Left Phalanx
1 hit per die. 1 self per action.
Screen
Pair
Thessalians
120A
♠
The Immortals
2
★
Doubles
Attack
Pair
Hypaspists, Companions
1 hit.
Counterattack
Pair
Companions
1 hit. This unit suffers ONE less hit and never more than one.
IN RESERVE (Greek Left)
121A
♠
Thessalians
4
5/6
Attack
Persian Horse, Cardaces Right
1 hit per die. 1 self per action.
Screen
Pair
Persian Horse
122A
♥
Skirmishers
1
Doubles
Screen
Pair
Cardaces Right, Greek Left, Greek Right
Often these battles began with skirmishing forces up-front fighting with each other before the heavier infantry was engaged. Usually these preliminaries aren't a great fit for the scale and emphasis of this system.

If you feel like their absence in the other scenarios is a deal-breaker, use this optional rule: roll a die. If it's a 1-3, your skirmishers beat the other side's, and if it's 4-6, theirs beat yours. This does not constitute routing and no morale cubes change hands.

123A
♥
Left Phalanx
3
★
(1)/(2)
Attack
Cardaces Right, Greek Right
1 hit per die. 1 self per action.
Counterattack
Pair
Persian Horse, Cardaces Right
1 hit. This unit suffers ONE less hit and never more than one.
124A
♥
Center Phalanx
3
★
(2-4)
Attack
Greek Right, Greek Left
1 hit per die. 1 self per action.
Counterattack
Pair
Greek Right
1 hit. This unit suffers ONE less hit and never more than one.
125A
♥
Right Phalanx
3
★
(4)/(5)
Attack
Greek Left, Greek Right
1 hit per die. 1 self per action.
Counterattack
Pair
Greek Left
1 hit. This unit suffers ONE less hit and never more than one.
126A
♥
Hoplite Reserve
8
★
(6)
Absorb
Voluntary
Any friendly formation
When target suffers Hits, this unit suffers them instead.
127A
♦
Hypaspists
3
(5)/(6)
Attack
Light Infantry, Cardaces Left, Greek Left, The Immortals
1 hit per die.
Counterattack
Pair
Cardaces Left, Greek Left, The Immortals
1 hit.
128A
♦
Companions
4
Doubles
Attack
Light Infantry, Cardaces Left, Greek Left, The Immortals
1 hit.
Counterattack
Pair
Cardaces Left, The Immortals
1 hit. This unit suffers ONE less hit and never more than one.
129A
♦