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Table Battles

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White Mountain
8 November 1620
The Bohemian Revolt
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Cards 7A-10A
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Morale: 4
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Cards 7A-10A
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Morale: 4
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Imperials & Catholic League
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Cards 1A-6A
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Morale: 2
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Cards 1A-6A
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Morale: 2
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A strong defensive position is squandered by the hapless rebel leadership, effectively ending the Bohemian Revolt. Incredibly, the war it ignited would continue on, engulfing most of Europe for three decades. A simple battle to get your feet wet.
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Marston Moor
2 July 1644
Royalists
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Cards 11A-17A
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Morale: 2
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Cards 11A-17A
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Morale: 2
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Parliament & Covenanters
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Cards 18A-24A
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Morale: 3
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Cards 18A-24A
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Morale: 3
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A letter from King Charles convinced Prince Rupert of the Rhine that he ought to fight a much larger army. Parliament won a lopsided victory. Only the stubborn stand of the Whitecoats prevented total disaster. This has more moving parts than the White Mountain scenario.
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The Plains of Abraham
13 September 1759
British
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Cards 25A-28A
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Morale: 0
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Cards 25A-28A
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Morale: see below
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French
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Cards 29A-32A
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Morale: 0
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Cards 29A-32A
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Morale: see below
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To win, the British must Rout all 3 French cards without losing any of their own. If the French Rout a single card, they win (even if they lose their last card when doing so).
The battle that won Canada for the British. This battle introduces Counter-attack Reactions.
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Bosworth Field
22 August 1485
House of York
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Cards 33A-35A
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Morale: 2
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Cards 33A-35A
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Morale: 2
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House of Lancaster (Tudor)
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Cards 36A-38A
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Morale: 1
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Cards 36A-38A
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Morale: 1
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The battle that ended the Wars of the Roses, and saw the ascendancy of the Tudors. This small and curious scenario gives you a peek at the Absorb reaction and introduces Command actions, turning on the timely arrival of fresh troops.
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Malplaquet
11 September 1709
French
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Cards 39A-42A
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Morale: 2
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Cards 39A-42A
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Morale: 2
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The Grand Alliance
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Cards 1B-6B
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Morale: 3
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Cards 1B-6B
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Morale: 3
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The Grand Alliance broke the French line – but paid for it with heavy losses. French commander Villars wrote to the king after the battle: "If it pleases God to give your majesty's enemies another such victory, they are ruined."
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Ivry
14 March 1590
Royalists
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Cards 7B-13B
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Morale: 4
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Cards 7B-13B
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Morale: 4
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The Catholic (Holy) League
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Cards 14B-20B
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Morale: 4
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Cards 14B-20B
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Morale: 4
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Henri IV defeated his Catholic opposition, thanks in part to enemy mercenaries who were sympathetic to his cause. It wasn't enough to win over Paris; his rule would not be accepted until he converted. This is a tricky scenario – a dance of screens.
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The Dunes
14 June 1658
French & English
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Cards 21B-28B
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Morale: 2
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Cards 21B-28B
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Morale: 2
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Spanish, French & English
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Cards 29B-35B
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Morale: 3
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Cards 29B-35B
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Morale: 3
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Complicated politics saw French and English troops on both sides of this battlefield, widely admired as Turenne's masterpiece. You will need to master all three Reaction types to triumph here.
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Brooklyn Heights
27 August 1776
Colonials
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Cards 39B-42B
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Morale: 1
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Cards 39B-42B
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Morale: 1
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British & Their Vile Hessians
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Cards 36B-38B
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Morale: 1
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Cards 36B-38B
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Morale: 1
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A diversionary attack by Grant disguised Clinton's advance on the Patriot flank. Outgunned, outmanned, outnumbered and outplanned, they've gotta make an all-out stand – at least until the main body of the army can escape. For experienced players.
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Wars of the Roses

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St. Albans
22 May 1455
House of York
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Cards 43A-46A
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Morale: 1
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Cards 43A-46A
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Morale: 1
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House of Lancaster
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Cards 47A-49A
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Morale: 2
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Cards 47A-49A
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Morale: 2
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Blore Heath
22 September 1459
House of Lancaster
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Cards 50A-55A
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Morale: 3
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Cards 50A-55A
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Morale: 3
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House of York
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Cards 56A-60A
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Morale: 1
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Cards 56A-60A
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Morale: 1
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Mortimer's Cross
3 February 1461
House of Lancaster
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Cards 61A-63A
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Morale: 2
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Cards 61A-63A
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Morale: 2
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House of York
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Cards 64A-67A
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Morale: 2
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Cards 64A-67A
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Morale: 2
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Towton
29 March 1461
House of Lancaster
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Cards 68A-75A
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Morale: 4
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Cards 68A-75A
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Morale: 4
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House of York
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Cards 76A-82A
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Morale: 2
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Cards 76A-82A
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Morale: 2
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Only 8 Morale cubes (the 6 listed above, and the 2 that start on Special Formations) are used for this scenario. Place the other two back in the box.
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Edgecote Moor
26 July 1469
House of York
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Cards 43B-47B
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Morale: 1
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Cards 43B-47B
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Morale: 1
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"Robin" of Redesdale
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Cards 48B-51B
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Morale: 1
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Cards 48B-51B
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Morale: 1
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The first player to bring in their Formation(s) from Reserve gains a second Morale Cube.
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Barnet
14 April 1471
House of Lancaster
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Cards 52B-56B
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Morale: 1
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Cards 52B-56B
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Morale: 1
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House of York
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Cards 57B-62B
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Morale: 2
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Cards 57B-62B
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Morale: 2
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Tewkesbury
4 May 1471
House of York
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Cards 63B-67B
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Morale: 2
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Cards 63B-67B
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Morale: 2
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House of Lancaster
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Cards 68B-71B
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Cards 68B-71B
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Morale: 3
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Stoke Field
16 June 1487
An Imposter, Lambert Simnel
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Cards 72B-75B
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Morale: 3
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Cards 72B-75B
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Morale: 3
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House of Tudor
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Cards 76B-82B
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Morale: 1
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Cards 76B-82B
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Morale: 1
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Table Battles

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Gaines's Mill
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Union
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Bouvines
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Morale: 1
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Coalition
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Chaeronea
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Greek Alliance
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Cards 97A-101A
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Morale: 3
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If Polyaenus is to be believed (a big if!), Philip isolated the Greek left with a faked retreat, while the teenaged Alexander destroyed the famous Sacred Band of Thebes and smashed the Greek right.
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The Granicus
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Alexander III
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Cards 109A-114A
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Morale: 1
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Persia's light cavalry is no match for our boy's infantry and Companions, and it doesn't help the Persian cause that no one is really in charge. About the only thing they have going for them is they're on the other side of a river. Will it be enough?
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Darius III
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Morale: 3
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Cards 122A-129A
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Morale: 1
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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.
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Cards 92B-100B
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Numbering somewhere between 100,000 and one million (!), Darius's army vastly outnumbered Alexander's. But he was still trying to fight the Macedonians with Persian methods, and after some hard fighting, Alexander broke the Persian left.
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Porus
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Cards 108B-113B
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Crossing the river with a small part of his army, Alexander was initially outnumbered, and the enemy's fearsome elephants threatened to break the phalanx. But daring and complicated maneuvers threw the Indian army into disarray, securing victory for Alexander in his last major battle.
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Gabiene
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Morale: 2
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One of the many battles fought by Alexander's successors (the Diadochi), this one proved tactically inconclusive. But the capture of Eumenes's baggage was enough for his Silver Shields to turn him over to Antigonus for execution.
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Cards 130B-135B
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Like Gabiene and many other battles from the Wars of the Diadochi, this battle saw two armies that were mostly identical in structure and tactics. And like many ancient battles, the death of a single man, the enemy commander (in this case Antigonus), was sufficient to secure victory.
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Little Round Top
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Cards 144A-149A
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Morale: 2
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One of the most famous actions of the day saw fewer than three thousand men mount a desperate, hard-fought, and ingenious defense of the Union left flank against he repeated assaults of nearly five thousand butternuts.
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Pharsalus
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Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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Cards 217A-220A
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Cards 221A-225A
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Morale: 2
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The decisive battle of Caesar's Civil War saw him square off against his old ally Pompey the Great. Knowing he would lose a straightforward clash of arms, Caesar gambled everything on a bold stratagem.
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Cards 221B-225B
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In a dense fog, a massive – but badly coordinated – Russian army launched a surprise attack. As the fog lifted and fresh Allied troops poured in, their desperate, doomed defense improbably turned into a lopsided victory.
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