Alexander Against Persia (engl.)

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"Alexander Against Persia" is a tactical-level board wargame that depicts the first three battles in the "Au Fil de l'Épée" Antiquity series. It stages the greatest conqueror of Antiquity during the decisive battles that brought the Persian Empire to its knees. GRANICUS – In 334 BC, after suppressing a revolt in Thebes, the young King Alexander of Macedonia turned eastward to begin his conquest of Asia. Crossing the Hellespont with 35,000 troops, he faced an army of 40,000 led by Memnon, a Greek mercenary in Persian service, on the banks of the Granicus River. A decisive charge by Alexander’s Companion cavalry routed the enemy horsemen and crushed Memnon’s Greek mercenaries, opening the gates to Asia Minor. ISSOS – One year later on the Syrian coast, King Darius III assembled a vast army to intercept Alexander. At Issos, while repelling a Persian cavalry assault on his left, Alexander led a charge across the river with his right wing under a hail of arrows. By attacking a gap in the Persian left flank, he caused it to collapse and forced Darius to flee. Meanwhile, the Macedonian phalanx advanced steadily through the center, securing a victory that enabled Alexander to proceed to an unhindered invasion of Egypt. GAUGAMELA – The decisive confrontation came in 331 BC at Gaugamela. Darius had gathered a large, diverse force, including elephants and war chariots, and forced Alexander to fight on an open plain where the Macedonian army risked encirclement. Once again, Alexander began with a cavalry attack on his right, while his phalanx endured heavy Persian attacks, especially on its left under Parmenion. Alexander then targeted Darius himself with a charge by the Companions. Breaking through the Persian lines, the cavalry struck from the rear, causing their rout just in time before Parmenion's troops would have faltered. Darius fled toward Arbela but was later assassinated by his own generals. In "Alexander Against Persia," players command either the Macedonian forces, with their powerful cavalry and phalanx formations, or the varied, multiethnic Persian army drawn from across the empire. The three battles increase in scale and complexity, challenging players to reenact Alexander’s tactical genius or Darius’s attempts to thwart him. Will you lead Alexander’s forces to victory in just three battles, or can you, as the King of Kings, defend the Persian Empire and defeat the Macedonians?

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