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ANCIENT WARGAMING.
the figures shown in the pictures are selected from the author's armies.

The "ANCIENT WARGAME" covers several thousands of years, making it possible with one set of rules to e.g. field Egyptian chariots against a Seleucid phalanx or Eastern mailclad heavy cavalry. Imagine what it would be like to pin a Napoleonic brigade against some German Tigers (only seperated in time by a mere century)... This wouldn't result in much of a battle! The Ancient Wargamer thus has an almost unlimited choice of armies, unlike gamers in most other periods. No wonder that the immensely diverse and popular hobby of "Fantasy Wargaming" can be traced back to "Ancient/Medieval"-based battlegaming!

ONE OF THE VERY FIRST "SHOCK-WEAPONS": AN ASSYRIAN HEAVY 4-HORSE CHARIOT (Hinchliffe 25 mm).
ASSYRIAN SIEGE-TOWER SUPPORTED BY HEAVY ARCHERS (tower: scratchbuild, archers: Minifigs 25 mm).
EARLY HEAVY CAVALRY: ASSYRIAN LANCERS ON PATROL (Minifigs 25 mm).

ASSYRIAN LIGHT HORSE ARCHERS HARASSING THE ENEMY (Minifigs 25 mm).
IN THE ANCIENT MIDDLE-EASTERN WORLD, CAMELS OFTEN REPLACED HORSES (Minifigs 25 mm).
PARTHIAN HORSE ARCHERS DEMONSTRATE THEIR DREADED "PARTHIAN SHOT" (Minifigs 25 mm).

GREEK CITY-STATE HOPLITES IN ATTACK-FORMATION (Minifigs 25 mm).
THE SLING WAS A TYPICAL ANCIENT MISSILE-WEAPON, USUALLY PUT TO GOOD USE (Minifigs 25 mm).
GREEK JAVELINMEN SKIRMISHING BEFORE THE HOPLITES CLOSE IN FOR THE KILL (Minifigs 25 mm).

GREEK PELTAST (LIGHT MEDIUM INFANTRY) COMMANDED BY A GENERAL OFFICER (Minifigs 25 mm).
INDIAN ELEPHANTS SCREENED BY ARCHERS AND JAVELINMEN (Minifigs 25 mm).
INDIAN GENERAL DIRECTING HIS TROOPS FROM THE HOWDAH ATOP HIS WAR-ELEPHANT (Minifigs 25 mm).

MACEDONIAN MEDIUM CAVALRY ON PATROL "SOMEWHERE IN THE EMPIRE" (Minifigs 25 mm).
MACEDONIAN PHALANX - THE WEAPON THAT FORGED ALEXANDER'S EMPIRE - STANDING AT THE READY (Minifigs 25 mm).
PHALANX COMMAND GROUP, TRUMPETER SOUNDING THE ATTACK (Minifigs 25 mm).