617 Piraeus (403 BC)

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Played recently with stormwalker as part of Spartan Hegemony campaign (10 scenarios, so far 5 played).
Again, bold maneuver of attacking downhill payed off, although in the end I had to fend-off some Spartans who managed to climb the hills.

This was actually an interesting battle. The Athenians have enough in the center to hold the hills until mid/late game. After that, I scattered them so the Spartans would have to spread their army to catch me. My Athenian army has speed to out maneuver the med foot troops. Even after a weak opening hand (two move heavy cards included), I was able to pull a 6/5 victory. I never used a command card on the Athenian med troops. Tomorrow I play as Spartans.

At a first glance, one could be forgiven for thinking that the Spartans should win the majority of the time as they have the stronger army. But the Athenian position on the hill compensates. In our game, the Spartans won 6-5, but it took a long time as we went through the deck and had to reshuffle. Moreover, the Athenians could have taken it 6-4 if they had rolled better. This is a tense scenario and well worth playing.