Re: [GZG] Point Systems

From: "John Atkinson" <johnmatkinson@gmail.com>
> On 11/4/06, Eric Foley <stiltman@teleport.com> wrote:
>> The Greeks were ludicrously outnumbered by the Persians at Marathon,
and
>> won.
>> Alexander the Great was outnumbered by Darius III at both Issus and
>> Gaugemala, and won.

> In both those cases, the "points cost" of the two sides were a lot
> closer than it looks--the Persians went for bucket-loads of garbage
> troops intended to swamp the opposition by sheer numbers.  Every one
> of the Greek line infantry was wearing an expensive hoplite panoply.

Yeah, this is largely true.  In a way, the Greeks against the Persians
were 
probably the best example of quality defeating quantity -- as opposed to
the 
Napoleonic French against the Russians or the Germans against the
Soviets in 
WW2, where the opposite occured.

E 

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