the Portable Wargame- Ancients on a 6" X 6" playing board... maybe

Both armies fit into a small photo storage container

                                                  Oops the original concept just wasn't going to work

                    So a change to an 8" X 8" playing board looking at Alexander's Macedonians.

                                                      A view of Darius III and his Persians

                 The armies prepare for battle. Alexander's Macedonians closer (on bottom of photo)

Darius has red chip behind chariot, Alexander blue chip behind cavalry

Order of battle from  Developing the Portable Wargame- Ancients  by Bob Cordery.

I adapted them to 12 stands each, 1 less light infantry for Macedonians. 

Macedonians will activate first.

First arrows fired by the Macedonian lights... a miss

The Persians engage with their heavy cavalry focused on those light bowmen.

The blue and red die are the "to hit" die (need 5+), yellow & green die indicate take damage or retreat per the rules for the Portable Wargame. Red pipe cleaners indicate loss of Strength Points (each stand has 2 strength points per optional rules)

Macedonians issue orders first.

Macedonian light infantry that began the battle are destroyed by the Persian cavalry. Losses on both sides as the Persian lose a heavy infantry unit.

Darius III is killed as his chariots are destroyed by the Macedonian Phalangites and both sides lose units of light cavalry on the Macedonian left flank. 

Casulties mount

The Persians fight back inflicting casualties on Alexander's Companions, but Alexander lives

The Persians lose additional heavy infantry as Alexander leads a furious assault on their right flank.

With Darius III dead and most of their heavy infantry destroyed...

Another victory for Alexander the Great, but at significant cost.

I apologize for the quality of the photos, but that is still a work in progress for me. Nevertheless, it was a fun and very portable miniatures game.