entering the defile; the Judean forces issued from surrounding ravines and high ground, ambushing the flank of" the column and routing it. The Judean forces pursued the retreating back to its base camp, but before the fresh Judean reserve could assault the camp the Seleucid forces hastened back to the coast.

This was the most serious Selucid defeat to date due to the presence of a royal viceroy with direct implications for the survivability of the throne. With the wracked by discontent, Judah felt that he had gained the breathing spell he needed to move for activities when divided into indepen- Judean independence. Consequently, Lysias, the regional viceroy, personally dent commands. Therefore, all Judean he marched on and cleared it led a new and more serious effort to leader units may issue Line Commands of Seleucid forces, except for those in the eliminate the Judean rebels and restore without being in range of the Overall which would remain a thorn in his Seleucid order. Mustering a force of Commander (Judah). side for the remainder of the rebellion. 20,000 and 4,000 , the Seleucid army set out for Jerusalem to Line Eligibility On the twenty fifth day of Kislev in 164 relieve the garrison in the Acra fortress All Judean units constitute a line and BC (December), Judah rededicated the overlooking the Temple complex. The may be separated by one space. Use Temple and declared Jewish religious route taken was initially along the coast Seleucid line eligibility rules from freedom. As related in the Talmud, the through friendly territory to Ashkelon, Magnesia. If you wish, you may use the story of relates how a small then inland through friendly Idumaen "ragged" line rules (from Consul) for quantity of oil used for the ceremony, territory to Hebron, where a major camp the Judeans, but not for the Seleucids. sufficient for one day, burned for eight was established. Judah judged that the until additional supplies could be made. relative strengths of the two sides of Beth Zur This miracle was seen as direct evidence (24,000 versus 10,000) prohibited a Historical Notes: that the rebellion had the blessing of the direct assault on the camp, and once The size of Lysias' army precluded the almighty and added significant political again built a battle plan based on enveloping tactics used earlier in the strength to Judah's position. catching the Seleucid army on the march war, but Judah set up an ambush in a defile. along the Seleucid route of march Player Note: near Beth Zur (modern Hirbet Beth- As in any ambush style scenario, it isn't As the Seleucid army moved north to heiran). The battleground was a defile fun Jerusalem, they once again put their overlooked by high ground and to be the Seleucids. Unless the Lord is collective necks into the Judean noose interspersed with ravines. against the Judean player, this one will be near Beth Zur. over in two turns once the ambush is Judah, utilizing his superior Command sprung. It is intended to be a solo learning Special Rules: Control, once again divided his forces excursion on how a guerrilla attack should For all Maccabeus Scenarios into four groupings (3,000,1,000,1,000, be conducted. and 5,000 respectively) led by Judah, in Band of Brothers control of the 5,000 man reserve, and his Map: Use the Metaurus map. The river All of the Judean leader units are brothers commanding the remainder. is treated as clear terrain, and the brothers (literally!!), and they had an The Seleucids once again cooperated by streams are Wadis which act like Minor uncanny ability to coordinate their Streams except there are no cohesion

effects for units in march column; once per game turn until the Judean of their small Jewish populations. Judah otherwise, all other terrain effects are units are placed on the map. Once and his brothers determined that their those stated in the Consul rules. the Judean units are placed on the legitimacy and the future of Jewish map, play reverts to the standard nationalism required a direct response Judean Player Set Up sequence of play. to these atrocities. Consequently, a All Judean units begin the game hidden series of military expeditions were on the map. See the Special rules for Maccabxan Battle Plan launched into the surrounding lands to their placement onto the map. The Judean forces are hidden in ambush rescue the besieged Jewish communites. and therefore do not begin the scenario In a series of lightning campaigns into Judah, Johanan, Jonathan, Simon on the map. Prior to any Seleucid the coastal regions and Gilead (modern movement, the Judean player may begin Jordan), thousands of Jewish refugees Maccabaean MI (1-6), Maccabaean his ambush. This is done by the Judean were rescued from local military forces LI (1-10), Maccabsean SK (1-6) player placing his forces anywhere on and escorted into . Judah also the map in any level 5 or higher level determined that the Idumeans needed to Seleucid Player Set Up hex or in any Wadi hex regardless of be punished for their aid to the various All Seleucid forces begin the game off level. One Judean leader immediately Seleucid that had moved through map; see Special rules for their entry conducts an orders phase and the game their territory, and a punitive expedition onto the map. continues until completion with the was successfully launched to the South. normal order of activations continuing Note on Seleucid leaders: Except for after the Judean unit placement. At the height of these maneuvers, Lysias, I have no idea who the second- Antiochus IV died and appointed Phillip ary commanders were, so I will use the Retreat Edges as regent over his empire until his son, three stooges as a reasonable representa- Seleucid retreat hexes are 4236, 37,38, 39. Antiochus Eupator, came of age. Lysias, tion of the Seleucid command structure. The Judean retreat edge is the Northern who had previously been the regent, mapedge. launched an effort to maintain his power Lysias, Nicanor, Ptolemy, Gorgias over the throne by maintaining his Seleucid PH (1-10), Tarentines LC (1-2), Victory Conditions control over the young king at . Galatian LC (1-5), Lydia SK (1-3), The Judean player wins by routing Exploiting this instability, Judah deter- Crete SK (1), Arab LI (1-6) [represents the Seleucid Forces off the map. The mined to conquer the Acra and the last Idumaens] Seleucid player wins by routing the vestige of Seleucid power in Judea. His Judean Army OR by exiting more than assault on the fortress in 162 BC failed Special Rules 25% of his army's TQ value (33 TQ pts) and he continued the , but the March To Jerusalem off the the map through hexes 2200, 01, garrison was able to get messages to The Seleucid forces are on the march to 02, 03. Lysias, who decided to attempt another Jerusalem to relieve their garrison in the expedition to destroy the fledgling Acra. Basically, the Seleucid forces will Army Rout Levels nation. Lysias gambled that Phillip be in single file, front to rear orientation The Judean Army Rout Level is 81, would not descend on Antioch before he with no breaks in the line until the whereas the Seleucid Army Rout could complete his operation and he set off with young in ambush is sprung. The only real choice Level is 46. tow. the Seleucids have is the order of the units and leaders in the march column. An interesting historical note is that after Antiochus III was defeated at The Seleucids enter from hexes 4236, 37, Magnesia (See War module), 38, 39 and are moving to exit the map at hexes 2200, 01, 02, 03, 04. They must the Seleucids were forbidden from using pass through hexes 3106 or 3107 in the war . Technically they process. Additionally, no Seleucid unit renounced their use but, when you have may enter a level 6 or higher hex prior a Roman sword at your neck, you tend to the Judean force deployment on the to go with the flow. Anyway, Lysias map. The Seleucid player has 30 turns gambled that the Romans wouldn't care to get his entire army exited off the map. enough to do anything serious, while This restriction is lifted once the Judean the tuskers might be the edge the player deploys his units on the map, in Seleucids needed to put down the which case they must exit the map rebellion once and for all. Lysias, on the whenever they can prior to the Seleucid other hand, really wasn't fooling around army routing. Battle of Beth-Zechariah this time. How do we know? He took Historical Note: the ancient equivalent of the kitchen While the Seleucid army is in march The emergence of Jewish nationalism sink, yes, you guessed it, . column, there are no Orders Phases. caused the surrounding Hellenistic Each Seleucid unit/leader may move regions to conduct a series of massacres This time Judah made his first military

army properly deployed Crete SK (1-4), Arab LI (1-10), in its element. Seeing that Argyraspides HI (1-8), the day was going against Elephants (Indian 1-6), Chariots (1-3) him, Judah withdrew in good order to fight Note: It is important that you use the another day. units with the numbers indicated. The SK units, such as the Cretans, have Lysias took advantage of varying ratings and the ones indicated his victory by relieving are the ones to be used. the garrison at the Acra and laying siege to the Special Rules Judean forces on the and in Retreat Edges other parts of the city. Seleucid retreat edge is the Southern With victory just within mapedge. The Judean retreat edge is his grasp, his rival Phillip the Northern mapedge. advanced on Antioch, forcing him to withdraw. Seeing the Elephant Making the most of a bad Whenever a Judean unit is engaged situation, he made a directly by an elephant unit it rolls the proposal to Judah which die against its TQ: if it passes, it takes reestablished the Jewish one cohesion hit; if it fails, it takes right to practice their three cohesion hits. This die roll is in religion in return for addition to any other TQ check die rolls peace, which was duly associated with Shock combat. This accepted. Lysias returned impact is nullified by the successful to Antioch and defeated implementation of the Eleazar the Phillip, allowing him to Elephant Killer rule. maintain the regency. With the main objective of Eleazar the Elephant Killer the revolt attained, many Historical Note: Judah's brother Eleazar of Judah's followers was a brave young man who saw how returned home. the elephant units were striking fear into the hearts of the Judean combat Map: Use the units. He personally fought his way Cynoscephlae map. through the screen around an elephant, got under it and killed it by striking into mistake. The Seleucids had brought Judean Player Set Up its soft underbelly. Unfortunately, when more light troops than normal and Judean units set up on any level 3 or an elephant dies it tends to fall to the protected their flanks when moving higher level hex. ground. Judah lost his first brother in through defiles by holding the high combat, but the Judean forces had been ground. This neutralized Judah's Judahs, Johanan, Jonathan, Simon guerrilla tactics, so he decided to fight shown that elephants weren't invincible. a stand up battle with the Seleucids as it was the one thing he felt they Maccabaean MI (1-6), Maccabaaan LI Anytime an elephant unit conducts wouldn't expect. Taking a high ground (1-12), Maccabaaan SK (1-6) shock combat against a Judean combat position astride the Seleucid route of unit, the Judean player may declare the march, Judah prepared to fight his first Seleucid Player Set Up Eleazar assault. The Elephant unit defensive battle. The Seleucid units set up on any level makes an immediate TQ check; if it is a one hex on the southern edge of the failure, then the elephant unit immedi- Lysias, upon sighting the Judean forces, map. Re-read the note above on ately rampages. If it is successful the Elephant unit takes one cohesion hit placed his army in battle formation and Seleucid commanders; except for Lysias, (which may cause a rampage), but in advanced to contact. His forces were the secondary commanders are only led by the Elephants and light forces, representative, although Nicanor seems either case the Seeing the Elephant with cavalry protecting the flanks of to have gotten some employ during the special rule is suspended for the remainder of the game. the so that it could close on later campaigns. the Judean main battleline. What the chariots were doing I haven't a Lysias, Nicanor, Ptolemy, Gorgias Victory Conditions clue. Judah's army initially had Seleucid PH (1-10), Tarentines LC (1-2), The Judean player wins by routing the trouble with the elephants and their Galatian LC (1-5), Syrian HC (1-2), Seleucid army or eliminating 15% of the first encounter with a combined arms Lydia SK (1-3), Tralles SK (1-3), Seleucid army (38 TQ points) and

retreating the remainder of the Judean Beth Zur. If you are unclear of how this and they broke the Seleucid right; then army off the North mapedge without type of battle goes, play Beth Zur again. he pursued them...when the Seleucids on having it rout. The Seleucid player wins the left saw that their right had been by routing the Judean Army. After this victory in 161 BC, Judah sent a broken, they turned about and followed delegation to Rome to sign an alliance. on the heels of Judah and his men Army Rout Levels The alliance was signed, which would attacking them in the rear... (I Mace. The Judean Army Rout Level is 88, and seem to guarantee Jewish independence. 9:11-16) the Seleucid Army Rout Level is also 88. It backfires because Rome was not the Rome of the empire yet, and the Judah was killed and the rebellion Seleucids couldn't afford to allow this was over. type of situation to continue any longer. To fight this battle take Judah and his With a policy of religious freedom still brothers plus Mis 1-4 and pit them in force, most Judeans weren't that against the Seleucid army from Beth Zur enthused to meet yet another Seleucid on the Cynoscheplae map. The Judean army in battle. Also, seems to player loses when all of his units are have been fairly competent. Essentially, eliminated or have routed off the map. he takes 20,000 infantry and 4,000 The forgone conclusion should take but cavalry and moves directly on Jerusa- a few turns. lem. Demetrius had calculated that Judah wouldn't be able to muster much Judah's genius lay in ability to have of an army, and he was right. Judah superior intelligence about the enemy's tried to maneuver an army of around intentions and in his ability to motivate 3,000 soldiers to try and once again and train a hard-core guerrilla army. perform a miracle, but it was not to be. He consistently did what the Seleucids Battle of Elasa At Elasa, Judah's small army took on the didn't expect, and he defeated one army Historical Note: Seleucid host. When the Judean troops after another. He succeeded for as long With peace declared and religous saw the dimensions of the mismatch, as he did because the Seleucids had freedom once again Seleucid policy, the many deserted. Judah attacked with 800 serious internal problems and the cause of Judean nationalism was of his most motivated troops (this is Seleucid policy of Hellenizing the sacrificed on the altar of Theocratic why we gave him a TQ of 9). He almost Judeans was unpalatable to the Judean expediency. Judah did not believe that pulled it off. Here is the description theocracy. Once the issue of religious Judean religious freedom would be from I : freedom was addressed directly, much sustainable without political freedom, of the motivation for the rebellion so he fought on. It was at this time in The Seleucid cavalry was divided into two evaporated in the minds of the people. 162 BC that the Seleucid throne was detachments; the slingers and the archers What the Seleucids had (which Judah rocked by Demitrius, a cousin of the went ahead of the main force, and the did not) was the ability to hire one nine year old king. Demetrius had picked troops were in the front line. mercenary army after another. Some- been a Seleucid hostage in Rome who Bachhides was on the right. The phalanx times quantity is a quality all its own. escaped and, through a Coup d'Etat, came on in two divisions. When Judah In the end, Judah's decendents would took control of the Seleucid throne, saw that Bacchides and the main strength become a bloody-minded royal line killing Lysias and the young king in of his army was on the right flank, all his which would eventually strangle by its the process. stout-hearted men rallied to him, own inept hand. Anon.

Using his perogative to appoint the High Priest, Demetrius appointed Eliakim, who began his theocratic rule by executing religious opponents. To Note: / support his new man Demetrius send Part I of the Hammer of God appeared in C3i, General Bacchides, who continued to Nr.2 featuring the ofNahal el-Haramiah, kill suspected Maccabaen supporters in Beth Horon and . the Gophna region. This return of oppression moved Judah to action, which in turn caused Demetrius to send Nicanor of Emmaus fame (See Maccabees, Part I, C3i Nr.2), who was ambushed at Capharsalama (Battle of Adasa 161 BC) on the Jerusalem road. (Well, at least Nicanor cannot be accused of being inconsistent.) I haven't included the batfie since it is a repeat of