This is the second in a series of posts that will discuss a broad range of topics relating to Hegemony: Philip of Macedon. This post will give an overview of logistics: the management of supply and replacements.
Activities such as camping and the burning of fields are integral to logistics in “Hegemony: Philip of Macedon”. Camp to conserve supply and replace losses. Burn fields to deprive the enemy of crops, through punitive raids or a scorched earth defensive policy.
New screen shots have been posted on our "Hegemony: Philip of Macedon” pages.Logistics includes the safe storage and distribution of crops to areas where they will be needed to supply military activities and campaigns.
Logistical planning often dictates military activities, such as the deployment of hoplite brigades to block access to valuable fields, (especially at harvest time when raiders try to plunder the freshly harvested crops).
Logistics can determine the timing of an invasion. Attack during the harvest to deprive the enemy of valuable crops while bolstering your own campaign supply.
Logistical considerations influence questions such as: How large a force can pursue that raiding party without worrying too much about supply? What size and what type of force can I send into that region? How many brigades can I support? How much supply can I funnel through that mountain pass? Which cities should I take to secure my Kingdom and prepare for additional conquests? Where can I garrison that army to best conserve supply while preparing for invasion? Where should I build forts? Should I dismantle the walls of that city or build it up as a major staging point?
Thus it is that logistics forms the core of military planning in “Hegemony: Philip of Macedon”.