I think not making the elephants key would have this effect--kind of scythed
chariot like.

In our scenario as the Carthaginians bottled up his own troops it had one
accidental advantage. While one elephant was locked in melee, a unit of Roman
HI was fighting an inferior Carthaginian HI unit behind the elephants. The
ROmans overestimated the staying power of the Carthaginian elephant and when it
broke it took a unit of Roman HI with it.

--- In ARMATI@yahoogroups.com, "bryson_graham" <bryson_graham@...> wrote:
>
> How about using the elephants as scythed chariots, but=retaining the rules for
running amok etc. That seems to reflect how hannib=l was using them. They will
not be key units so do not affect breakpoints,=They will disappear relatively
quickly unless they are successful. They ar= not going to tire out the Roman
first line unduly.
>
> Was Zama actually a battle that could have gone either way? I ha=e always felt
that Scipio did not leave much to chance. Hannibal would noy=have normally, but
this was not the sort of battle plan he usually adopted=. Maybe Zama should be
difficult for Carthage to win?
>