Certainly did. Vincent rebutted with the obvious counter - that it makes it impossible for HI to charge into the rear of unengaged cav. (hence the reason for...
Along with others, the pikes of Macedon were lined up to face A collection of formations fighting for Southern Thrace. Terrain seemd to be everywhere on the...
... That Macedonian army is a true world beater. It hammers the Thracians without scansion or meter. Roy ... variants ... depiction ... along. ... field...
Hello Chris Could you give us the composition of the lists tested? You give a BP of 5 for the Thracian, if I read correctly. Was it a 100 points budget army?...
... Bonjour Vincent, Answers/repsonses given within text ... ... Orders of Battle — Southern Thracian Army (25 units) 4 x LHI (Odrysai Tribesmen) 1 x HC...
For those of you who follow or use Warflute lists, the following Warflute "Under Review" lists have completed their play-testing and are scheduled for ...
Opps -- I left Mithridates' "Provincial Garrison Roman" list out of the proceeding message. It too is schedule for promotion on Wednesday. Brian McCormack...
I should also note that Aligern's Viking Invasion list has also met the new playtest criteria, and is also in line for promotion to Warflute's AFT list. Brian...
Thanks for these answers, they give me a better understanding of how the battle developped. It looks like the terrain was almost too numerous for the Thracian....
In his reply, Vincent correctly pointed out that I was a fool So I staged a rematch, and made sure to pay attention to the rule That allows for LHI to break...
After four games testing this RV, I find it to work very well. Granted, the "tidal wave effect" is gone, but this can be put back in for scenario play. I have...
I know, I know ... We've barely scraped the surface with regards to Phase 1 RVs. Having just completed a replay of my fourth contest with these options, I...
Chris, "One also gets into the subject area of mixed terrain. For example, why can't a GR or SH have a portion covered by woods?" Because they can unbalance a...
Reporting on another non- regular player who extracted an army from amongst his old figures to try the variants last night. Early Hittites vs Late (Siatic)...
Another one of your bold pronouncements Steve (on both the Byzantine lists). Â Pray upon what basis do you base these comments & also when you state that:...
Dear all The next Battle Day will take place on Saturday 25 April 2009, at the usual venue in Bletchley near Milton Keynes The 2009 battle will be Callinicum...
Chris does like his terrain, though ;). The real answer is that Armati terrain is very abstract already. A SH with WD over it is just a WD. ash ... example,...
Here was the situation: Let XXXXX represent a unit of Elephants with FV of 5[3]2. Let HHHHH represent an enemy PH unit, the right end of 6-unit division. XXXXX...
Here was the situation: Let XXXXX represent a unit of LI. Let HHHHH represent one unit of a 2-unit enemy HC division. Let KKKKKK represent the other unit of a...
On the second turn of a recent game pitting Seleucids against Ptolemaic formations, a melee initiated by two units of javelins and one of slingers against...
The questions. the elephant. Obligatory charges must be performed without any wheel. If you have to wheel to do it, it is not obligatory, it is voluntary...
A few clarifications and additional comments below Best regards Vincent ... An obligatory charge must finish in contact with the enemy. With the distances...
Armies: Over the past week or so, I have play tested the proposed RVs three times. The first game pitted a Gepid Army (400 A.D. to 565 A.D.) - H@4, L@3, BP of...
I am planning to try Armati for the first time and have a DBA Nikephorian Byzantine Army I want to use. The Cataphracts or heavy Knights are based 6 to a 60mm...
Brian, Â I pitty your opponent, but good luck anyway. Â Ideally they should both be based 40 mm frontages. Armati basing for depths will have one section of...
At our test game last week (or perhaps it was 10 days ago now I think about it) we set out to test warbands in a 100 point encounter between Odovacer and Rugi...
