Wow what a busy time we have had between Historicon and Fall In! Fall In! the third jewel in the triple crown of Historical Miniature Gaming in the United...
Gents; This has probably been discussed, so apologies in advance. Is it permissable to have a HD with a HC unit and an elephant unit? I assume the rationale...
A rationale assumes rational thought processes. We don't need no stinking rationales. Elephants may be in the same heavy division as heavy cavalry units as ...
Sort of what I thought, but is it a bit cheezee, or is their historical precedence? IIRC, most of the ancients put them in front of the battle line, but that...
QUESTION / COMMENT ... REPLY Dave I am not sure what you meant by HD? I assume a Heavy Division. If so then Armati2 allows any heavy units to be combined into...
In short you only have trouble with elephants if you try to fight them. Not unlike the big dumb looking guy at the bar when you have had one too many. Luxor ...
Never ever, ever! EVER! put the elephants on the end of a line of HI. In fact you will find you need to put thought into protecting these gentle pachyderms...
Just out of curiosity, anyone care to list battles where elephants actually fought cavalry, rather than just being prevented from advancing? Examples of the...
*****Hi all Still getting through my 25mm Macedonians....allthough i do have a drawer full of 15mm Xyston figures...by the way ,their artillery modals are...
... A chap called Bredan Moyle who has produced a set of rules based on the Crusades period says that some eastern moslem armies used elephants with their...
... The Islamic arab armies that entered Sassanid territory initially fought elephants by cavalry riders trying to stab the elephants eyes with lances to drive...
I am not so certain about Eastern Muslims but Indian armies facing Eastern Muslims clearly returned to an earlier tradition in which they formally organized...
I couldnt find any examples from hellenistic or punic battles, which are what I mainly think of when I think of elephants. Blocking cavalry, yes, but routing...
... Not sure the precise fate of the elephant match-up, but the Sassanids were crushed in their last fight with the Arabs, losing thier sacred banner and much...
Hi all, Does any body know if there has been an "official ruling" on these things concerning the Scots list - Not the Pre-feudal 1. HC - FV 4-0-0 Is this...
My group fought an ancient naval battle last weekend. I have posted
photographs in the photofiles area. Much of the ship v's ship was achieved using NAUMANCHIE...
... that had horses testing when at a distance from the elephants (say 12") and then refusing to face them would be a radical new addition. the horse are not...
Sure, the HC doesnt have to charge the elephants. But if the elephants get a chance they'll certainly charge the HC in Armati. And the HC will lose. The HC...
... Armati. Well, I've seen it more times than I could list. Maybe it was just how we played in Glasgow? If the elephant is grouped with HC and the enemy is...
As far as I know there is just ONE HC non key unit in the lists. The Mongol Suicide troops and this should have been an optional non- tournament rule. ...
... Exactly, examples of Elephants doing more than holding off cavalry units. A couple of examples of cavalry units being routed by elephants would be...
LOL Those who had the misfortune to face Republicans for the last four rounds of Britcon 2005 will tell you how to deal with all the problems of making...
Hi all Just to let everyone know that I am now taking entries for the one day doubles tournament at Vapnartak, York (Sunday 5th Feb, 2006). Details are below....
Gents; Starting my recruiting efforts for Historicon next year, so apologies if this seems a bit premature. Are we still doing the 15mm tourney using the Age...
From Polybios: Book V 79-86 "Of the elephants, forty were posted on the left where Ptolemy himself was about to fight, and the remaining thirty-three in front...
