HI, I have just started to wargame with Armati, and as I wargame mostly early 16th cent. I would like to maybe add a couple of points that I think may be...
Two comments here. 1. Since the HC\LC option for Border horse is hard to resolve, put a choice in the list. One or the other. 2. I don't find the idea of...
In a message dated 4/2/02 9:34:08 AM Pacific Standard Time, david.philip1@... writes: Hi Dave ... I agree, which is why the INIT might be better as a...
Richard, Tricky with the rules, try keep wargaming see if they have any left. Though remember you will need Armati and advanced armati, which will set you back...
I agree with SFP's point that the armoured cavalry should be in the bonus units so that you can pick the Flodden army. It used to annoy me when I couldn't do...
Laughs!!! As you wish graham. I like this list though! Luxor -- Original Message -- ... couldn't ... win ... and ... campaign, ... them ... Hittie ... off ......
Hi Steve, I take your points but feel that at the rules at the moment favour (e16th cent) longbowmen, and give them too much of an advantage. The Scots had to...
David, I think you are arguing with me (ie Graham) at the moment, not Steve! The Scots at Flodden actually had no reason to advance down the hill at all, -...
In a message dated 4/3/02 11:26:53 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... Which was my point. However I don't see LB changing in Armati II. Regards Steve Phenow...
Hi Graham, You will need to forgive me I am a novice when it comes to email etc and I am still trying to get the hang of it. The reason that the Scots did not...
Having just started wargming with Armati, I didnt even know that there was an Armati II being considered, have you any idea when they shall be available. David...
David, I have refought Flodden on a number of occassions with different rule sets. The English usually win IF you disorder the Scots badly at the bottom of the...
Hi Graham, I guess we will just have to agree to disgree about the reason why James had to come off the hill, but I have enjoyed the discussion . It has been a...
In a message dated 4/4/02 9:13:33 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... Now that's a very good question. However since we plan to split the books in two, the Flodden...
In a message dated 4/3/02 9:59:56 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... Graham, David seems to think that the English victory at Flodden is assured. This is not the...
Where do you live???? Do you wargame in 25mm?? If so, it seems to me that your interests and mine co-incide precisely (even if you are wrong 8^)) Graham ... ...
I live in, Scotland a wee town in the west of Scotland called Greenock. I currently use 15mm, but I am starting to slowly build up various units in 25. I...
Thanks for the info and all the help. I have just finished reading a great book "Flodden 1513" by Niall Barr and would thoroughly recommend it to anyone who is...
... Which rules are you using, Steve? The Armylists in Adv Armati gives an FV of 5 for both bills & pikes. I won't argue too much about your analysis of...
... That's one I haven't got. Is it recent? ... From: david.philip1 To: ARMATI@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 6:35 PM Subject: Re: [ARMATI] Early...
Damn! I live in the middle of England! Ah well. Graham (Another of my Scottish friends has a 25mm Flodden Army. I understand why the English are fascinated by...
Try to get along to the convention battles. You will get five or six games in a weekend and the company is most convivial. Luxor -- Original Message -- ... ...
Graham, I don't agrre (surprise, surprise) with some of your comments, although James had a good train of artillery with him, they were large calibre guns,...
Yep, I think it was published just last year, it is published by 'Tempus Publications'. You can get a good discount if you buy from the BBC history web page ...
Is there not some some evidence to show that Henry had at least a small body of well-trained bowmen available to him as late as the 1540's. Specifically, I am...
... Graham, In my scenario, I make the pikes 6 [1] 3 +2 PROT. My reasons are simple. These pike units are outgrowths of the schiltron, the formation was...
As we discuss, we come closer to agreement (thesis/antithesis/synthesis, so to speak!). The telling reason for the ineffectiveness of Scottish artillery is...
