There has been some,a lot of discussion about the victory points in the rules and the problems of corner sitters and tournament players that play for a draw...
... I agree that they don't need to be so big, but actually ther isn't any requirement for the bend, it's just wargamers trying to get the biggest WW they can...
Quote from 'The Roman Army at War 100BC-AD 200' by A.K. Goldsworthy, "In the Pharsalus campaign, Caesar employed a special unit of 400 legionaries to act with...
... I think that you'll get this dog-leg coast shape as long as you allow anything other than a straight coastline - the ability to force the enemy to deploy...
... This was discussed rather thoroughly on this list some weeks ago; searching the list archive for "Pharsalus" should give quite a few hits. If I understood...
IIRC the actual description of the 'legionaries' is of troops lightly armed. Caesar makes quite a habit of supporting his cav with such troops. Regards Matt ...
... At least some of the accounts distinguish between the light infantry which fought together with Caesar's cavalry from the outset (and were defeated along...
I thought in that case though the Legionaries were a reserve line that intervened _after_ Caesar's cavalry had broken and fled not as troops that assisted...
... @ Sorry thats just me not being precise enough. When I said that the Aux Cv padded the legionds I didn't mean that they were part of the same command...
... At least some of the accounts mention both light troops supporting the cavalry directly (but without much success) and the six legionary reserve cohorts...
One thing that does seem pretty obvious about the armies used (with the exception of NZ) is that people seem to have decided that regular armies are not as...
... @ They are also now the fastest impetuous troops on the table. Considering that some/many of them are cataphract camels should they maybe move at Kn speed?...
... Caesar frequesntly did use light troops to support his cavalry including in the Pharsalos _campaign_, note the latter, there was fighting in the campaign...
... @ As far as I can tell this doesn't appear to be zero-sum. Sad to say any system which allows people to cooperate to their mutual benefit is a non starter....
... as ... legionary ... There is no mention of light troops at that battle with the Caesarian cavalry. They are mentioned slightly earlier when pompeian Cav...
... That's what I've found, which is a daft stance as he's basing this on "what tournament organisers want" and there are several scoring systems out there in...
Anybody tried using these? I can't really see why anybody would take one of these voluntarily. Are there any armies that are rendered non viable because an...
Hello, I'm trying to use the Perseus Digital Library to read what Caesar's Civil War says on the Pharsalus campaign (since I don't have my Penguin copy of said...
From: "David Everett" <deaztech@...> ... I'm trying one out as CinC - Warwick of a Yorkist WotR army. He is in cmd of the big block of foot and is to...
I get the same! Try the 'other' Perseus website server which works for me, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext% 3A1999.02.0076 ...
... I wasn't trying to come up with a zero sum ... @ If people can cheat somebody will. As proof of this look at the furore over loaded dice that occured a few...
Thanks for the help with the Perseus site :-) Seems that there was a site update going on this morning (my time) which caused the German mirror to have...
... Or he altered the formation to tempt Pompey into having a go and lure them into a situation where the Legionaries could intervene? Additionally this time...
Hi, ... Maybe in a tiny ally command (1 element or so). I agree that inert generals will be very rare in a competition. But I don't think there's an armylist...
... Hi, ... Ah. As a cheap regular pip dump possibly, v. useful in a 4 regular command army. Is that the aroma of gorgonzola I detect? :-) ... @ He is indeed,...
... Hi, ... Ah. As a cheap regular pip dump possibly, v. useful in a 4 regular command army. Is that the aroma of gorgonzola I detect? :-) ... @ He is indeed,...
... Doesn't seem very likely if, which Caesar claims, Pompey had already decided to win by a flank attack before deploying for battle - according to (English)...
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