... inert.. ... an ... act ... I am no classical scholar; I only have my trusty Penguin Plutarch 'Life of Crasssus' to go by - but here goes nothing: Ch. 17:...
... Bw at 3 (not being shot at) +1 for rear rank = 4, + 6 on the dice for 10 (by this stage I had doubled up some archers as the French were concentrating in...
OK, I am about to embark on my first DBMM comp. I have joined the Central London team. Who else is going to Campaign - the website seems to suggest 5 teams, ...
Couple of other points on the Carthaginians (1) Did I miss something regarding Hannibals Spanish - what happened to them being Reg Bd(F) ? (2) TNE proposal to...
... Good to hear - mediaeval french ? Pinner are there (me, Dave P aka Mrs parmenion, Mark S) Milton Keynes - not sure names Central London - you, Big Banzai...
Hi from the Numidian List.... C-in-C - Irr LH (O) @ 14AP or Irr Cv (O) @ 17AP 1 Sub-general - as above 1-2 Ally general - Irr LH (O) @ 9AP 0-1 Only combined...
... [AB]I think you maybe are badly underestimating the Carthaginian skirmish lines . Goldsworthy, Daly and Lazenby all suggest Hannibal had around 8000...
Firstly, troop definitions are not primarily based on equipment, but on fighting style. A hoplite is always Sp. Sp are not always hoplites! It is possible for...
And now also for users of OpenOffice - Drop-Down Menus for Stratagems, Generals and Troop Types - technical format Issues between OpenOffice 2.0 and 2.4...
... teams, ... DR: Possibly. We are under discussion. I am definitely doing period 1. ... DR: Big Banzai? I presume you mean Ian McKay. I believe the other...
... When playing Greg's Poles at Challenge, he'd done this. The CinC turned round quite quickly when an element of Ax I stood behind him. (From the expendable...
... Agreed. The whole use of elephants to disrupt enemy lines on their own seems to imply a different classification for some Carthaginian elephants - I think...
... on ... no ... effectively ... extra ... he ... (lethargy? ... prophets) ... forward.' ... should ... neglect ... planning ... and ... really ... marching ...
Checking more deeply into the 3 picked bodies of Gauls involved in the Tarentum expedition of 212, I don't see any need for them to be Bd (F). Reg Bd (I) will...
... Should the Parthians also get a Disguised Troops strategem to create on the tabletop the same effect that it had on Crassus of the cataphracts suddenly...
... OK. Is there any evidence at all that Jewish horse archers deserve (S) grading, which in the period is exceptional. They would need to be regarded by their...
... Surely Irr Bd(I) at Cannae is essential to get them to work correctly. So, Irr Wb(I) until some time before or at 216, some Reg Bd(I) after 212. Cheers, ...
... He wasn't particularly inert at Carrhae - just incompetent, but one could certainly make the case for Inert by this stage in his career. ... Indeed, but...
... but on fighting style. A hoplite is always Sp. Sp are not always hoplites! ... shieldwall. Spears likely to be thrust, not thrown. ... fast, moving easily...
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