... That depends upon what "most directly" means. If it means "the least distance to contact" than my interp is correct. If it means "encompasses most of the...
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Nov 1, 2008 7:01 am
81949
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Nov 1, 2008 7:55 am
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... I wondered when someone would focus on this. ... And hence the need for a clarification. -- Martin Stephenson http://vexillia.blogspot.com/...
Didn't Pete's legiones in fact use correct historical tactics against foot? I thought the 2 close ranks of Bd supported by a 3rd rank of Ps was preferred...
From: "kilroy44" <brian.fritz1@...> ... What do you base that on? Basically the same formation all the time IMO. Nik Gaukroger "Sacrificing minions: Is...
Forgive my ignorance, I'm kind of out of the loop here, but I'm just really confused as to whether the downgrade of Sp is purely game balance or whether new...
... correct. ... than ... If the Kn was an element of bow shooting would you not take his target as C, on page 58 example 19 Bow A only shoots at Bow W ...
Why not have Knights destroy a second rank of foot? If Wb can do this based on the fury of their charge then surely the same or better applies to charging...
Lets look at the tactical situation. Peter was facing a Hun army with a Goth ally, so there was a good chance of the Romans having to face an unholy...
Remember that Romans throw pila then have to rely on sword. David Constable ... DR: I have just checked my copy of Yadin and none of the reliefs about ...
The diagram at http://tinyurl.com/68v655 shows what I think are two "illegal moves". In #1 the group moves sideways to "line up" outside the Threat Zone (TZ)...
... state ... experience ... just 'sh*t ... wargames army ... against the ... So IMO the Neo-Babylonian army is much much better than the later Assyrian in...
... having ... This kind of tactic can be good, but needs a good coordination that sometimes raw pips deny. Furthermore must be executed quickly, for the ...
... DR: However, none of the Assyrians are depicted throwing their spear. They are all depicted thrusting over arm with a large shield. The archers are always...
SNIP (JTS WROTE) ... non ... become ... This is to misunderstand the rules and certainly the quite clear clarifications from Phil and the commentary. Groups...
... make ... of ... wide ... deep, ... required ... that ... separate ... JONATHAN WROTE This is in my view a mroe interesting discussion than what has gone ...
Well, in my case the rest of the Barbarian army was 20 LH(S), 1 Cv(O), 4 Irr Bw(I) and 4 Irr Ps(O). Their job would be to hold the flanks of the Wb and Kn...
... two ... don't know ... I ... that ... the ... Surely the comment is that irregular pips will almost always deny this - the only way this can happen is with...
'Surely the comment is that irregular pips will almost always deny this - the only way this can happen is with the CinC's extra pip and a mixed group of Wb and...
Hi ... Are you saying that a group of Sponno elements say 4 wide moving impetuously become a 4 deep column behind 1st that moves !!?? or am I misunderstanding...
... I don't know if you are supporting contacting the element on the left or right in the original example. I don't have my rule book handy. ... [Non-text...
kq_z952.psm_144@...
Nov 1, 2008 6:22 pm
81976
I don't understand where your problem lies. Are you claiming a disjunction between the rule you cite on pg28 and some other rule? Likely the TZ rule on pg 32...
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Nov 1, 2008 6:37 pm
81977
Congratulations on discovering a completely new interpretation !!! Pg30 para 2 does in fact give the player the option of moving as "individual elements or a...