... But this was not their historical job (AFAIK, IMO) - there were few or no skirmishers in early hoplite battles, and later they dont' seem to have performed...
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Fair question, Brian! My initial point was that a number of modern historians had noted that the helot contingent (or portions of it) had fought at Plataea as...
... [AB] Yes and no. Two points to make here: Firstly, early hoplite warfare was incredibly ritualistic. I know the analysis in Hanson's Western Way of War is...
Oh no, you've let the cat out of the bag! You have to use your brain when playing DBMM (at least at the moment...) We played about ten EIR vs Ancient...
... From: "alastair2d" <xtr152105@...> To: <DBMMlist@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 11:49 AM Subject: [DBMMlist] Re: More friends for...
... In DBMM heavy infantry is faster, and opposition has more problem in manouvering. So if a wall of spear plan worked in DBM, could be tested using DBMM as...
Doug, When did Caesar use auxilia and velites to engage "warbands" to keep them away from his legonaries? This whole DBMM thing (it seems to me) is the...
It's also a little more complicated than simply a wall of spear. Generally, using the ME system, a LHG Spartan Army can put down a fair amount of IrrSp(O)....
... DR: The reason that Blades will win against Warband is not due to the grading, but due to other factors. The tests that are ongoing are purely to guage...
Apologies if any of these have already been raised. Contents List - List 64, Early Japanese, lacks a date range. This may be because the actual list also...
... different ... able to ... There is a very marginal advantage to the Regulars in that they do not follow-up into single or double overlaps that Irregulars...
... [AB] And a big thanks for organising the testing programme Dave. They seem to have provided good data on the effects the first grading amendment proposal...
Just back on line. A quick scan through the mass of mails suggests the gradings proposal has changed. I have the Sp V Cv results with the initial proposals -...
Mitanni - the 8 compulsory maryannu seems too few for a chariot superpower. Perhaps 12 compulsory maryannu would be more appropriate. Philistine - the list...
Now that I have had time to absorb the new proposals for book1, posted 23/12, and the lack of interest/comment on my previous proposed amendments for this...
Hi All, to date there are still very few DBMM entries for Cancon 2009. If you are intending to play, but have not yet put in an official entry, can you please...
Doug Melville hasn't had time as he is busy trying to organise DBMM & DBA at Cancon, complete two series of articles (one for Slingshot), work a 60-70 hour a...
Al, some observations: 1. The choice not to follow up is not a marginal advantage, it is a pretty significant one. 2. If your opponents are optimising their...
... Did I mention history? It is irrelevant to AP issues. ... With this state of afairs? None, I was addressing the line which I so carefully snipped from the...
... wrote: snip ... in ... tested ... It does indeed work in DBM, I doubt it will in DBMM, though as you rightly say, testing it can't hurt. The main...
... Cv(S) take a long time to grind down Sp. Remember even if you lose - you only take off one element at a time, and you are unlikely to lose in your own...
... I didn't read it as being a case where hoplites were helfd back per se - rather they were not here initially - and when they did come up, eventually, it...
... snip With you so far... ... Now I don't get it. Sp(O) are 1ME each, like Irr Bd(O) and warband(S) and other warband are half. Sp(S) aren't great filler so...
... Wouldn't you rather lose 1 ME Sp(O) than 2 ME Sp(S) to achieve some disoder in the enemy? Certainly the enemy can try to do the same sort of thing with...
... a pretty significant one. Perhaps I did not explain myself as clearly as I could have done. In the many games I have played using the printed DBMM rules, I...
... But the difference is, that they can do it at all, so the reason WOS do well in DBM (they are invulnerable) no longer applies. The fact that an adverse...
... snip ... (S) ... muster ... Obviously. But it still looks like a losing tactic to me. ... Killer/filler Mk2... you can't keep a good idea down :) Regards ...
You say that like it is a bad thing? Should they be invulnerable? regards Doug ... _________________________________________________________________ It's...
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