Well I'm happy to announce that Impetus (the book) will be officially launched at SALUTE 08 and it is time for pre-orders. The book will have 60 full color...
13 new lists have been added to Basic Impetus. These are: Khitan-Liao, Jurchen-Chin, Nan-Chao, Early Burmese, Late Burmese, Khmer and Cham, Early Vietnamese,...
... Khmer and Cham, Early Vietnamese, Late Vietnamese, Hindu Indian, Rajputs, Ghurid, Ming Chinese, Yi Koreans ... Lorenzo The Jurchen-Chin should have Heavy...
like Khitan Liao? Lorenzo ... From: russcat9 To: IMPETVS@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 12:29 AM Subject: [IMPETVS] Re: 13 new list for...
Yup. Jurchen cavalry fought in a 5 rank formation, the first 2 ranks being heavily armoured lancers, the rear 3 lighter armoured or unarmoured archers. I...
On second thoughts, given your grading for a lot of heavy cavalry as Medium (reserving Heavy Cavalry for knightly types), keeping the Jurchen-Chin as Medium...
There may be a bit of a language issue here, as the word for 'Knight' in Italian is basically the same for cavalry (cavaliere), we tend to define knights as...
Hi Paul, at the moment there are no the Han (they will come of course, there are still a lot of armies from China to be added). The Hann are a different...
The main difference between CM (aka Medium cavalry) and CP (Heavy Cavalry or Knight) lay on flexibility. Basic Impetus uses various values to identify a troop,...
Lorenzo That's why I deleted this message and replaced it with the other one. I discovered who the Yan were, along with the early Han, and that your lists were...
the movie is worth to be seen if you like movies like "Hero". Not properly an historic account of the period but the are a couple of scene with armies in...
Ok this might have covered elsewhere but here goes anyway Whats the difference between Impetus and Basic Impetus if any ? Cheers ... officially launched at...
Hello Fenton, the main differences between Basic Impetus and Impetus are: 1) Impetus need more troops. Say 20 to 40 Units. Much depend on the quality of...
Hi the lists below have piqued my interest in the Impetus / Basic Impetus system again and I am planning to base up a couple of armies based on the lists below...
the only reason is that it is much easier with all Units with the same frontage, but honestly unless you are playing in a competition with some "lawyer", feel...
Rukes Lawyers - Huh While I can understand why earlier period artillery is deployed in large blocks, I am just asking why, given the shift to smaller batteries...
Basic Baroque is not a definitive set, but an experimental expansion that still requires more test. And it has put online with the aim of give more people the...
Hi again When I get home tonight I shall probably start work on French and British armies for BB. I will be using 12 x 3cm for infantry, 12 x 4cm for cavalry...
mmmh, I think you could you far less figures if you want. A base should more be considered as a brigade, due to scale Lorenzo ... From: commander_of_iron To:...
Hello Everyone: I downloaded Basic Impetus but have not printed it out yet. I was curious what is the ideal size of armies and also what would be the minimum...
Basic Impetus has fixed armies and these are usually 8 to 11 Unit/Bases. If you use DBx bases the best choice is to use 2 DBx bases for Unit, with the...
Count-down stard for Impetus. The Italian version will go to print in these days and the English one a couple of weeks later to be officially presented at...
Good news. I would like to see the pages. Sincerely, Felix. ... in these days and the English one a couple of weeks later to be officially presented at Salute...
preview of the rule book is online at www.dadiepiombo.com/imprev2.html Lorenzo ... From: felixrimalovsky To: IMPETVS@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 19,...
Very few days before Impetus rule book will be released (Italian version on April 6, English version on April 19 at Salute). As most ask how large is an...
Bonjurno Lorenzo, Would I be able to use the same approch for my ECW armies in order toswitch from Basic? Sincerely, Felix. ... version on April 6, English...
probably yes, but considering that basic baroque requires more figures/space probably the point standards may change. I mean maybe the ideal format could be...
That sounds good Lorenzo. It wil make my ECV armies look like armies. Thank you for the reply. Sincerely, Felix ... figures/space probably the point standards...
