... literally ... and ... it ... filling ... be ... cyanocrylate? ... According to the label, Flash was first patented in 1955 by NHP Co. Inc. of Lowell MA...
... sometimes ... third ... Dave, Your thinking and experience matches my conjecture. The Pike player in my group runs pike units as 9 stand units 3x3 for all...
In fact it is. In particular, with less costly, lowere combat effective troops (ie. MI warband types) I have found that the way you stand up to the Romans is...
... Cyanoacrylate is sometimes called "super" glue or "crazy" glue. I am familiar with it, including the gel form. I have never had any luck with it. That is,...
... What I have been missing is that when gamers have spoken of larger units, they mean deeper units. If opposing forces are equal in all respects, and...
I have a philosophical problem with this. Using a glitch in the mechanism of the rules in the pursuit of "victory" seems a bit to defeat the purpose of the...
Mike, I'm confused or I misunderstand your point. There are many examples of some armies using depth as a tactical solution to a battlefield problem. I don't...
... solution to ... the rules. ... away frontage ... per stand ... away width. ... as ... anything in the ... work so ... sophistication ... I can't find my...
Mike wrote: I can't find my Warry's Encyclopedia of Ancient Warfare but he's got ... Now this is opening up a can of worms. The Theban tactic for the Battle of...
I and many that I game with use "Zap-A-Gap", it comes in several different consistancies (3 I think), thin, thick and molasses. It does a very good job of...
... To add in my two cents worth, I have found Warry's account of the battle of Pharsalus misleading. Somewhere he found additional information that was not in...
Forceofone wrote: What is that role and how do you explain the origins? The Sacred Band's chief aim was to cripple the enemy's best men, and if possible, to...
Has anyone used Might of Arms for later dark ages ("Age of the Vikings", if you will allow a nifty title)? What I'm looking at is maybe 8th-11th century type...
Chuck, This is actually exactly the type of games I have been playing, as I was introduced to MoA by a fellow with Viking/Saxon/Norman armies. It seems that...
With reference to Dark Age battles ... I've been thinking of eventually putting on something like the battle of Clontarf (Vikings and Irish) as a demo game. As...
I have actually fought an Irish/Viking battle. It was very large (1500 pnts) and very bloody. The viking bows were quite efective against my Irish. It was a...
Speaking of Viking bows, that might be one area where I would tame down the lists - having every Bondi unit shoot 3 dice makes the Vikings feel almost Late...
Chuck - We've used MOA for Viking era games for some time and it works fine. The similarity of armies shouldn't be any more of a problem than a Greek ...
... this. Like the time I ran with the Sarmations guarding a baggage train full of plunder with the Byzantines trying to intercept the column to replunder the...
... mechanism of the rules in the pursuit of "victory" seems a bit to defeat the purpose of the game as "history". Legal? , maybe. Within the spirit of the...
David, While I don't have a real problem with deep pike units, and keeping a reserve is wise, and using your cavalry (conservatively) on the flanks is a good...
Bob wrote: It is a ... Ahem to that Bob. Wish more would check the original sources. Last week I received a paper on Hannibal's elephants by an author who used...
Gents, This is just an info-blurb about a great figure find I made. AB Miniatures (famous for making the best 15mm Napoleonics around, but never enough of...
These are, by far, the best 15mm Sassanids in existence. The catch is that they're big. 18-19mm is closer to the truth. So, you'll pretty much have to do the...
I agree to the quality of the AB Sassanids. However, I find they do mix with Old Glory quite well. Very similar size. You can't go wrong with either but...
Often when I try to do these ... my ... too ... Arms ... cavalry ... Hi Chuck, We play with 1200 to 1250 points. And if I mis-stated, let me clarify. I don't...
Okay, I managed to forget one of my copies of the rules at my brother's house a state away, and have loaned out the other... Would someone be so kind as to...
