... I am not a lawyer, but I have been told that if the book is out of print for a certain time the rights revert to the author. So I could sell the text to...
Interesting chat at salute with a trader. One of his competitors sells left handed Chinese swordsmen and the perception is this confers some sort of combat...
interesting point many of these are modelled but is there any solid evidence the chinese used convicts as combatants other than for forced labour on...
... It's the old Greer WRG book to blame again. I have seen no evidence for the javelins. A lot of Han troops were recruited from convicts but I've seen...
I've seen the "left-handed guardsmen" too. I assume the advantage it conveys is that you would be attacking the exposed (unshielded side) of a right-handed...
I'd have to agree on the lack of evidence, but, and this may be heretical, conjecture has to play a part in a lot of ancient history, especially when we try to...
... side) of ... handed ... I used to fence when I was younger. Left-handed fencers had this same advantage against right-handed fencers. For the righty, the...
Has anyone read or heard reviews of the following? The Roman Art of War by C M Gilliver In Quest of the Lost Legions by Tony Clunn Cheers Mark [Non-text...
ooh doing carroballista?? I will need to watch this thread then :-) DAve ... _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8:...
Not only that but I do not enjoy painting figures, it is something I do because it puts them on the table ready to fight. No way am I going to dedicate more of...
... IMHO, it's more like enjoying a good football game (watched and/or played), but not liking to memorize individual player statistics and such. ... I'm not...
... They're both discussed briefly in an Oxbow feature at http://www.oxbowbooks.com/feature.cfm?FeatureID=90& Clunn's book has several rave reviews at...
Weren't the Roman Penal Legions armed with old captured weapons, including Gallic? Luxor ... _________________________________________________________________ ...
There have been huge discussions on TMP (theminiaturespage.com) on the questions of playing with painted or unpainted figures. All seemed to agree that the...
The attraction of 15mm for a buyer is you came field armies on a table top for a fraction of cost. To me they look good, transport well and have more room for...
I guess the main thing is to wargame. Theoretically, the actual gaming is the central element of the hobby. We buy the figures and the rules and all the...
Personally, I love the look of an army and find painting incredibly calming- my wife can always tell when its been tough at work by when the brushes come out! ...
... Your address above is missing a "/" When I hit the "refresh" for the left menu, it adds another one. And another. And another... The left menu needs an...
Doug
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Stuck on "connect: contacting host:" Anyone from North America able to connect properly? Can anyone extract the actual numeric URL?...
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... Specifically Gallic. Duncan has illustrated one of these chaps in "Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars", which IIRC shows him wearing/carrying a...
Thanks, I will take a look at it. Anyone else out there with cart recommendations? Also, can anyone point me at any original source representation of the mule...
The "advantage" left handers have over right in many fields of contest is that the lefties are used to fighting/playing against righties - after all 90% of...
Folks, Apologies for the second post - anyone else go the same problem? Please let me know off-line if you do ..... its not exactly an ancmed topic :-) Best...
Hi Doug, I would be interested to know what browser/operating system you are using you are using - on both my Mac and PC the link works fine! I will fix the...
