From: "shanhoplite" <Shanhome@...> ... Steven was referring to the situation where a gap is created in a battle line and then (in wargames) a unit turns 90...
David wrote: A few years ago I heard a Minister in the Commons refer to a UFO sighting
as a matter of "all ballony", meaning a weather ballon, that is what...
Shan wrote: In this particular instance, I would have to say because it actually did happen. It happened at Marathon, Cynoscephalae, and Ceasar's battle...
Mike wrote: Obviously even amatuers ought to be citing sources. But I don't expect a wargamer to do everything from scratch, either. But why not? That way you...
Luxor wrote: the ancients texts certainly contain examples of lines being rolled up Steven. Thucydides for one.......... Can you give more detail? And more...
Luxor wrote: The hobby took off playing games. In the seventies, wargaming went in pursuit of 'realism' wit a vengeance. Yes and they thought realism was...
Bill wrote: I think you know my position on this. A working knowledge of Historiographical methods and simulation design would be necessary for the kind of...
Mathew wrote: ALL of the people (other than this guy) I have talked to about it consider the extraordinarii to be a separate groups of troops. Why do these...
Roy wrote: Your particular case about barbarians is easily explained. The rule writer wants it to be difficult to control barbarians and impossible for them to...
It's not strictly military (though it is about ancient weapons) but I'm afraid I couldn't resist the headline: "Ancient Hunters' Ceramic Balls Discovered" ...
... Masses of ... In this endless thread and in many other statements on this list there can be perceived common misconceptions. The major one is that the...
A few days ago Nigel recommended Littauer & Crouwel's "Wheeled Vehicles and Ridden Animals in the Ancient Near East". Leiden,1979. While trying to locate it I...
Jerboa wrote: In this endless thread and in many other statements on this list there can be perceived common misconceptions. Sorry about the thread being...
... Vehicles and Ridden Animals in the Ancient Near East". Leiden,1979. ... and Other Early Vehicles,Riding and Harness", Brill Academic Publishers; 2002;ISBN:...
Steven obviously has never read all those ancient texts where a general seeing a gap forming in his line, worries about the enemy "exploiting" it and send...
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... reading ... to wear a dust mask. Yes I do. That's what I tried to explain above. Great research does not make a good game. A game is a game and nothing...
Howdy, Just a minor point, but the author of Might of Arms is Bob Bryant, not Tom Bryant... both seem to be pleasant gentlemen although I have never met either...
Well if you are only going to allow tactics shown in monumental evidence Steven, that should reduce the need to write dramaticly. I was rather pleased to find...
... Steven: Done. They have been entered as a file "What is a Simulation?" I hope they help. I have found that a solid methodology, whether for script writing,...
Michael wrote: Speaking of lost works, Steven (and others), what happened to the idea of building up a public database with references of historical papers on...
I would be interested to know where the academics came up with this fancy manouevre for hoplite battles (this sounds very much like that b***** concensus of...
The reason for the survival of the hard hitting compulsory barbarian charge is as simple as it being a great game mechanism. o you really want to see these...
... I have never read any ancient text where such a thing is described. Perhaps you you like to give us an actual example? I would like to think I have read...
Michael wrote: Speaking of lost works, Steven (and others), what happened to the idea of building up a public database with references of historical papers on...
Luxor wrote: Well if you are only going to allow tactics shown in monumental evidence Steven, that should reduce the need to write dramaticly. What monumental...
Claudio wrote: Never heard any academic saying anything like that. Italian academics must have different believes... I wonder why I bother sometimes responding...
Luxor wrote: The reason for the survival of the hard hitting compulsory barbarian charge is as simple as it being a great game mechanism. o you really want to...
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