It sounds like it might be re-enactor slang, but I have no way to confirm the veracity of that statement. Peter Berry of Baccus 6mm might know. Cheers, --dave ...
... True, most bandoliers carried 12 charges, but not always. It depended on the weapon calibre. Most musketeers by the 1630s were using 12 charges, but those...
Hi Paul, the answer appears to be weight & reliability. The matchlock arquebus was relatively light, reasonably reliable and could throw a ball out to 200...
... Years War army? Wish I knew that myself... It's one hell of a lot of work writing an Osprey, especially the references for the colour plates. The biggest ...
Howdy, Osprey volumes are nice but do suffer as real scholarly vehicles for following up the author's ideas exactly because of the absence of foot/end/in-text...
Thanks Mike There's a lot to take in with these weapons...! Happy New Year Paul ... could ... yards. ... distances ... thing assured me ... Spanish ... the...
Hi Jeff, ... for following up the author's ideas exactly because of the absence of foot/end/in-text notes. The poor reader is left to guess which, if any, of...
Can anyone tell me please - Is The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars the same book as The Puic Wars both by Adrian Goldsworthy? I have The Roman Army at War and...
Interesting how fun and playing wargames comes up once in awhile. Back in the WRG 7th days, I quit the tournament playing because of the lack of fun. It was...
Then again, perhaps wargaming is more closely related to Hollywood Luxor (trying not to smirk) ... As I ... it was ... going to ... through ... the ... think...
If they 12 charges in the main, the idea of calling then apostles does have a certain inevitability. Not that i can say either way. Luxor ... too? ... ...
Howdy, Very interesting that you completely missed what I was actually saying and imposed your own agenda on top of mine!!!! Nothing quite like tarring all ...
I was sent this article (I did not catch who wrote it) by Steven James today in response to my questions about the Early/Tullian Roman army. I was pretty...
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One of the points made in the earlier discussion of 16th. Century musketry was that the rate of fire of musketeers was related to their ammunition supply (12...
... Just wondered if anyone has any solid data on lance lengths ... The Armouries have some early sixteenth century light cavalry lances. I have details of one...
russcat9 wrote on 12/30/04 10:45 PM ... There is a fairly thorough treatment of this subject in "weapons & Warfare in Renaissance Europe" by Bert S hall. ;-)...
Speaking for myself mr Brzezinski . I found your work interesting and have not ignored it, even where I might not have ageed with your conclusions :) But then...
An interesting comment indeed. And yes , I had noticed that some academics go on about sources but don't quote their sources if non- academic for fear of...
After a similar experience i settled at last on Armati, which has just gone to an improved second edition and encourages friendly and interesting play. Luxor ...
Jeff Zorn wrote:> Very interesting that you completely missed what I was actually saying and imposed your own agenda on top of mine!!!! Nothing quite like...
... John: sure they should, but they don't. A game or a simulation is a model. Most all designers don't give enough information to establish either of those...
Geesh, I just said that. However, you were more articulate, 'Chthonic B'. ... As I ... it was ... is. ... models- ... better ... models ... data ... estuarine ...
... Hollywood and wargaming is often closely related, at least when both claim to be presenting history, only to ditch it at the earliest opportunity for...
... IMHO ammunition supply is only of interest in skirmish games. Other contributors have raised the problem of how far we know the reality of that which we...
Hi guys Is there a copy of Ctesias' Persica on line anyplace? (In English...) I tried Perseus but there appears only to be Photius' v thin subject index of...
is it double-speak Bill? The comments you quote seem more like honesty to me.... Luxor ... Hollywood ... both ... of ... sacrificing ... page3 ... on ... way ...
... There is no such thing, on-line or off, since the work is lost... My tutor at university put together all the snippets known and translated them into...
