A liilte outside of the ancient and medieval periods, but still of interest. A report in Der Spiegel (Online English Language Edition) of an archaeological...
... snip ... of Egypt's Supreme Council for Antiquities (SCA). ... The SCA is also the Society for Creative Anachronism. Coincidence? http://www.sca.org/...
ITALY AND GETTY MUSEUM STRIKE DEAL ON ART WORKS (ANSAmed) - ROME, AUGUST 1 - Italy and the Paul Getty Museum in California have reached an agreement to resolve...
Hi Martin, Have you read the review of these rules in the same issue of Slingshot and does this review answer any of your points? FWIW, I agree that there are...
Obvious answer is that your analysis simply assumes that all combinations would be allowed or exist. To a certain extent, the crude combinations are modified...
... I have thank you and no it did not. You also win the "no prize" (see original post) for the first person to say that not all the combinations need be used...
... Excellent another "no prize" winner (see original post). If certain combinations are not allowed, or unlikely, why do you need so many factors in the...
... How many of those potentials would you be likely to need to resolve in any given game - that may be a more useful stat that the raw total. Nik Gaukroger ...
... Bit of a "no prize" winner question if you ask me - been answered already. Nik Gaukroger "Never ask a man if he comes from Yorkshire. If he does, he will...
This sounds like a potentially interesting set of rules of the sort that I might enjoy playing. although the all to brief review I saw in the July issue of...
How many different ancient armies are there. From memory there are around 2 - 300 in ththe DBM lists. So while your particular game only needs a few of the...
... You need the factors to allow for the ones that can exist, not for the ones that can't. Its a bit like throwing the baby out with the bath water. Just...
Not the largest: it sounds remarkably similar to the Buhen fortress along the southern cataracts, with its chain of smaller ones. Same size and complexity,...
2007-08-01 20:07 Getty antiquities wrangle resolved US museum agrees to return 40 looted items (ANSA) - Rome, August 1 - The John Paul Getty Museum has agreed...
READINGMED: THE RECIPE BOOKS OF FREDERICK II (By Orlando Piantadosi) (ANSAmed) - NAPLES, AUGUST 2 - A sensual and hedonist Frederick II, capable of financing...
ARCHAEOLOGY: EGYPT DISCOVERS PHARAOH FORTRESS IN SINAI (ANSAmed) - CAIRO, JULY 23 - The largest-ever military fortress on the ancient road of Horus, vital link...
ARCHAEOLOGY: EGYPTIAN BIG TOE THE MOST ANCIENT PROSTHESIS (ANSAmed) - ROME, JULY 27 - The big toe of the right foot of a middle aged woman, made from leather...
Hey Everyone, I have been rereading Thucydides and I was wondering about the time involvement in the disembarking and embarking of ships in antiquity (both...
Hi all, For those interested, I have uploaded the entry form for this year's English DBA Open, sponsored once again by the SOA, in the files section. The date...
... book that discusses in greater detail the operational time and procedures for unloading troops off a ship from antiquity? Not from antiquity but possibly...
Have you looked in any of the reports of the Olympias trials for this information? FWIW, it is hoped that Boris Rankov will be available as a guest speaker at...
Hi Guys, only 98 days until Fall In! at Gettysburg, Here is the key information on deadlines. see website at www.fall-in.org VR James Mattes Well, Historicon...
It took three days to disembark most of the Dutch army at Philippine (near Sas van Gent), for the Nieuwpoort campaign in 1600: around 13,000 infantry, 2,800...
There are other factors as well. A small army on a long beach may be able to disembark the whole army at once, the same army on a restricted beach may only be...