The League of Ancients tournament was held last weekend here in Melbourne. It was an open book, 400AP, 2 list format. As the first tournament I have umpired I...
... Incidentally, I've just acquired Hans van Wees' new "Greek Warfare: Myth and Realities" - http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0715629670/qid% ...
Howdy, ... Any you act surprised by this? Larry's not known for carefully researching his texts before sending them. Besides those Joey lists one can also add...
Howdy, What I mean is that part of the fun of these events is the chest thumping before hand (not that my rating allows me to do much of that :-) ) and a big...
... snip Hi Duncan, Well said. Bowmeisters are tough on newbies, and those who have never seen that style of play. However I agree with you they can be...
... There's two ways to look at it, Larry. One is, winning is the thing. The other, the "personal improvement and I can win with Marians." But since we're...
Duncan as usual makes good points. I am wishing I had Serbs or Christian Nubians to deal with KD Coalhucans. Bow-i is crunchy to 50 wb-f and 12 bd-f and 15...
... not bad. ... Brian, I used the Old Glory for the mounted Kn figures, with the odd Essex thrown in (maybe 8 of 48 figures) They look good. Hilton...
... Here is the difficulty, IMO, with bow armies -- they did not, historically, dominate like they do in ancient/medieval wargames. Of the bow armies ...
From: "Larry Essick" <larryessick@...> ... Given the availability of world wide wargaming statistics I'd be interested to see the research to back up...
Rich Novak PS Larry is both right and wrong. I consider myself more lucky than good. Rich, I too consider you more lucky than good, You are always lucky...
... the hobby? ... pursuit of ... Isn't this the whole point. Our knowledge is expanded by those people who search the lists for an army that they feel...
Jim, Glen does my light work when there is game in town. You had better watch out, as he has started his new yearly list. The Wayne Carter list is just as good...
< ... New Kingdom Egyptian. Early Achaemenid Persian. Both of whom dominated a larger part of the world than the English of the DBM era did. Too many armies...
Howdy, Informally wracking my brains it's hard to come up with other regular wall of bow players. Kevin's shadow Chuck has tried Nubians. Scott Allen? uses ...
Larry I can see where you are coming from, but you miss three potentially crucial 'things': 1. Kevin plays other armies that don't rely on Bows, a recent...
... Melbourne. ... pleasure to do ... to be ... I cannot imagine that you have never umpired a tournament. How could you go so long without doing your turn?...
The ar y isn't hopeless ny any means. I figure many of my games are with friends and the Tibetans have doen pretty well. I haven't really been obliterated...
... This is my general read of history as well. But, it is imperfect and does not translate well into our period for gaming. While bows should give way to...
Hi All, Well I have been using the Granadines, which is basically a Bow & LH army, and at Ag 0 it is great as a defensive army. However if you are the invader...
... Mea culpa. I did not find Malay among the armies listed for Kevin on the web site. You are right, Kevin might just like bows irrespective of how they...
... I had started to make some strong observations on how the 2 list format really cocks things up during an earlier part of this thread. Armies like Serbs and...
From: "Larry Essick" <larryessick@...> ... Hebrews ... Which, of course, assumes that the Exodus was in fact an historical event. Let's assume it is. ...
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