... My immediate reference is James Dunnigan's HOW TO MAKE WAR. _____ TSOB Timothy Squire O'Brien __________________________________________________ Do You...
... weight and amount ... Control," by Ross ... daily. If Maize were ... and is hot in ... typical ... consumed 7,600 kg or ... well but the army tried ... ...
-- ... Definitely agreed. There are many differences and you've done a good job of listing them. OTOH, there are undoubtedly similiarities. For instance, I...
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Jun 1, 2005 5:12 pm
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Well, Fred, you're probably going to hate me for this, but there's another book with a similar subject matter, Jonathan Roth's "The Logistics of the Roman Army...
By the way, concerning carrying weight, this is what Junkelmann found out during his experiments: The weight of the "minimum" amount of stuff carried...
... This is an interesting consideration. Chlen can pull large loads, but the are really slow, I think with a max of 15 km per day. See the Sourcebook, and...
... Nope, no rats, no rabbits. In fact no recognizable terrestrial quadrupeds, except domesticated cats, dogs, and the rumored horses on the far side of the...
Although the Aztecs may appear more Tekumelyani, IMHO the Roman legions would be a better comparison at least as far as logistics are concerned As I have...
As with the Aztec comparison I can see the similarities, however, I'd suggest the Romans, with horse and oxen, would have a better logistical capability than...
-- ... Stephen, I would think that the best approach is to look at both, as well as any sources that might seem useful, compare them, try to understand why...
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For centuries your clan of Open Hand has maintained a grain depot near the sákbe between Haumá and Usenánu. Since this is in the center of the nation little...
Good! This is an excellent example of how you can take almost any little thing in Tekumel and turn it into an adventure. Some tips (and others may disagree...
Perhaps I should write a book called "One Little Thing". It would have to be a tiny book. Just as a clarification of my rationale. I saw this small village as...
Greetings: Inspired by the discussion on logistics and the scenario suggested... "Three chlen walk into a bar..." Thank you. Fred Kiesche (FPK3) My books are...
One of the most valuable, to me, bits of information for the old Hirkane era game was the list of the potential heirs, all the princes and princesses known, as...
What I've always wondered about Tekumel is the impact that ships have upon logistics. They can carry large payloads, and are faster than the chlen. Armies ...
You make some good points Thomas. I agree with your assessment of leather armour, though I'm more familiar with quilted aketon/mail from a re-enacting POV. I...
Players wanted for online chat game. Every so often I attempt to run a online Tekumel game using chat. At present I have 2 players interested. I need at least...
... Not much to wonder. Phrased in terrestrial terms, a week's food for a single infantry cohort takes up forty muleloads, and pray that they're in source for...
... Wonder how many chlen carts that would translate to? ... From that it's only a small step to putting the whole cohort on a few good-sized barges and...
<http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=44111&item=5204033 530&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW> Well, at the moment they're bargains. Sale closes in 3...
I can't believe I'm asking this, but is the Tekumel D20 book on track? I just checked and the GOO website lists it as available July 1st. I honestly don't...
... I actually think the d20 rules should work well with Tekumel. The amount of changes that were made to the standard Tri-Stat system for the Tekumel rules...
Do we really need yet ANOTHER game engine for Tekumel? The problem I have keeping groups together is the bewildering shift in mechanics every few years....
... d20 is lowest-common-denominator (very low indeed in this case), and that means sales, like or not. On the plus side, sales means demand for future ...
I agree about Mit, that's what we need a LOT more of. I disagree about needing to "dumb it down" to sell to the unwashed masses of munchkins. I regularly take...
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