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- Mon Jan 09, 2017 4:28 pm
- Forum: Army List Discussions
- Topic: Meshwesh Keywords and Search Terms
- Replies: 37
- Views: 32987
Re: Meshwesh Keywords and Search Terms
"Sicilian" ought find the Siculo-Norman lists.
- Mon Jan 09, 2017 3:16 pm
- Forum: Army List Discussions
- Topic: Early Achaemenid cavalry
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10784
Re: Early Achaemenid cavalry
The place to look for cheaper copies is http://www.bookfinder.com but currently they don't have a copy for much less than $100. I know that shielded horsemen would be unusual for the time, and taken at face value Herodotus is saying they have the same shields as the infantry - are we to imagine cava...
- Mon Jan 09, 2017 3:00 pm
- Forum: Army List Discussions
- Topic: Tibetan
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14309
Re: Tibetan
Regarding cataphracts, this paper is really about the Tibetan army of the 18-20th centuries, but it has a few words to say in passing about earlier days. In particular, it says that cataphract armour was abandoned (for practical military use as opposed to religious pageantry) in the 17th century, du...
- Mon Jan 09, 2017 2:02 pm
- Forum: Army List Discussions
- Topic: Vedic Chariotry
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2237
Vedic Chariotry
The Vedic Indian list has:
The second line sounds like the definition of Battle Taxi, so either the troop type or the explanation may need correction. (I disclaim all knowledge about which is right.)Chariots
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- Mon Jan 09, 2017 1:59 pm
- Forum: Army List Discussions
- Topic: Meshwesh Keywords and Search Terms
- Replies: 37
- Views: 32987
Re: Meshwesh Keywords and Search Terms
Which other poleis would appear often enough to be worth putting in search terms? Corinth, Argos/Argive, Syracuse/Syracusan, ... any others? (Thessaly, Athens, Thebes, Sparta, and several others are already in separated-out lists) I'm not sure I want to put in 100 micro-poleis names here as search ...
- Mon Jan 09, 2017 1:51 pm
- Forum: Army List Discussions
- Topic: Early Achaemenid cavalry
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10784
Re: Early Achaemenid cavalry
Re Herodotus, VII:61-62 tells us that the Persians and Medes (by implication the infantry) in Xerxes' army had wicker shields*, bows, and spears; VII:64 tells us the Bactrians had spears and bows. VII:84 then tells us that the Persian cavalry was equipped like their foot, and VII:86 tells us the sam...
- Mon Jan 09, 2017 7:55 am
- Forum: Army List Discussions
- Topic: Meshwesh Keywords and Search Terms
- Replies: 37
- Views: 32987
Re: Meshwesh Keywords and Search Terms
It'd be nice if "Spartan" brought up some variant of Early Hoplite Greek. Undoubtedly analogously for various other poleis.
- Mon Jan 09, 2017 6:18 am
- Forum: Rules Questions
- Topic: Shooting
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6055
Shooting
Unless we're missing something, the Early Access edition has no requirement for elements to to shoot back if shot at, if able. Correct? Playing a game with two shooty armies on Saturday, we found the shooting rules vague on a number of points: When do you declare targets? Does all shooting have to b...
- Mon Jan 09, 2017 5:53 am
- Forum: Army List Discussions
- Topic: Early Achaemenid cavalry
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10784
Early Achaemenid cavalry
The Early Achaemenid list has "Persian, Median, Bactrian or similar horsemen" classed as Jav Cav. Acc'd Herodotus, the Persians and Medes had bow, spear and shield, and the Bactrians had bows and spears (cf also Duncan Head's The Achaemenid Persian Army ). So why aren't they Elite Cav or Horse Bow? ...