You have a point about massed volleys. Archery was presitigious in India, but I am not seeing actual mentions of it having effect on the battlefield. Right, exactly. Heroes and gods are mentioned doing phenomenal archery (and phenomenal other things), but massed infantry are mostly spectators to ac...

Nice!

Indian archers were using longbows, drawing back to the ear and were a prestigious part of the army. They clearly should be Archer/Shooter. Longbow, recurve, self bow, or whatever has nothing to do with it. What draw weight? What evidence for them firing massed volleys at great distance? What evide...

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The lads and I are planning a new campaign and while I was checking army lists I noticed the Neo- Assyrians can take a "Standard wagon" card. The Neo-Assyrian "standard wagon" (a bunch of divine standards in a decorative non-combat chariot) is a bit speculative, and doesn't appear as a significant ...

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Sun Jan 19, 2025 5:59 am

Works fine if you're facing Knights.

Not so good in the push and shove of elite or heavy infantry. But then, those armies didn't use Standard Wagons.

Hi all The lads and I are planning a new campaign and while I was checking army lists I noticed the Neo- Assyrians can take a "Standard wagon" card. This grants a +1 in combat for units who's rear edge is in contact with the standard wagon. What happen to such a unit if it losses the combat but is ...

It'd be nice if "Elamite" found all Elamite lists. Currently it doesn't, because some have just Elam in the name. Not sure what's going on there. "Elamite" is present in the keyword field for the two Elam lists that just have Elam in the name. That's a coding issue, it seems, which will take longer...

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