Hi. I was involved in the original Bow Levy email conversation David referred to. I was able to play a few games with massed Bow Levy after that, and I made some observations. My matchup was a bad idea: Wallachians with max Bow Levy/Rabble vs. a reasonably balanced Later Condotta list from a similar...

Thanks for the clarification, Jack! That's two things we did wrong, but I'm glad to learn how to do them correctly next time.

We were playing a lot of pike battles for a while, and this situation came up a lot in a few variations.

Thanks,
Alan

Okay, this may be ambiguous. This applies: 64.2 If a stand starts the close combat phase with an enemy stand in flank contact or rear contact with it, the stand is said to be fighting to its flank or fighting to its rear. That stand and the contacting enemy stand are eligible for close combat. The n...

Hi, The loss of rear support is indeed in a different section: “Fighting to the Flank or Rear”, not Rear Support. 65.1 A stand that is fighting to its flank or rear may not receive rear support in this close combat phase. The original combat factors in my example took this into account. Unless I mis...

Yep, I have Rabble in the HF hoplite army pictured above; but the Alexandrian Macedonian player doesn't have that option to protect their pike.

Thanks,
Alan

Thanks for the confirmation that we got this all correct.

This has come up often enough that I agree: I should encourage the Pike player to cover their flanks more consistently The tradeoff between width vs. depth in Pike deployment makes this a necessary skill to learn.

Alan

Hello! Long time listener, first time caller. As some of you know, I played a bunch of DBA several years ago; and now I'm finally transitioning to Triumph! We've been playing a lot of Classic games recently: Alexander, LA Persians, Later Hoplites, and Thracians. The rule book is excellent, so I only...

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Thanks!
Alan