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by Andreas Johansson
Mon Jun 15, 2020 6:44 am
Forum: Army List Discussions
Topic: Army List: Early Atropatene
Replies: 2
Views: 3081

Re: Army List: Early Atropatene

I have nothing to add regarding the composition of Atropatenean armies, but the mention of them got me to notice the Atropatene/Elymais/Persis list is included in the "India and the Khyber Pass" thematic category, which seems like an error. (BTW, Azerbaijan is Atropatene, in the sense that both go b...
by Andreas Johansson
Mon May 18, 2020 2:53 pm
Forum: General Rules Discussion
Topic: Rules changes in printed edition
Replies: 9
Views: 7964

Re: Rules changes in printed edition

David Kuijt wrote:
Wed Mar 18, 2020 12:12 pm
  • WWg are 3 pts now, not 4.
I note that the Meshwesh troop type page still has them as 4 pts.
by Andreas Johansson
Mon May 18, 2020 8:06 am
Forum: Army List Discussions
Topic: Oceanic lists
Replies: 1
Views: 1756

Re: Oceanic lists

This seems to've been cleaned up, and the "Polynesian or Melanesian" list renamed to simply "Polynesian". It would perhaps be better as "Other Polynesian", to parallel the "Other Melanesian" list, and the better to alert people to the fact it doesn't cover all of Polynesia. The sum total, BTW, of my...
by Andreas Johansson
Mon May 18, 2020 7:15 am
Forum: Army List Discussions
Topic: Post Mongol Russian
Replies: 10
Views: 7281

Re: Post Mongol Russian

Not the most academic of sources, but in English; Gorelik's Montvert Warriors of Eurasia says that Russian equipment didn't absorb much Mongol influence in the 14th century.
by Andreas Johansson
Thu Apr 16, 2020 2:06 pm
Forum: Army List Discussions
Topic: Battle Card Summary of Cards is Up
Replies: 4
Views: 2864

Re: Battle Card Summary of Cards is Up

(Supernumerary thought: Despite the name, whether battle card or proper troop-type, it might be considered for things like Arab "fencing lancers", who neither shoot, chuck, nor charge at the drop at the drop of a hat, but neither are particularly bad.) That's an interesting idea. The primary issue ...
by Andreas Johansson
Thu Apr 16, 2020 6:33 am
Forum: Army List Discussions
Topic: Battle Card Summary of Cards is Up
Replies: 4
Views: 2864

Re: Battle Card Summary of Cards is Up

Nice :) Two thoughts: It would be nice if you from each battle card could see a list of the armies for which it applies. (I do realize this might be tricky from a programming standpoint, depending on how stuff's set up, and it's definitely a nice to have rather than a must have.) Sword-Fighting Cava...
by Andreas Johansson
Wed Apr 08, 2020 6:30 am
Forum: Army List Discussions
Topic: WOTR Pikemen and Scottish allies
Replies: 14
Views: 6972

Re: WOTR Pikemen and Scottish allies

Anybody get their slingshot copy the latest one is supposed to cover Bosworth? Yes - that's where Duncan made the aforementioned argument. found the book re-pikemen. Bosworth 1485 by Michael Jones. "The army’s backbone was a force of over a thousand French pikemen recruited from a disbanded war cam...
by Andreas Johansson
Tue Apr 07, 2020 7:20 pm
Forum: Army List Discussions
Topic: WOTR Pikemen and Scottish allies
Replies: 14
Views: 6972

Re: WOTR Pikemen and Scottish allies

There 's a theory that some or all Henry Tudor's French troops at Bosworth were pikemen - though Duncan Head has recently argued they were more likely archers and voulgiers (and so more-or-less tactically indistinguishable from the English infantry).
by Andreas Johansson
Mon Mar 30, 2020 4:43 am
Forum: Battle Cards
Topic: Mounted Infantry
Replies: 4
Views: 4807

Re: Mounted Infantry

So, in the Later HYW English list, the "0-1" allowance for Mtd Inf for the billmen effectively overrides the 0-2 for the troop-type itself if you use it? You could have two stands of billmen on foot, but only one stand if mounted, correct? On the subject of Mtd Inf, if you dismount a column of such ...
by Andreas Johansson
Sun Mar 29, 2020 12:20 pm
Forum: General Rules Discussion
Topic: Battle Cards are on Meshwesh!
Replies: 6
Views: 7145

Re: Battle Cards are on Meshwesh!

The Camel Protected Infantry card. Great addition. I wonder if the card should protect the infantry from the shattered result against mounted. The Vandals really had no idea how to deal with this tactic. Any other sources for this trick outside of Procopius? Neo-Assyrian reliefs show Arab archers s...