For better or worse I have posted an event in the PEL for Historicon. The event will be a duplicate Triumph tournament based on 5 battles from the Byzantine reconquest of Italy. I have painted all the armies. I might need an extra board or two. The battles begin with a prelude, Belisarius versus the...

I have had an inquiry regarding 'Midnight Madness' from an HMGS member, Patrick Devine. He was interested in hosting the event. I have tried to redirect him to contacting the WGC and holding the event using Triumph. Hopefully we will hear from him soon. Would members of the forum attending 'Historic...

Put me on the mailing list please. I have tables and rooms for 8 players at least if a location is needed. I have built armies for Belisarius and the Justinian Reconquest 5-7 duplicate battles. Also have armies for a 1200 BC campaign, but not all the groundwork is done on the basing. Also have armie...

I know that the thrust of WGC right now is to expose and recruit new players. But, I wondered since it is a 4 day convention whether experienced players might enjoy an event. I have armies and orders of battle for a 10 person Byzantine reconquest duplicate event-5 games each. I've also collected 4 e...

I like the reappearance of the Support card. Well documented historically. 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...

Writing from work. Haldon is actually at Princeton now, but has not responded to my initial query. Of interest is that for the Imperial Tagmata, the term Kataphractoi is used capatilized in Leo. But the significance of the capitalization could be debated. One of D'Amoto's book, or the Belezos, notes...

Belezos, in his text Byzantines Armies: 325-1435 AD notes that the 'Tagmta,' created during the reign of Constantine V 741-775 AD mainly consisted of four units of cavalry, The Scholae, Arithmoi, Excuibitors and Hikanatoi, meaning 'Worthies. (p 92.). He suggests that all of these regiments had barde...

Current list allows for 1 Cataphract. John Haldon's book 'The Byzantine Wars, Tempus Publishing 2000, describes the battle(s) of/at Dorostolon in 971. He states that Cataphract cavalry were deployed as the reserve on both wings. These reserves were committed after a long day of battle and broke the ...

No problem, "Late is the hour." I hadn't seen any posted responses so I thought I'd offer to pitch in. Look forward to playing.

Mike

I can do Friday or Saturday any time for the event. I'll be up Thursday night as well if you want to post something under my name. How about armies and enemies of Arthur in England.

MIke