Warrior Ancient and Medieval Rules

> I've been giving a lot of thought to how we could add variety to the mix of
> armies used at tournaments, and the style of battles fought.

Mark,

This is brilliant! Great job and great idea ...

IMO, the critical thing is that the KoSJ's SHK are within 120p and also within
the path of the Brigans.

That means that any charge declared by the Brigans must include the KoSJ's SHK
whether the Bri ...

> This has a curious Catch-22 feeling to it.
>
> The Brigans charge path makes the SHK a target of the charge, so they
> cannot charge impetuously, because charging the SHK gives then a
& ...

> Agree a 2E LCh has no umph.

Not my experience in TOG when I played E. Carthaginian. Found them to be most
useful. Don't underestimate their ability to break-through & thereby create
disor ...

> I am trying, as diplomatically as I can, to explain why we have a policy about
getting into these discussions online. Doing so would open the pandora's box on
every stirrup-like, trapezetoi issu ...

> From my reading of the egroup, players tend to play
> Lists they either Identify with, or have fun playing
> with, or in some cases they pick something they think
> they will be success ...

> "In Period" I think the above might work, but theres
> no reason for a 6E Unit of Moogs to hide from a 6E
> Unit of LIR Legionaries, is there?

Yes, there is absolutely!

But, if ...

> I think everyone would be better served by an agreement to disagree.
>

I'd rather be able to agree and, honestly, would rather agree with your
perspective.

You refer to other sources, but y ...

> > Let's take the oft-maligned Late Roman chariot as an example -
> > something Scott and I debated at length. Yes, we do have evidence of
> > its existence - in some ways more ev ...

> This is the description of almugavar weapons from the Chronicle of Ramon
Muntaner,>>
> [
> Yep, read him. The guy had a camp follower carrying a shield for him...lol

Muntaner is no ...

> We disagree.

And it is your game, so you can do as you like in the final analysis.

I also asked you for the historical basis for your classification, something
that you have not provided.

My ...

> I found after returning to study the problem is that the best
> troop to deal with the other guy's lights is not your own....

This is a correct statement. The most effective anti-light troo ...

> << does not mean that bows should be dominant. >>
>
> Don't believe they are, but have already been over this a few times..lol

Then explain the necessity to provide shields to ...

> This is patronizing - the smiley helps, but when you do it again later in
> the same mail you cross the bounds of list-congeniality. Please refrain.

Jon,

I know that the written tone was ...

> Tim,
>
> For 15mm I'd go with Mirliton. Steven Hollowell has some of the most
beautiful mirliton late medieval Pikemen that I've seen of late.
>
> ...