Warrior Ancient and Medieval Rules

I think any difference to close order needs to be kept simple.

Eg - all rules apply as written but that loose order (because they are naturally further apeart and harder to form up into the tighter ...

This is a very interesting discussion but I see enormous complication here in deciding who should and shouldn't be LHC/LMC. I like Siward's easy solution as it classifies cavalry with a simple diagnos ...

Marshall’s work seems at best only slightly related to Warrior – 20th cent firing rates have little bearing on hand to hand combat and firing bows and arrows with 12 or 20 arrows in your quiver.

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At the risk of attracting a huge amount of opprobrium, cost effectiveness is an argument which has such wide ramifications. Whole armies at present are not used because of this idea - (Who likes takin ...

I can see this thread easily picking many fine points with lots of opinion either way on many points. The shield wall idea I think is very engaging although what the list rule should be is still argua ...

THe idea of list rules for Normans is interesting and warranted however, I am a bit wary of the Companion rules such as recovering disorder at the end of the bound. This reflected the tiny unit organi ...

Steve Posted:
The only book I have on the subject which is Head's ' Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars' gives a figure of 37 at the Trebia in 218 B.C.

Only 10 for Hasdrubal at the Metaurus ...

Hannibal in Italy

Am reposting from the discussion on Seleucids posts as the topic has crossed into another area.

>Even if we use a scale of just 4 elephants per figure, that gives too many e ...

Very good point Martin.

Even if we use a scale of just 4 elephants per figure, that gives too many elephants for what actually survived into Italy (27!)

There is an excellent discussion of the t ...

Hear Hear Mark!

Very lucid.

I agree and have never thought SHK particulary awesome as they are VERY expensive and do NOT ride over EHK or HK.

Your comments are excellent.

While the various ...