Warrior Ancient and Medieval Rules

[Tom McMillan]

In a message dated 6/13/02 1:19:48 PM, WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com writes:

<< A lot of talk has been going on about running your army in big lines being
historical. Could FHE publish a book on some standard army formations.
This will give us non-historical people some perspective of what you people
know. >>

One anecdote to give you the idea. The first time Pyrrhus fought the
Romans, with the help of his elephants he broke through their apparently
linear formation and began to exploit the gap to envelop them. He was STUNNED
that these 'barbarians' had a reserve available behind the front line to deal
with the threat, turning his Rout result into a Winning Draw instead.
In the Hellenic warfare of the Thebans, Spartans, and Athenians (see
Mantinea and Leuctra) there was no such thing as a 'second line'. Everyone
got committed in the initial assault, and either it worked or it didn't. Some
sections of the line were reinforced for extra hitting power (the flanks at
Marathon, the Right Wing at Leuctra and Mantinea), but no signifigant troops
were deployed as a reserve.