Warrior Ancient and Medieval Rules

[Todd Schneider]

I see a lot of Roman Lists where people take their Legionaries as 4E Units.


I have a tendency to run mine in 6E units, usually in a 2x3 block, but
sometimes (especially if facing Irr Foot, which I seem to be fighting a lot
of these days) I run them in a 3x2 block.

I play LIR, and have put all the bells and whistles in so they are HTW, JLS,
D, Sh.



While not a “new” player to the game, I was hoping some of the more
experienced players out there could tell me why they prefer 4E over 6E, or
vice versa.



I know in some instances, it does come down to points, especially in the
1200 point tournaments.

But from my experience, other than the points, there’s not a lot of tactical
drawback to having an 6E unit, and in some cases counting as 20 figs for
Casualties has come in handy. Is it mainly a “style of play” issue?



Thanks,

Todd


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[Ed Kollmer]

I agree that running 4E unit of Legio has not been that great. I have run
them with 6E myself , but am going to try the 4E units again especially,
with the exchanging rank rule.With 4E they can take alot of CPF.Hopefully
the exchange of ranks with help.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Schneider" <thresh1642@...>
To: <WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 10:20 PM
Subject: [WarriorRules] Roman Question


I see a lot of Roman Lists where people take their Legionaries as 4E Units.


I have a tendency to run mine in 6E units, usually in a 2x3 block, but
sometimes (especially if facing Irr Foot, which I seem to be fighting a lot
of these days) I run them in a 3x2 block.

I play LIR, and have put all the bells and whistles in so they are HTW, JLS,
D, Sh.



While not a "new" player to the game, I was hoping some of the more
experienced players out there could tell me why they prefer 4E over 6E, or
vice versa.



I know in some instances, it does come down to points, especially in the
1200 point tournaments.

But from my experience, other than the points, there's not a lot of tactical
drawback to having an 6E unit, and in some cases counting as 20 figs for
Casualties has come in handy. Is it mainly a "style of play" issue?



Thanks,

Todd


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[Larry Essick]

This is an old question and is mostly a matter of playing style.

In the past the optimum sized regular unit was 6 elements. This
allowed you to turn, move 40 paces, and turn again -- becoming the
same width unit as you were previously.

OTHO, 4 element units are more maneuverable and fit into spaces
easier, wheel easier, etc.

A 2 element wide by 3 element deep formation gives the best of both
worlds. LIR can do this with front ranks HTW,JLS,D,Sh and rear rank
B,Sh.

Larry