Warrior Ancient and Medieval Rules

Greg/Mark,

I think you guys are over-generalizing on roads here. Roman roads did and do
exist through areas that are not or were not full of woods, etc. As far as being
"gamey", I guess it would depend on where the battle was fought. Most battles
were fought on relatively open ground; at least larger pitched battles between
standing armies. If a road is able to cover more ground to make it open, isn't
this actually very realistic?

Granted, you would be hard-pressed to find roads through open areas in such
areas as Gaul, Germania and Britain. I would suggest that in warmer climates,
the likelihood of roads in open spaces is very likely; the likelihood of roads
in colder climates being in open country is not likely at all.

Roads were used for commerce and Romans standardized roads within Italy at the
very least in areas that you would think did not require them. Conversion of
wooded areas to farm land has been in progress for more than two millennia.

Romans used brick for housing even before their empirical expansion due to clay
being an easier to obtain material than wood. You also see this as well with the
Etruscans. Certainly, the used of clay and other more durable materials was used
for monuments and other more lasting construction.

I am not in favor of rolling for terrain period. The issue becomes one of who
decides what the battlefield looks like? Hence, you have the rolling for terrain
in open competition. If we could be assured of realistic pre-set terrain in
competition, I would favor this over rolling for terrain. Unfortunately its been
my experience that pre-set terrain is an exercise in seeing how much terrain can
be placed on a table at one time! lol

Chris

I don't think that rolling for terrain is so bad - in my mind it
reflects the ability of a commander to try and pick and choose his
field of battle. Having said that, wouldn't it make sense that if one
side outscouts the other, it would have a greater degree of control
in selecting the terrain?

Peter

--- In WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com, christebo@s... wrote:
> Greg/Mark,
>
> I am not in favor of rolling for terrain period. The issue becomes
one of who decides what the battlefield looks like? Hence, you have
the rolling for terrain in open competition. If we could be assured
of realistic pre-set terrain in competition, I would favor this over
rolling for terrain. Unfortunately its been my experience that pre-
set terrain is an exercise in seeing how much terrain can be placed
on a table at one time! lol
>
> Chris