Warrior Ancient and Medieval Rules

[joncleaves]

<< 'Cause there is nothing in the rules (both
WRG 7 and Warrior) to say you CANNOT shoot from testudo! >>

Try not to get too excited, but we are looking into this. I cannot guarantee
at this point that testudos will still be shooting when we are done.

Jon

Having read the pros and cons of testudo and having used the
formation quite extensively (Byzantine skutatoi not the
Romans .....pt-ooey) I must put my 2 cents worth in. I LOVE
testudo. In the Byzantine list you can upgrade the MI to EHI! My
favourite was;
HI LTS, D, Sh,
HI LTS, D, Sh,
MI B
HI LTS, D, Sh.

Awesome. Why the Dart? 'Cause there is nothing in the rules (both
WRG 7 and Warrior) to say you CANNOT shoot from testudo! Imagine
getting 6 Dart + 2 Bow on a 1 element frontage AND being shot at on
factor -1? I butchered a Skythian army with 4 units of testudo and
ended up chasing his CinC out of the battle with them. LI and LC on
my flanks helped here.

Even better if the front is EHI. Tires out fast but nothing apart
from Art will bother you. Mind you, Irr A Galations charging
impetuously will put a dent in your day if they throw up the magic +6
but you get that.

I saw a posting on Feudal sargents. Here in Australia, after much
indepth reasearch, we have allowed for feudal and brother sargents to
perform a variety of roles. Most later medieval lists have this
troop type as either MC, HC or HK or upgradable to these types.
Because they can function in these types, they have been allowed to
fill in the rear ranks of EHK if the sargents have been upgraded to
HK. Not only allolws for cheaper units (most comps here are only
1200 points) but also allows for the historical use of these troops.
I can try to find the reasearch if you would like it.

Cheers

[Don Coon]

JonCleaves@... wrote:
>
> << 'Cause there is nothing in the rules (both
> WRG 7 and Warrior) to say you CANNOT shoot from testudo! >>
>
> Try not to get too excited, but we are looking into this. I cannot guarantee
> at this point that testudos will still be shooting when we are done.
>
> Jon

YEAH!!!!

Don