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Sujet: Ghaznavid |
Jhykronos
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Forum: Army lists Posté le: Ven Aoû 04, 2023 9:19 pm Sujet: Ghaznavid |
thoughts anyone?
It's never as simple a matter as "My army took more mounted than you, so my mounted wing is going to beat your mounted wing and I win."
Sure, if your 4 units of Ghilm ... |
Sujet: List 179 Normans |
Jhykronos
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Forum: Army lists Posté le: Jeu Juin 29, 2023 8:03 pm Sujet: List 179 Normans |
I've always assumed that the total number of elite Normans doesn't change, irrespective of whether they are turning up on foot or on horseback for any given battle.
Seems to be the most straightfor ... |
Sujet: List280 Muromachi (1336–1467) & Early Sengoku (1467-1515 |
Jhykronos
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Forum: Army lists Posté le: Lun Mar 20, 2023 10:57 pm Sujet: List280 Muromachi (1336–1467) & Early Sengoku (1467-1515 |
A) very long Yari (pike mediocre) were not introduced until the 1560s
I'm not certain a Nagae-Yari would qualify as a pike under these rules anyway... Japanese battle formations didn't really e ... |
Sujet: Neo Babylonian Camels without Bow |
Jhykronos
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Forum: Army lists Posté le: Sam Mar 04, 2023 5:55 pm Sujet: Neo Babylonian Camels without Bow |
Over the 1000+ years of Arab and other conquests in the Middle East and around the northern African shores it is notable that the horse was widely used in favour of the camel. Â
Furthermore, the ... |
Sujet: Neo Babylonian Camels without Bow |
Jhykronos
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Forum: Army lists Posté le: Ven Mar 03, 2023 7:52 am Sujet: Neo Babylonian Camels without Bow |
The reason there are no models for Biblical period camel riders with javelin is that there is no historical evidence for such warriors - only bows
Then that's what they should be classified as. And ... |
Sujet: Neo Babylonian Camels without Bow |
Jhykronos
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Forum: Army lists Posté le: Ven Mar 03, 2023 7:50 am Sujet: Neo Babylonian Camels without Bow |
So as posted. Essex has made a figure on camels for many decades without a bow.
A figure in the command pack doesn't exactly help much... unless one wants to buy a bunch of command packs.
As ge ... |
Sujet: Information |
Jhykronos
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Forum: Miniatures and painting Posté le: Jeu Fév 16, 2023 8:00 am Sujet: Information |
Hello everyone.
Would someone be able to give me the brand of the 15 mm miniatures that are in the photo below.
Despite extensive research on the web, I couldn't find...
Thanks.
These?
http ... |
Sujet: List 173 Khmer (v.4) |
Jhykronos
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Forum: Army lists Posté le: Lun Fév 06, 2023 7:14 am Sujet: List 173 Khmer (v.4) |
6). Elite Elephants: what seems odd to me is that in an army where the Elephants were the primary military weapon (probably more so than almost any other S.E Asian force) and where we also have the ... |
Sujet: Hittite (20) list question |
Jhykronos
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Forum: Rules question V4 Posté le: Lun Fév 06, 2023 7:05 am Sujet: Hittite (20) list question |
So ignoring light versus heavy. There are academics who argue the chariot runner. Also they define the chariot runner a good bit.
I'm aware of the Tallis and Stillman's use of the term in Armies of ... |
Sujet: Hittite (20) list question |
Jhykronos
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Forum: Rules question V4 Posté le: Dim Fév 05, 2023 5:50 am Sujet: Hittite (20) list question |
Interesting. Thanks for listing this, lionelrus.
I think this is better as I don’t really think the three man Hittite chariots was necessarily standard so it allows for them to be fielded as lig ... |
Sujet: Hittite (20) list question |
Jhykronos
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Forum: Rules question V4 Posté le: Ven Fév 03, 2023 10:48 pm Sujet: Hittite (20) list question |
In french "remplacer une partie des chars 0-8".
In french version, there's no (before 1380bc) in light chariot line.
Maybe it got carried over from the 3rd edition text, similar to the ... |
Sujet: Hittite (20) list question |
Jhykronos
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Forum: Rules question V4 Posté le: Ven Fév 03, 2023 10:20 pm Sujet: Hittite (20) list question |
The wording indicates the first suggestion, but I have a sneaky suspicion that the intention is the second. Because the idea that a Hittite army would have a minimum of zero chariots seems a bit daft ... |
Sujet: Weak Bows (Mounted) - speculative |
Jhykronos
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Forum: Army lists Posté le: Mer Jan 25, 2023 9:18 am Sujet: Weak Bows (Mounted) - speculative |
What if lancers Mc/HC Impact or Impetuous) armed with bows, but who were noted to make only limited use of the latter or whose bows or archery were described as ‘Weakâ€, such as Tibetans, Sarmatian ... |
Sujet: The Chinese Crossbow Problem |
Jhykronos
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Forum: Army lists Posté le: Mer Jan 25, 2023 8:44 am Sujet: The Chinese Crossbow Problem |
Thus, overall I don’t think the narrative that crossbows were optimized against heavy armor really holds up for much of Chinese history. Perhaps all East Asian crossbows(or at least those prior to a ... |
Sujet: The Chinese Crossbow Problem |
Jhykronos
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Forum: Army lists Posté le: Mer Jan 25, 2023 8:32 am Sujet: The Chinese Crossbow Problem |
It should be noted that Chinese primary sources do not really discuss macro-economic factors such as ease of production or training massive numbers of troops when discussing the merits of the crossbow ... |
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