Firstly, many thanks taking the time to reply and so comprehensively. The instructions were easy to follow and I setup the mod. However, it doesn't seem to be quite working. I have the option to fire as the Roman's with bows now, but it doesn't give any combat casualty 'odds' before firing - it's ...

I made a small mod that allows the Romans to use their integrated bows for ranged attacks. Even that won't make them as practically effective as their impact foot predecessors but I think it improves their dynamic a bit.


This sounds very interesting - would you be able to share this or, if ...

As far as I understand the only thing that influeces upcoming battles is whether the player suffered more than ~15% casualties with higher casualties reducing the future force points.

Every time I come across a youtube video, an article, or a documentary on some ancient/medieval subject I tend to start up the game and play that scenario as a custom battles.

My point wasn't the cost effectiveness as much as the similar power curve where you'll usually see a good impact followed by strong melee that rapidly melts away as the melee continues.

Hey, a bit off topic but can dismounted knights hold their own against other infantry units? Or their superior numbers will tip the scale eventually?


Eventually the odds will turn against the dismounted knights. I find them pretty similator to the Triarii from the FoG2 Ancients in terms of ...

Sounds promising and I'm looking forward to the future Dev Diaries.

The biggest question I have after the fist blog is, will the game use the "dice in bag" activation system of the tabletop game? To me that's the best feature Bolt Action that I wouldn't mind seeing used in most other game systems ...

Additional ally options would be a neat way to enable the speculative compositions while keeping the base Sea Peoples army list intact.

Looks like Attic black-figure pottery ca. 550-480 BC.

Some see those duos as an Hoplite (mounted or not) and his hyperetes, a man by whom the hoplite was accompanied when he took the field, and who carried the luggage, the provisions and the shield of the hoplites (Xen. Cyrop. 2.1, § 31) and who ...

Definitely interesting groupings. Do you know what time period the painting are from? They could be depicting Troyan or Persian wars using local and contemporary arms and armors, similarly to how renaissance or early modern art might depict biblical events with people dressed and equipped in the ...

Another set of videos in this series has been released. This time it covers an infantryman-type mixed armor of the mid 15th century and newer arrow types. Perhaps most interestingly, in the main video Tod has 7 longbow hobbyists shooting at the suit of armor from 60, 40 and 20 meters. In terms of ...

Personally I lobbied for something a bit more granular than the current Death Star Trench Run required to "flank" a Keil from rear. A significant (~50-100 POA) penalty to Keil's POA against impact and melee when receiving from what is usually a side-flanking attack would have made them a bit more ...

Thanks! While I don't have FoG1 to play the actual scenarios, these little articles often inspire me to try similar battles in FoG2A/M.

I haven't looked at the code but it could also be possible to make the elevation of the spotter and the terrain and type of the unit being spotted affect the ranges. That could add a lot of new dynamics to the game even if rather gamey.

The game's engine doesn't support more than one type of model per unit. The mixed archer and some other complex units have been done with animation tricks as a workaround, and I guess turning off the animations restores the unit to its default state (which in this case is the "main" spearman model ...

I haven't played the epic battle since the DLC was in beta but I took a look at the old beta forum discussion on the subject.

The scenario is purposely difficult for the Byzantines and one of the hardest in the game in my experience (there are also a few random factors that may make this scenario a ...

Couple more comments on the latter post.

2) Cavalry were sometimes instructed not to engage in order to play a crucial role in the immediate aftermath of battle : covering the retreat or chasing the routed enemies

This is indeed a vital role that any cavalry is capable of executing. During ...

Everyone is of course entitled to his opinions. A couple of things bother me in your reasoning though :
1) your only source is Armies of the Greek and Persian wars (1978) by Richard Bruce Nelson,

That was not the point I was trying to make. My overall impression of the Greek cavalry's low ...

In FoG2 terms, I would prefer a lower quality non-light cavalry for the non-Thessalian (maybe non-Theban/Syracusan) Classical Greek cavalry (unmaneuverable, average, light-spear, 50% swordsmen would be my pitch) instead of the usual light javelin and the non-light light-spear cavalry.

To clarify, I ...

My imperssion is that the in-game light cavalry and light-spear armed cavalry are (through most of the game) essentially a representation of one and same type of historical cavalry. Through light and non-light formations they are mechanically assigned to the two extremes of of their role and ...