It's possible that the sources could be biased or mistranslated, or that perhaps the sources more often mentioned the unusual circumstances like a phalanx breaking just before or at contact. Maybe they liked to write about it more in a satirical manner? Archilochus (ca. 680-645 BCE) was a poet and m...

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. That is a good point - especially if the dismounted "convertible" (as I call the dual-mode units) MaA a...

I don’t think the comparison with Triarii is so good. These units cost 65. Triarii only cost 43 pts. In Classical, we normally play at 1600 pts in the league making Triarii more cost effective and useful. In Medieval, the armies are smaller at 1200 pts and so these Dismounted MaA are quite expensiv...

...Not being an heavy reader about warfare, what surprised me the most is the premise of this experiment being that phalanx breaks before or at impact (that is charges without lasting melees) would represent 73% of the battles described in our sources. This link between charges and Greek hoplites i...

Thanks for posting the video link - very interesting. I liked the first person POV footage, and the overhead drone video of the phalanxes (200 people in each one) was pretty cool. The English subtitles were accurate and I had no difficulty understanding the narration. Of course, as the narrator stat...

" roguedjack " is the author of the "Rise of AI" mod, but he hasn't posted in the forum since October 2024. v3.12 is the most recent version, and it only works for FOG2: Ancients: https://forum.slitherine.com/viewtopic.php?t=102040 roguedjack stated that he would not make a versi...

" roguedjack " is the author of the "Rise of AI" mod, but he hasn't posted in the forum since October 2024. v3.12 is the most recent version, and it only works for FOG2: Ancients: https://forum.slitherine.com/viewtopic.php?t=102040 roguedjack stated that he would not make a versi...

What specific map type is used for this matchup?

"5) Germania Superior 89 AD: Roman 24 BC-196 AD vs Roman 24 BC-196 AD with Germanic Foot Tribes 105 BC-259 AD. Open Battle. North European [blank]."

Thanks, kronenblatt!

Thanks for posting these, reminded me of Ajax the Great and his half-brother Teucer in the Iliad.

Thanks for the LOS mod information.

I think the addition of the ability to change the visible range in the game would be a great addition, if this is possible with the game engine.

An article regarding the effects of dust in ancient warfare: "Military Dust"

Please copy and paste the whole list along with these instructions, each time adding your own name and location in alphabetical order. 76mm / Washington, DC, USA abarbs / Adelaide, South Australia ahuyton / Edinburgh, Scotland, UK AKvGoeben / near Londinium, Britannia AlessandroD / Augusta Taurinoru...

All of us registered in the Ancients tournament are affected similarly by the misconfigured version 1 of the tournament (incorrectly getting the Medieval armies).
Just open the game, and it will end automatically.
Then move on with life (or at least until the Slitherine IT people fix the problem)

The way version 1 of the tournament is going, don't be surprised if round 3 matches up the Venetian 1440 AD list with Egyptian 1276 BC allies vs. Florentines with Sea Peoples/Libyan allies fighting in Egypt circa 1208 BC... Richard, do we treat this errant game the same as the first (accept the game...

Thanks for linking Goldsworthy's video, will watch it.

My condolences as well.

I came across this article that uses different sources for an alternative view of how the Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE) may have occurred: "The Granicus - Alexander's Conquest of Persia, Late May, 334 BCE" - Obscure Battles What do you think? Note: This isn't my website, nor do I know t...

An interesting article discussing the sociological, tactical and technological factors at the battle of Crécy: https://obscurebattles.blogspot.com/2015/03/crecy-1346.html On the website, the writer also discusses many other battles, mainly in the time period from Blenheim (1704) to Omdurman (1898), ...

Thanks, that did the trick.