Why didn't the Greeks, while getting owned by Romans, put spearmen and or swordsmen at the front of their pike units to prevent the disruption of pikes? Put a few lines of archers behind to fire arrers over and it's an easy win. Maybe.

Roman Legionaires. Fought them, tough b*stards. In my Thracian ...

More appreciation here for all the AAR's on your site and the army lists.

Is this any better?

1x FC
2x TC
8x Argyraspides. HF, Sup, Pro, Dr, Pikes
8x Phalanx. HF, Ave, Pro, Dr, Pikes
8x Phalanx. HF, Ave, Pro, Dr, Pikes
6x Tracians. MF, Ave, Unpro, Undr, HW.
6x Cataphracts. Superior
2x Elephants
6x Slingers. Poor, undrilled.
6x Slingers. Poor, undrilled.
2x Elephants.
4x ...

Maximum Romans I believe

Oh damn I dislike the Romans immensely.

This thread has partially inspired me to collect the Thracians. It's something to do with the funky crescent shields, which are reminiscent of the Slaanesh cavalry shields from Warhammer.

Anyway, let me know how this army ...

So I put a rough 600pt army together.

1x FC
2x TC
8x Argyraspides. HF, Sup, Pro, Dr, Pikes
8x Phalanx. HF, Ave, Pro, Dr, Pikes
8x Phalanx. HF, Ave, Pro, Dr, Pikes
6x Tracians. MF, Ave, Unpro, Undr, HW.
4x Cataphracts. Superior
4x Cataphracts. Superior
6x Slingers. Poor, undrilled.
6x Slingers ...

I've been reading as many AAR's as I can and I rarely see an ambush used. The idea of surprising the enemy by launching some crack troops (I'm thinking armoured, drilled, swordsmen, superior Dailami) into his/her LF is appealling, but how do I do it? If I want the terrain to ambush from, do I not ...

This is an intentionally vague question, because I'm not sure how to ask it.

What are the most important factors in determining which army will be successful in FoG?

Is it mobility? Terrain? Generalship? Army composition? Cheating?

Is putting pikes 5 deep when facing very good quality BG's a good idea? I can see the advantaged but it leads to a narrow frontage and easy overlaps.

Is there anything that can take on crack legionaries in the same era?

Also, it's been suggested to put Elephants on the flanks, but does this not ...

Are you Sun Tzu reincarnated?

Is there any ancient army which includeds these three BG's?

The closest I can think of is Alexandrian Macedonians with Thracian MF with HW's.

In an 800 point game, how should an army with pikes and elephants be used? I hear of two methods; intersperce the elephants in with the pikes, and placing ...

Well I turned up half an hour late because I thought the club started at 6.30 so we had 3 hours to play. By decision of a coin toss I took a Greek army, can't remember specifically, and Gary took a late principate Roman army. Both armies were from the starter lists.

The reference sheets saved us ...

double posted.

So you had the rules and the Beta rules before, but didn't read them. Then, after signing the NDA to get a set of Beta rules, you sold them on E-bay. Hmm are there any copyright lawyers in your small town?

No, I sold the book and deleted the beta rules. You may now call off the lawyers.

Not a ...

I am playing my first game against another rookie FoG player tomorrow and neither of us have read the rules. He has the FoG rulebook and three other books but I have none and have no way of contacting him before tomorrow.

Is it possible for me to get the beta rules so I can learn some of the ...

I've pre-ordered aswell and eagerly await the beta rules so I can start converting the local wargaming club from Warhammer fantasy to FoG.

How many BG's are needed for the largest and smallest 800 points army (I assume 800 points is the 'standard' size like 2000 points is the standard for ...