YOU GOULD DO WORSE THAN READ TONT BATH'S WRG ORGANISING A WARGAME CAMPAIN BOOK, IT COVERS MOST OR THE BASICS.

THE CELTS USED A SADDLE WITH FOUR HORNS, WHICH SORT OF GRIPPED AND ENCLOSED THE THIGH, THE ROMANS THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT BECAUSE THEY COPPIED IT.

SORRY BUT THE ABERLEMNO STONE MAY BE A RED HERRING, SEVERAL HISTORIANS HAVE STATED THAT THE STONE MAR REPRESENT A VICTRIOUS BATTLE AGAINST THE STRATHCLYDE BRITS.

iI JUST FOUND AN ON LINE COPY OF THE ANABASIS,

MY COPY OF IMMORTAL FIRE CAME THROUGH THE DOOR YESTERDAY MORNING.

HMM XENEPHON OR CYRUS ? NAHH DO BOTH.

SEE HOW EASY IT IS.

NOW WHERE ARE MY CATALOGUES.

MY MAIN FOCUS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE DARK AGES IN BRITAIN AND THE NEAR CONTINENT, NONE OF THAT KING ARTHUR STUFF, IF HE DID EXIST I FAVOUR THE THEORIES OF D CARROL THAT PLACE HIM IN Y GOGGLED (THE NORETH). MY SECOND AREA OF INTEREST IS THE SAMURAI CAUSE THEY ARE REAL COLORFULL.

CALTROPS ?
DO CALTROPS COUNT AS FIELD DEFENCES N?
IF SO CAN TROOPS BE FORCXED TO ADVANCE OR PERSUE ACROSST THEIR OWN CALTROPS AND TAKE LOSSES?

HI GUYS BACK AGAIN HERE ARE MY 800 POINT LISTS FOR THE FOLLOWING ARMYS IN OUR PERIOD.

PICTS 685 AD
C IN C 1 X FC @ 50 50
SUB GENS 2 X TC @ 35 70
MORMAER CAVALRY 1X 2 SUPERIOR ARMORED, UNDRILLED CAVALRY LIGHT SPEAR-SWORDSMEN @ 16 32
LIGHT CAVALRY 5 X 4 AVERAGE PROTECTED UNDRILLED LIGHT HORSE LIGHT ...

I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN ABOUT THE IMPACT FOOT/LIGHT SPEAR THING. BUT I WOULD STILL RETAIN THE FIANNA.
IN THE ARMY I AM LOOKING AT AT PREASENT, THEY MAKE A TWO BASE UNIT, NOT MUCH BUT THEY CAN FULLFILL A SIMILAR ROLE TO THE EARLY REPUBLICAN TRIARI SMALL UNITS.
I THINK I WILL MAKE THE COMMON SPERMEN ...

WELL ITS TAKEN ME A WHILE BUT HERE IS MY FINALISED LIST FOR MY STRATHCLYDE BRITS FOR AN 800 POINTS AREMY

CINC 1 x IC @ 80
Sub Gen's 2 X TC @35
Cavalry 3X 4 Superior, Armoured, undrilled cavalry, - light spear, swordsmen @ 16
Light Cavalry 1 X 6 Average, preotected,light Horse, - light spear @ 7 ...

Here's three more prospective core army list's. its up to you to organise the units ive just given raw total percentages.

PICTS 685 ad
Cavalry Cavalry, Superior, Armoured, Undrilled, -Light Spear, Swordsmen. 0-2% per general
Light Horse Light Cavalry, Average, Protected,Undrilled-Light Spear ...

Well here is my stab at a sub roman brit list for a core army cica 550ad.

Cavalry Superior,protected, undrilled cavalry-ligth spear, swordsmen. 14-26% of total army
light cavalry Average, unprotected, undrilled, light horse-lightspear. 0-6% of total army.
Pedyt Medium foot, protected,poor ...

i ust received my copy of FoG, and i too am lookingh for lists for my picts, scots, saxons, and brits. looks like i will have to try to fudge a DBM to FoG list conversion