Poor light foot bow in Later Sicilians.

[Robert241167]

Hi everyone

Well after another run out with the Later Ottomans at the Challenge I fancy a change and am looking at Later Sicilians.

I've managed to get the list to 799 points but used the Saracen Archers which are poor light foot bow only allowed for Angevins from 1267 to 1301.

Are these allowable with Almughavars in Sicily from 1292 to 1301?

Cheers

Rob

[kevinj]

Rob, at that period the Saracen archers are only available to the Angevins, who are based in Naples, not Sicily, so you can't have them with the Almughavars. If you want a mass of Knights with poor LF bow and Almughavars, you could try Latin Greece in Swords and Scimitars.

[Robert241167]

Thanks Kev, have looked at Latin Greece and didn't fancy the almughavars as an ally as they could only be in one part of the table, I fancied the option to spread them around a bit.

Rob

[expendablecinc]

Thanks Kev, have looked at Latin Greece and didn't fancy the almughavars as an ally as they could only be in one part of the table, I fancied the option to spread them around a bit.

Rob

If you want to be attacking with Amulgvars on both sides of the knights you really need 4 BGs of them and that doesnt leave much for the rest of the army (assuming you want a real knight force). The only time my Catalan ally has come unstuck is either when the two BGs dont work in tandem or when theyve been caught fighting at disadvantage in the open.
If you really wnat protected flanks take the catalans for one wing (whichever has more terrain) and put undrilled protected defensive spear on the other to anchor off.

It is nice to have them internal for other reasons though (no dependance of Roger Le Flor - who always tends to get himself killed in my games).

[paulburton]

Unfortunately Roger De Flor had been killed by the time the Catalan Company took service with the Latins. The Company had a collective leadership at this time and probably no access to knights of their own. (Alfonso Lowe - 'The Catalan Vengeance')