Godendag Theme(s)

[rbodleyscott]

I am thinking of running the Godendag FoG tournament in Usk in January 2008 as a theme or possibly two themes. The tournament will be a pairs tournament with probably 1,000 points per side.

Which theme would you like it to be? (It seems you can only vote for one - if you have a second choice, put it in a post).

The Greek, Persian & Macedonian Wars (550 BC - 146 BC)
Classical Greek ; Early Achaemenid Persian ; Lydian ; Thracian ; Syracusan ; Early Carthaginian ; Skythian or Saka ; Kyrenean Greek ; Late Dynastic Egyptian ; Alexandrian Macedonian ; Later Achaemenid Persian ; Classical Indian ; Early Successor ; Early Sarmatian ; Galatian ; Hellenistic Greek ;Graeco-Bactrian ; Graeco-Indian ; Pyrrhic ; Illyrian

The Rise of Rome (280 BC to 25 BC)
Mid Republican Roman ; Late Republican Roman ; Gallic ; Pyrrhic ; Later Carthaginian ;Ancient Spanish ; Later Macedonian ; Later Seleucid ; Later Ptolemaic ; Attalid Pergamene ; Numidian or early Moorish ; Pontic ; Early Armenian ; Parthian ; Later Jewish ; Illyrian ; Spartacus Slave Revolt ; Bosporan ; Thracian ; Syracusan ; Galatian ; Hellenistic Greek ; Ancient British ; Early German

Imperial Rome (25 BC to 493 AD)
Dominate Roman ; Principate Roman ; Foederate Roman ; Later Sarmatian ; Early German ; Dacian or Carpi ; Ancient British ; Caledonian ; Early Alan ; Jewish Revolt ; Sassanid Persian ; Kushan or Indo-Skythian ; Palmyran ; Early Frankish ; Western Hunnic ; Alamanni, Burgundi, Limigantes, Rugian, Suevi or Turcilingi ; Early Visigothic, Early Vandal or Quadi ; Early Ostrogothic, Herul, Sciri or Taifali ; Early Anglo-Saxon, Bavarian, Frisian, Old Saxon or Thuringian ; Gepid or Early Lombard ; Early Scots Irish ; Early Pictish ; Hephthalite Hunnic ; Numidian or Early Moorish ; Early Armenian ; Parthian ; Later Jewish ; Later Moorish ; African Vandal ; Later Visigothic ; Italian Ostrogothic.

Byzantium and Islam (493 AD to 1071 AD)
Early Byzantine ; Maurikian Byzantine ; Thematic Byzantine ; Nikephorian Byzantine ; Later Moorish ; Later Visigothic ; African Vandal ; Italian Ostrogothic ; Early South Slav ; Lombard ; Avar ; Arab Conquest ; Early Bulgar ; Ummayad Arab ; Abbasid Arab ; Early North African Dynasties ; Khurasanian Dynasties ; Bedouin Dynasties ; Dailami Dynasties ; Pecheneg ; Ghaznavid ; Christian Nubian; Western Turkish (includes Khazar); Early Alan ; Sassanid Persian ; Gepid or Early Lombard

The Crusades (1096 AD to 1311 AD)
Early Crusader ; Later Crusader ; Fatimid Egyptian ; Georgian ; Seljuk Turk ; Cuman ; Komnenan Byzantine; Post Latin Conquest Byzantine ; Ilkhanid Mongol ; Mamluk Egyptian ; Cilician Armenian ; Syrian States ; Khwarazmian; Ayyubid Egyptian ; Middle Serbian ; Middle Bulgarian; Medieval Cypriot ; Latin Greece ; Pecheneg ; Late Byzantine ; Catalan Company

Western Europe in the Later Middle Ages (1300 AD to 1500 AD)
Medieval French ; 100-yrs War English (Continental) ; 100-yrs War English (Britain) ; Later Medieval Scots ( Britain) ; Later Medieval Scots (Continental) ; Later Scots Isles & Highlands ; Medieval Welsh ; Later Anglo-Irish ; Medieval Irish ; Low Countries ; Later Medieval German ; Italian Condotta ; Swiss ; Free Company ; Medieval Burgundian ; Medieval Danish ; Medieval Swedish ; Medieval Castilian ; Medieval Crown of Aragon ; Medieval Portugese ; Later Granadine ; Navarrese ; Ordonnance French ; Wars of the Roses English ; Ordonnance Burgundian ; Santa Hermandad Nueva Castilian

Eastern Europe and the Rise of the Ottomans (1300 AD to 1500 AD)
Early Ottoman Turkish ; Later Ottoman Turkish ; Tatar ; Late Byzantine ; Later Russian ; Later Serbian Empire ; Later Bulgarian ; Later Lithuanian ; Later Polish ; Later Teutonic Knights ; Middle Hungarian ; Moldavian or Wallachian ; Albanian ; Timurid; White Sheep Turcoman or Black Sheep Turcoman ; Later Hungarian ; Hussite ; Mamluk Egyptian ; Venetians outside Italy (Italian Condotta)

[hammy]

There isn't a button for any of the above

Personally I would be happy with any of these periods, possibly with a slight leaning towards the Greek or Roman ones.

Hammy

[rbodleyscott]

There isn't a button for any of the above

Strange. 8 people have already voted.

[hammy]

There isn't a button for any of the above

Strange. 8 people have already voted.

Sorry trying again:

There is no button marked "Any of the above" i.e. I am happy to play any of these themes and think a theme is a great idea.

Hammy

[rbodleyscott]

There is no button marked "Any of the above" i.e. I am happy to play any of these themes and think a theme is a great idea.

Sorry, I misunderstood.

If I add such a button now, will it delete the existing votes?

[hammy]

There is no button marked "Any of the above" i.e. I am happy to play any of these themes and think a theme is a great idea.

Sorry, I misunderstood.

If I add such a button now, will it delete the existing votes?

Not a problem, that is why I decided to 'vote' by replying to the thread instead.

Hammy

[madaxeman]

hmmm. Maybe I have put everyone off CRusaders !

tim

[neilhammond]

I used Early Crusaders at Leeds. They were OK, the main problem I found was the lack of LF to contest difficult terrain and the lack of drilled troops to help manoeuver on the flanks and protect them. Also, the defensive spearmen were a bit timid, but as compensation were reasonably cheap.

Neil

[rbodleyscott]

At the time of deciding the themes for Usk, Rise of Rome and Imperial Rome were neck and neck - Rise of Rome was picked.

As a contrasting 2nd theme was required, the second chosen theme is Rise of the Ottomans.

I believe that Burton will be offering the Western Europe in the Late Middle Ages theme in February.

[hammy]

At the time of deciding the themes for Usk, Rise of Rome and Imperial Rome were neck and neck - Rise of Rome was picked.

As a contrasting 2nd theme was required, the second chosen theme is Rise of the Ottomans.

I believe that Burton will be offering the Western Europe in the Late Middle Ages theme in February.

Yay! Spartacus here I come

I'm Spartacus

[andy63]

No Im Spartacus!

[madaxeman]

At the time of deciding the themes for Usk, Rise of Rome and Imperial Rome were neck and neck - Rise of Rome was picked.

As a contrasting 2nd theme was required, the second chosen theme is Rise of the Ottomans.

I believe that Burton will be offering the Western Europe in the Late Middle Ages theme in February.

So we can pick armies from either of these two themes then ?

What mobile shooty Roman armies are there.....?

[rbodleyscott]

So we can pick armies from either of these two themes then ?

Yes - see my web page. Or, indeed, the announcement post on this board.

What mobile shooty Roman armies are there.....?

Brutus and Cassius?

[bahdahbum]

I think most people choose one roman period because most of us have at least one army that fits the period
I would have some difficulties to field a correct medieval army ( now )

[madaxeman]

Are the themes being played seprately, or is it one competition pitting armies from both themes against each other?

[rbodleyscott]

Are the themes being played seprately, or is it one competition pitting armies from both themes against each other?

Separately. Not much point in having themes otherwise. You will note that one of the themes is not in the first 2 published books.