EA Persian Starter Army confusion

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raul
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EA Persian Starter Army confusion

Post by raul »

Please help !

I am just a beginner at FoG, and I would like very much to play an EA Persian Army (from Immortal Fire), but I immediately found something puzzling.
The Starter Army at page 13 lists 2BG of "Boiotian Hoplites" (for a total of 12 bases), but the complete list at page 15 says that you can have a maximum of 0-6 total bases of "Asiatic Greek hoplites" . So, what's in the Starter Army are "Medizing Greek Hoplites" (page 16) ? And in that case, what' the meaning of the puzzling "the miminum marked * applies if any Medizing Greek troops are used" (page 14)?
It is all really confusing :roll:
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Post by MARVIN_THE_ARVN »

Hi Raul,

Ive just looked at the book and it seems those hoplites must be medizing greeks, it seems to me that if you take any medizing greeks you must take a minium of 8 bases of HF Hoplites, so you couldnt just take the medizing cav or javelinmen, I think that is right.

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raul
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Post by raul »

Thanks a lot for your help !
It's just very strange they used a so specific option in the Starter Army ... :?
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Post by SirGarnet »

It's been stated that the Starter Armies were set up to get players started with a playable army at 600 points and not necessarily 100% in accordance with the final lists, though you should be able to use all the starter troops in an 800 point list.
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