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Some items for the next version of the errata

Post by Caquineur »

Hello everyone,

First, apologies for my non-native English (I'm French, so that explains it :wink: ), and my talkative nature...

I hope this post will be helpful for the next version of the official errata : this is a compilation of slight errors in the first five companion books, not mentioned in the official errata as of now. Most of them are only formatting errors, a few are spelling mistakes or typos, and some are certainly too minor to be reported in the official errata. I list all of them nonetheless as they could be useful for a new edition or a translation, for instance. Three of them concern army points.

The data relative to "Armour, Quality, Training" are usually listed in this order, which is in line with the corresponding column header (if I may say so). In some cases, the data are listed in a wrong order ("Quality, Training, Armour") : this difference is noted with a *aqt* acronym

1 - Rise of Rome

* Pyrrhic (p.22) - Optional Troops - "Elephants" : *aqt*

2 - Storm of Arrows

In some armies, a column header "Impact" is indicated instead of "Close Combat". It occurs 5 times : Later Medieval German + allies, Later Medieval Swedish + allies, Medieval Portuguese

* Later Medieval Scots Allies (Britain) (p.24) - Special Campaigns / Only in 1385 : "French men-at-arms" and "French crossbowmen" : *aqt*
* Medieval Burgundian (p.52) - Core Troops : "Low countries" crossbowmen : I'm not Dutch, but I think it should be "Low Countries" crossbowmen with a capital C (like their fellow countrymen, spearmen and pikemen, in the Optional Troops section)
* Swiss (p.60) : Special Campaings - The Burgundian War 1476 to 1477 - "Knights and men-at-arms" : *aqt*
* "Medieval Portugese" (p.77-78 ) : I'm not Lusitanian, but I think it should be "Medieval Portuguese" with a u, and so Core Troops - "Portugese men-at-arms" should be "Portuguese men-at-arms"

3 - Immortal Fire

* Early Achaemenid Persian (p.16) : Special Campaigns / "Only in Cyrus in Lydia in 546" : it should be "Only Cyrus..."
* Thracian (p.18 ) : Special Campaigns / "Only Roman client kingdom from 25 BC to 46 BC" : it should be "... from 46 BC to 25 BC" (or maybe it's a subtle allusion by FOG authors about the ability of the human mind to travel through time and space by using the books and the game ... Great Scott ! This is heavy)
:arrow: (first edit) As pointed out by Pete of Fareham in a post below, it should be in fact "... from 25 BC to 46 AD" - less poetic, but so more accurate... 8) (end of first edit)
* Kyrenean Greek Allies (p.24) : the mention "Core Troops" seems useless as this army is only used as an ally
* Classical Indian (p34) - Optional Troops - "Clubmen" : the word "Protected" should be below "Unprotected", not below "Average"
* Classical Indian Allies (p.35) : "Archers, Any from 1 AD" : the costs should be "5.3.6.4" (as it is the case with the "Classical Indian" army page 34) and not "5.4.6.5"

4 - Swords and Scimitars

* Georgian (p.17) : Optional Troops - "Crusader knights, sergeants and turcopoles" : the Lancers capability is for Close Combat, not Shooting (it would be heavy, even for a great Scot :wink: )
* Komnenan Byzantine (p.26) : "Optional Troops - Manichaeans - Only before 1150" : the Impact Foot capability is for Close Combat, not Shooting
* Ayyubid Egyptian (p.39) : "Optional Troops - Foot archers", "Javelinmen" and "Ahdath militia - Only before 1194" : *aqt*
* Post Latin Conquest Byzantine (p.48 ) : Optional Troops - "Albanian cavalry - Only Epiros" and "Hillmen" : *aqt*

5 - Legions Triumphant

* Principate Roman (p.10) : Core Troops - "Auxiliary cavalry - From 260 AD" : where the base is Cavalry and Superior, the cost should be 17, not 7
* Early Scots-Irish (p.33) : the phrase "Optional Troops" should be used instead of "Attecotti warriors", which is (I guess) the Troop name of the following line. The other columns are shifted, and the Impact Foot capability is for Close Combat, not Shooting
* Later Sarmatian (p.39) : Optional Troops - "Peasant levy" : *aqt*
* Early Visigothic or Early Vandal (p.54) : Optional Troops - "Alans or Huns - Only from 378" : for the Light Horse, the word "Average" should be below "Superior", not below "Unprotected"

That will be all for the time being about the past. :arrow:
Have fun !

Caquineur aka Alain
(PS : if this post should be in a specific forum, please do not hesitate to displace it. Thanks)[/b]
Last edited by Caquineur on Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:10 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Some items for the next version of the errata

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Caquineur wrote:Hello everyone,

First, apologies for my non-native English (I'm French, so that explains it :wink: )
I certainly wouldn't have been able to tell, you must get a lot of practice.
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Re: Some items for the next version of the errata

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flameberge wrote:
Caquineur wrote:Hello everyone,
First, apologies for my non-native English (I'm French, so that explains it :wink: )
I certainly wouldn't have been able to tell, you must get a lot of practice.
Thank you, but you haven't heard me speak English yet :lol:
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Post by timmy1 »

Caquineur, soon the people of Laon will have the pleasure of hearing me mangle the French Language so do not worry. You write English such that I cannot tell that it is not your native tongue.
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Post by petedalby »

* Thracian (p.18 ) : Special Campaigns / "Only Roman client kingdom from 25 BC to 46 BC" : it should be "... from 46 BC to 25 BC"
(or maybe it's a subtle allusion by FOG authors about the ability of the human mind to travel through time and space by using the books and the game ... Great Scott ! This is heavy)
Hi - a good spot in that it is wrong in the book - but I believe the correct date is 25 BC to 46 AD.

Check out the intro to the list.

Pete
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Post by Caquineur »

petedalby wrote:
* Thracian (p.18 ) : Special Campaigns / "Only Roman client kingdom from 25 BC to 46 BC" : it should be "... from 46 BC to 25 BC"
(or maybe it's a subtle allusion by FOG authors about the ability of the human mind to travel through time and space by using the books and the game ... Great Scott ! This is heavy)
Hi - a good spot in that it is wrong in the book - but I believe the correct date is 25 BC to 46 AD.
Check out the intro to the list.
Pete
Hi Pete, you're abolutely right. I should have read the intro first :oops:
I will edit my initial post right away. Thanks
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Post by bobm »

Good English there.
I'm off to Perpignan in August for a few days and will no doubt make a complete bo**ocks of everything I try to say!
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Re: Some items for the next version of the errata

Post by Scrumpy »

Caquineur wrote:
flameberge wrote:
Caquineur wrote:Hello everyone,
First, apologies for my non-native English (I'm French, so that explains it :wink: )
I certainly wouldn't have been able to tell, you must get a lot of practice.
Thank you, but you haven't heard me speak English yet :lol:


Still waiting to hear most of the English football team speak proper English, I am sure your version cannot be worse than Mr. Beckhams !
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Post by Claudius »

Caquineur,
Tres Bien!
Un examen détaillé incroyable.
Merci
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