Swifter than Eagles

rbodleyscott · Post by **rbodleyscott** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:04 am

Just to put you out of your misery, here is the contents list:

NUBIAN
EARLY LIBYAN
LATER SUMERIAN OR AKKADIAN
EARLY NOMAD ALLIES
OLD OR MIDDLE KINGDOM EGYPTIAN
HYKSOS
MITANNI
SYRO-CANAANITE
NEW KINGDOM EGYPTIAN
LATER MINOAN OR EARLY MYCENAEAN
HITTITE EMPIRE
MIDDLE OR EARLY NEO-ASSYRIAN
LATER MYCENAEAN OR TROJAN
SEA PEOPLES
PHILISTINE
PHOENICIAN ALLIES
NEO-HITTITE AND ARAMAEAN
LATER HEBREW
MANNAEAN ALLIES
LIBYAN EGYPTIAN
URARTIAN
MEDIAN
NEO-ELAMITE
PROTO-ARAB ALLIES
CIMMERIAN OR EARLY SKYTHIAN
NEO-ASSYRIAN EMPIRE
PHRYGIAN ALLIES
KUSHITE EGYPTIAN
NEO-BABYLONIAN EMPIRE

SirGarnet · Post by **SirGarnet** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:23 am

Thanks!

daleivan · Post by **daleivan** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 4:59 pm

Ditto on the thanks! I was indeed waiting with great anticipation

Dale

johno · Post by **johno** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 8:24 pm

I've already placed my advance order with Amazon!

I have eight armies from this group (four of them Egyptian, admittedly), but it looks like the piles of light and medium foot and cavalry I used for the Zamuan army may not have a home - unless there is another early period book coming that I've failed to notice?

johno

david53 · Post by **david53** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 9:37 pm

Hi There
Just wondered do people think there will be a large amount of these armies turning up in comps or do you think this might push the idea of set periods in comp any ideas. Its just a Libyian army drawn against a medieviel army might not last long. Mind if the Sea people and Philistine armies have impact foot they might be something elese.
Dave

babyshark · Post by **babyshark** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 11:22 pm

david53 wrote:Hi There
Just wondered do people think there will be a large amount of these armies turning up in comps or do you think this might push the idea of set periods in comp any ideas. Its just a Libyian army drawn against a medieviel army might not last long. Mind if the Sea people and Philistine armies have impact foot they might be something elese.
Dave

My guess--based purely on a hunch--is that we will see these armies in open comps. Perhaps not Libyans, though.

My guess is that superior light chariot with bow will be a potent troop type. Like many armies from other books, a lot will depend on how well the supporting troops mesh with the game-winners. I know I am looking forward to running out my Ugaritic uber-army . . . .

Marc

OldenTired · Post by **OldenTired** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:06 am

david53 wrote:Hi There
Its just a Libyian army drawn against a medieviel army might not last long.
Dave

i don't know about that... i've had enough KN lured out into the open by failing CMT, and shot to death, to know it's not always a doddle.

SirGarnet · Post by **SirGarnet** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:48 am

babyshark wrote: Perhaps not Libyans, though.

Hmm, would have to check the rules since I don't recall whether double flank marches are allowed.

frederic · Post by **frederic** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:18 pm

I just wonder how many Poor LF Javelinmen the Early Lybian may have ?
At 2 pt the base it should make a lot of BG !

hammy · Post by **hammy** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 4:30 pm

frederic wrote:I just wonder how many Poor LF Javelinmen the Early Lybian may have ?
At 2 pt the base it should make a lot of BG !

None,

They are all average

What makes you think they should be poor?

I realise that in DBM they are Ps(I) but DBM much as it claims troop types are not defined by equipment mandates that unshielded light foot javelinmen are Ps(I).

OldenTired · Post by **OldenTired** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:45 pm

hammy wrote:
frederic wrote:I just wonder how many Poor LF Javelinmen the Early Lybian may have ?
At 2 pt the base it should make a lot of BG !
None,

They are all average

What makes you think they should be poor?

I realise that in DBM they are Ps(I) but DBM much as it claims troop types are not defined by equipment mandates that unshielded light foot javelinmen are Ps(I).

i still have this picture of a board with 3 BG of KN facing early libyan. impact phase, i declare charges.

witness havoc as 25 or more BG of LF flee in every direction.

the libyan player will likely get a lot of draws, if not only from spending a hour moving all those BG corectly...

david53 · Post by **david53** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:50 pm

OldenTired wrote:
hammy wrote:
frederic wrote:I just wonder how many Poor LF Javelinmen the Early Lybian may have ?
At 2 pt the base it should make a lot of BG !
None,

They are all average

What makes you think they should be poor?

I realise that in DBM they are Ps(I) but DBM much as it claims troop types are not defined by equipment mandates that unshielded light foot javelinmen are Ps(I).
i still have this picture of a board with 3 BG of KN facing early libyan. impact phase, i declare charges.

witness havoc as 25 or more BG of LF flee in every direction.

the libyan player will likely get a lot of draws, if not only from spending a hour moving all those BG corectly...

I would love to raise an army in 25mm from these but as I like compitions apart from the Assyrians I fear average poor most armies would'nt last long in an open comp still i might be wrong.
Dave

thefrenchjester · Post by **thefrenchjester** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 4:39 pm

Hi ,

in the starting blocks waiting the release of Swifter than Eagles :
my akkadian ( because the akkadian is a killer

my Hyksos
my egyptian old nearly finished

hope to see them in "in period games "
I don't see the why they will have to meet the Medieval French army

)

regards
thefrenchjester " launch the onagers of war

)"

david53 · Post by **david53** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 5:30 pm

thefrenchjester wrote:Hi ,

in the starting blocks waiting the release of Swifter than Eagles :
my akkadian ( because the akkadian is a killer
my Hyksos
my egyptian old nearly finished

hope to see them in "in period games "
I don't see the why they will have to meet the Medieval French army )

regards
thefrenchjester " launch the onagers of war )"

Maybe because most 25mm comp are open events.
dave

donm · Post by **donm** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 6:05 pm

Good to see the LATER MYCENAEAN OR TROJAN in the list.

Was going to do them under DBM, but held back when we changed to FoG.

Have been collecting the Foundry figures for sometime and look forward to dusting them off and getting them painted.

Not sure it will be great in 25mm, but that hasn't stopped me in the past.

I suspect the problem will be the spearmen being MF.

Don

nikgaukroger · Post by **nikgaukroger** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 6:57 pm

donm wrote:Good to see the LATER MYCENAEAN OR TROJAN in the list.

I suspect the problem will be the spearmen being MF.

Don

Theres a man fishing to see if they're HF ...

rbodleyscott · Post by **rbodleyscott** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:07 pm

donm wrote:I suspect the problem will be the spearmen being MF.

Look on the bright side, they can move faster and some are Armoured. And the chariots can dismount as MF, Armoured, Superior, Offensive Spear. (ooer missus).

And let's face it, anything with Spearmen is a Don army. (or is that a Steve army?).

donm · Post by **donm** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:20 pm

Nik,

Fishing for confirmation of what I had been told last year

Wouldn't want to create more rebasing

Richard,

Not many heavy foot spear in my Warfare second place Thracians

Not sure that MF spear is a problem, just need a little terrain.

Don

david53 · Post by **david53** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 5:11 pm

Hi There
I'm fishing with a stick of dynimite here but would i be completely wrong to think that spear armed Assyrian foot would be classed as drilled Heavy foot. Cheeky I know but.........
Dave

hammy · Post by **hammy** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 5:49 pm

david53 wrote:Hi There
I'm fishing with a stick of dynimite here but would i be completely wrong to think that spear armed Assyrian foot would be classed as drilled Heavy foot. Cheeky I know but.........
Dave

The later Assyrian spearmen are indeed heavy foot.