Let me start the ball rolling with one of my pet projects, the Early German armies as described by Caesar and Tacitus. For clarity and consistency, I have chosen to use a format similar to that found in the Tabulae Novae Exercituum (TNE) wiki.
Book Name: Legions Triumphant
List Name: Early German
1. Hundreds
2. Wagon laager
3. Families
1. New core troops: Hundreds
Author: Scott ('ars_belli')
Proposal: Add the following new core troops:
Hundreds - Medium Foot, Protected, Superior, Undrilled, Light Spear, Swordsmen, 8 points, 4-6 per BG, 0-12 total
(The total number of Hundreds bases must equal the total number of Cavalry bases.)
Justification:
In the account of his campaign in 58 BC against the Germanic Suebi chieftain Ariovistus (Proto-Germanic: Harjawissas), Julius Caesar described the unusual 'combined arms' tactics employed by his opponents:
"The method of battle in which the Germans had practiced themselves was this. There were 6,000 horse, and as many very active and courageous foot, one of whom each of the horse selected out of the whole army for his own protection. By these [foot] they were constantly accompanied in their engagements; to these the horse retired; these on any emergency rushed forward; if any one, upon receiving a very severe wound, had fallen from his horse, they stood around him: if it was necessary to advance further than usual, or to retreat more rapidly, so great, from practice, was their swiftness, that, supported by the manes of the horses, they could keep pace with their speed."
Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.48:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/tex ... apter%3D48
In his description of Germania and its peoples, written in the late 1st century AD, the historian Tacitus added:
"On the whole, one would say that their chief strength is in their infantry, which fights along with the cavalry; admirably adapted to the action of the latter is the swiftness of certain foot-soldiers, who are picked from the entire youth of their country, and stationed in front of the line. Their number is fixed,—a hundred from each canton; and from this they take their name among their countrymen, so that what was originally a mere number has now become a title of distinction."
Tacitus, De Origine et situ Germanorum 1.6:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/tex ... hapter%3D6
From the descriptions of Caesar and Tacitus, these 'hundreds' appear to have been specially chosen warriors, and not typical skirmishing light infantry javelinmen. IMHO, their attested combination of high status, mobility and staying power would best be represented in FoG by small BGs of superior protected MF with light spear capability at impact, and swordsmen capability in melee, working in close cooperation with matching BGs of Cavalry.
2. Optional troops: Wagon laager
Author: Scott ('ars_belli')
Proposal: Add the following optional troops:
Wagon laager - Field fortificatins, 3 points, 0-12 total
Justification:
In his account of the Battle of the River Vosges (58 BC), Caesar described the use of a 'wagon laager' by the Seubi under Ariovistus:
"Then at last of necessity the Germans drew their forces out of camp, and disposed them canton by canton, at equal distances, the Harudes, Marcomanni, Tribocci, Vangiones, Nemetes, Sedusii, Suevi; and surrounded their whole army with their chariots and wagons, that no hope might be left in flight. On these they placed their women, who, with disheveled hair and in tears, entreated the soldiers, as they went forward to battle, not to deliver them into slavery to the Romans."
Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.51:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/tex ... apter%3D51
This account would be in keeping with the wagon laager option already available to the Gallic tribes who closely interacted with the Early Germans, as well as the Early Visigoths and Vandals who succeeded them.
3. Optional troops: Familes
Author: Scott ('ars_belli')
Proposal: Add the following optional troops:
Families - Mob, Unprotected, Poor, Undrilled, 2 points, 8-12 per BG, 0-12 total
Justification:
See #2 above.
