Slitherine

And, a point that I made to someone (can't recall who) here:

We have far more "Original Sources" for Tolkien than we do for most ancient and medieval armies.

And to repeat what I said via PM:

The rate of change of technologies and cultures in Tolkien's Middle-earth is indeed slow, but it did not seem to affect the speed with which people learned things that already exist. The Later Rohirrim's culture (roughly 2750 - 3019; from the war with the Dunlendings to the War of the Ring) would not be appreciably changed by having 4 Regular Units/BGs in their army (0-1BG of 4-bases, and 0-3BGs of 4-bases to 6-bases, and these are optional as well).

Matthew Bailey

MatthewB wrote:And, a point that I made to someone (can't recall who) here:

We have far more "Original Sources" for Tolkien than we do for most ancient and medieval armies.

As we do for Star Wars Storm Troopers. We can actually see them! Seems a bit of a stupid point.
At least we have physical evidence of the historical armies.

And to repeat what I said via PM:

Why?

The rate of change of technologies ..blah blah...War of the Ring) .......

Belongs in the fantasy forum as this is no longer a rules or historical discussion.