Single rank of Spearmen

[MARVIN_THE_ARVN]

nikgaukroger wrote:
MARVIN_THE_ARVN wrote:
The same army perhaps but different people have different takes on the same army. There was a fair variation between the Nikephorian lists at Usk for example and all three Palmyran armies I fought in Derby were significantly different



Most of the ones ive seen have been pretty similar in my lowly opinion




All 3 of the Palmyrans Hammy met at Derby looked the same to him - they were all riding over the top of him



Well one was all cataphracts and light troops, one had lots of legionaries and the other had a good chunk of auxiliaries. Yes they all had cataphracts but the armies were IMO significantly different. Granted it made little difference to the results but that is a different story

The plan was to allow them to ride over us and then get back up and attack them in the rear, we never got back up though

[DaiSho]

I wonder about say Early Scots (perhaps with Viking allies).

Take the Scots cavalry as LH giving you a reasonable number of LH to chase around enemy skirmishers.

The Scottish Thegns are pretty nasty as either Offensive Spear or Impact foot, you get loads of cheap, fast moving MF Offensive Spear, again useful for chasing around lights, not helpless against many things and dirt cheap. The Vikings then provide a core battline of HF Offensive Spear to hold the open ground with.
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I like this army, although I think you want only half the horse as light horse. Vicking Allies yes. The only issue I have is to take the Thegns as Spear or Impact Foot. I have figures for this one too!.

Hi Ian,

I guess I have a serious problem with wanting to take Vikings. Now, I know that taking something like Early Scots and minimizing the Scots you take and maximising the Vikings is STILL a Viking army, but for some unknowable reason I still want 'Ian - Viking' to be on the listing. There's probably a word for people like me. D Head comes to mind. Where the D is for Danish of course .

Ian