Slitherine

SLancaster wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 9:49 am Good luck in the tournament.

SLancaster wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 6:56 pm I am not in this tournament. I mainly play in the Digital League. Carthage is the better list - the Veteran African Spearmen will do a lot of damage. Carthage also has more cavalry plus chariots that it can field. Someone else can talk about the Heavy Chariots.. they might be good.

Richard started doing some analysis on the lists for this tournament:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCuf5iBqz9I

Karvon wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 11:54 pm Having played half-a-dozen practice games, abet vs the AI, these are my initial observations.

1. The Syracusians have a significant advantage in heavy infantry, a max of 20 vs Carth. max of 11.
2. The Syracusian veteran hopolites are almost as good as the veteran African spears, especially in light of point 1.
3. The Syracusians have a slight edge in light foot 8 vs 7 max, with a 2-1 superiority in long range fire 4 vs 2.
4. Both armies have the same quantity and quality of cavalry.
5. The Syracusians have 2 light horse which can greatly augment both their light foot and their cavalry, plus useful in pursuit of key routers.
6. The Carth heavy chariots have hefty punch, but are slow and not particularly useful in dealing with massed spears head on. They can be chewed up by skirmishers if overly exposed.
7. Both armies have equal access to warbands, which can give some additional punch, probably a bit more useful with the Carth, given their lack of heavy infantry.
8. The Carth have a significant advantage in medium infantry, a max of 13 vs a Syracusian max of 6. Both sides have equal numbers of Spanish, Italian and irregular, but the Carth can also add up to 7 Phoeni foot, which are cheap but very effective.
9. Both sides can field heavy artillery, the Syracusians 2 vs Carth 1. This is more of gimmick weapon in most cases, but can be useful on some occasions.

Overall, I think the Syracusians will be favored if the field is relatively uncluttered by difficult terrain. If the field has significant amounts of such terrain, then the Carthaginians should have the upper hand.

SLancaster wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:15 am Yes, I have already mentioned to Richard that he didn’t use 1200 points for his army. But, his observations about the units are still valid and useful.

Karvon wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 3:10 pm They are; maybe he was referring to the veteran Africans?