Slitherine

What is the earliest date that knights are allowed in any army in the current army lists? From what I can tell, it is 1041 for the Normans. Any others earlier than that?

The reason I ask is that we are planning a Fall tournament and want to have two divisions. The Classical division will be armies from before the rise of knights and the Chivalric division after. My thought is to set a date for the first availability of knights and if your army is before that, you are in the Classic division and after that in the Chivalric division. If you army list crosses the dividing line, then you declare the date of your army to determine which division you are in.

Thanks

Personally I think Heavily Armored knights are much more significant than armored knights.

ethan wrote:Personally I think Heavily Armored knights are much more significant than armored knights.

Any type of Knights gets the two dice bonus.............

ethan wrote:Personally I think Heavily Armored knights are much more significant than armored knights.

Agreed, however, for the original question if you use 1040 as the cut you'll be safe.

david53 wrote:

ethan wrote:Personally I think Heavily Armored knights are much more significant than armored knights.

Any type of Knights gets the two dice bonus.............

Yes but so do chariots and Elephants. The HA Knights are an order of magnitude tougher than just plain armoured KN.

Deleted - realized how OT it was.

nikgaukroger wrote:Agreed, however, for the original question if you use 1040 as the cut you'll be safe.

Thanks Nik!