Moghul and elephants...

spring · Post by **spring** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:45 am

Hi all,

Planning to start a Moghul army and was wondering what could be good number of elephants
to buy/paint.
Was thinking of 6(2*3) or 9(3*3) does it sound reasonable?

nikgaukroger · Post by **nikgaukroger** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:10 am

OK, there is no list available yet, however, 6 is probably a safe number to get.

Caveat - between now and list publication anything could change.

Also note that to date - the ancient/medieval rules that is - elephants have only ever been in BGs of 2 bases. Again there is no guarantee that this will be the case when FoG:R is published.

spring · Post by **spring** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:34 am

Thanks Nik, that'll do for a start

spring · Post by **spring** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:04 pm

And what about camels with rockets?

nikgaukroger · Post by **nikgaukroger** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:06 pm

Some

spring · Post by **spring** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:46 pm

Yes!! Perfect!!!

Samei00 · Post by **Samei00** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:31 pm

Hope my Indian wish list is also fulfilled
organ guns, light artillery on wagons
lots of skirmishing Poor LF to make jungles a misery
and plenty of impact swordsmen
also some upgrades for nellies
and some nice armoured cavalry superior rajput lancers

Huaxtec15mm · Post by **Huaxtec15mm** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:41 am

"and plenty of impact swordsmen "

Lots n lots of, I hope! Should be a fun army.

rowlandm · Post by **rowlandm** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:05 am

Huaxtec15mm wrote:"and plenty of impact swordsmen "

Lots n lots of, I hope! Should be a fun army.

If the Moghuls can have Impact Swordsmen why not the Ottoman Janissaries.

Samei00 · Post by **Samei00** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:53 pm

the Mughals had some "warband" types e.g religious warriors, both Hindu and Muslim, Omani swordsmen, afghan/ pathan hill tribes, rohillas who are probablybest classified as
MF Unarm/ Prot Impact, swordsmen posibly Bw*. These troops were better than the usual peasants looking for off-season military employ. These "better" foot would look to get a charge in, I believe, to "rush" their oponents but lacked staying power

I think Janissaries "Impact" swordsmen is a good shout but only if they suffer a penalty to their shooting in some way
This would reflect a lack of western fire drills and a reliance to get in close but arguably grading them as swordsmen would give them a melee bonus against
"western" shot
I think that the Janissaries tended to be assault troops in the siege but on the battlefield they tended to holda defended position and apply the coup de grace to a worn out enemy
So on the battlefield perhaps they are not "Impact" swordsmen in that sense?

godzila · Post by **godzila** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 12:01 pm

Hello spring,

First of all thanks for sharing moghul & elephants games. I like this game most because i have read a book titled Empire of the Moghul. Really nice book it was and your sound settings are perfect. Thanks to help me to remember my past reading hobby.

spring · Post by **spring** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 1:01 pm

You're welcome godzila

You might find this link interesting then:

http://www.artoflegendindia.net/mughal- ... 7_245.html

You might already know this site though.
Moghuls are such a colorful bunch of gentlemen