Slitherine

In DBM and many other previous rules units/battle groups could contain: mixed equipment in units, e.g. front rank heavier armour; mixed weapons in units, front rank long spears, rear javelins; mixed morale in units, the elite a the front the rubbish at the back. How or even does AoW factor this.

Some mixed BGs, but only where we felt it really did drive a different tactical doctrine. Elsewhere we have erred on simplicity. To expand a little:

Byzantine and Assyrian foot as 1/2 Sp and 1/2 with bow in some form
Late Imperial Roman legionaries with LF with Bw as a rear rank

These drive different tactical uses - in both cases giving more resilience against mounted troops but less against an equal number of bases of pure fighting foot troops.

Some historical units had armoured men at the front and more cheaply equiped at the rear. This would be a natural economy. But then it was the armoured guys who would have done a disproportionate amount of the fighting. In such cases we have tended to stay simple with a single type BG for overall effect and correct feel.

Its fair to say there is less mixed BG in AOW than in the earlier rulesets I imagine you are referring too.

Hope that helps

Si

shall wrote:Some mixed BGs, but only where we felt it really did drive a different tactical doctrine. Elsewhere we have erredon simplicity. To exapdna little:

Bysantine and Assyrian foort as 1/2 Sp and 1/2 with bow in some form
Late Imperial Roman legionaries with LF with Bw as a rear rank

These drive different tactical uses - in both cases giving more resilience against mounted troops but less against an equal number of bases of pure fighting foot troops.

Some historical units had armoured men at the front and more cheaply equiped at the rear. This would be a natural economy. But then it was the armoured guys who would have done a disproportionate amount of the fighting. In such cases we have tended to stay simple with a single type BG for overall effect and correct feel.

Its fair to say there is less mixed BG in AOW than in the earlier rulesets I imagine you are referring too.

Hope that helps

Si

What about using the medieval tactic of using rabble/poor quality troops as arrowfodder up front so your good quality Troops get to melee intact.

A tactic that might have been useful at Blore Heath LOL



Cheers,
Jer

Thanks for the answer Si. Roughly what I was expecting. However, who is writing the rules?

we have erredon simplicity. To exapdna little:

I regularly generate a random set of letters and thank fully Richard is very good at catching my epic typoes...that was a good one even by my high standards....

Si