Saka's Mountain Indian allies

madcam2us · Post by **madcam2us** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:12 pm

Hello,

Notice as I look at FoG armies from armies I've had in other rule systems, I notice the Skythians are not able to bring the Mountain Indian allies with any elephants...

I thought the battles of 313 BC should include the Indian contingent but that my intel comes from old army books.

Any reason they lose these???

TIA,

Madcam.

nikgaukroger · Post by **nikgaukroger** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:27 pm

Er, what about the line in the Skythian or Saka list that says - Mountain Indian allies?

Only allowed to Saka which is what the list uses for the eastern Skythian types.

I think you are also confusing the 313BC items with the use of Mountain Indian allies which was in the time of Kyros the Great.

madcam2us · Post by **madcam2us** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:28 pm

Talking about the lack of Elephants one is allowed to take with the MI ally.

nothing but more cav/bow and not the nellies like before...

madcam.

Rudy_Nelson · Post by **Rudy_Nelson** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:28 pm

I am not sure how common elephants were in the northern mountains of India. DBA does not allow them. In DBM none are required but a max of 2 allowed. So I was not surprised to see the Mtn Indian Ally list without elephants as an option.

madcam2us · Post by **madcam2us** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 1:34 am

I'm refering to the Massagetae and the battles fought by Queen Tomyris (SP?).

From what I remember the MI brought the nellies north to fight with her and her son.

Madcam

caliban66 · Post by **caliban66** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:20 am

"Of all the battles ever fought by barbarians, that was the most bloody and cruel, and the way they fought was this: they first shot all the arrows they carried, and when ran out, they came close quarters..."
This is moreless what Herodotus wrote about that batlle in which Cyrus died. But I can´t find anything about elephants. Where did you read it?