Slingshot 333, November/December 2020
Over the TopNick Harbud analyses the last battle of the Hundred Years War, at the very end of the Society’s historical period, and discusses how to game it with some popular rulesets. Does Armour Matterby Mark Wilson. Armour is important, obviously, but just how useful were the different pieces of armour as fighting men with more means were better encased? Do rulesets accurately represent this? And do they accurately represent anything about warfare at all? And should they? And... Once more into the Breachby Ray Briggs. Wargamers, naturally, cannot help themselves when it comes to not liking everything about their favourite ruleset. And fixing it. And turning it into a new ruleset. Seleucid Elephants in 150BCThe Seleucids are commonly believed to have had no elephants between 162BC and 145BC. Jim Webster brings forward evidence that this was not the case and suggests tweaks to DBMM army lists for the Seleucid Empire that could be adapted to other rulesets. Absent GeneralsCreating an authentic fog of war joined to an equally authentic command structure has always been a big problem for wargamers. David Kay comes up with a creative solution, producing a trial scenario that got a thumbs up from his playtesters. CharaceneCharacene, as a distinct and sometimes independent political entity, existed for three and a half centuries and was an important regional power. Jim Webster suggests some amendments to army lists that better reflect its capabilities, especially its naval strength. How to Use Elephants in Tactica 2Before Xanthippus used them as a steamroller at Bagradas, elephants were usually deployed by Indians and later by the Successor States as an infantry screen. Simon Watson looks at why this was so, using Tactica 2 to demonstrate the efficacity of the elephant screen. |
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SLINGSHOT 333 INTERNET LINKS
Over the Top
Image Credit: 1 st Corps: https://1stcorps.co.uk
Seleucid Elephants
Image Credit: Paul Gorman: http://www.coolminiornot.com/413197
Characene
Image Credit: DBA & Triumph! Korbi: https://www.dbakorbi.com
How to Use and Elephant in Tactica II
Organisation of an Indian army: https://theanalyst.co.in/mathematics-ofarmy-organization-in-ancient-india/
Description of the Battle of the Hydaspes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Battle_of_the_Hydaspes/Archive_1#On_Alexander’s_supposed_victory
Was Alexander victorious at the Hydaspes: http://indiafacts.org/alexander-vs-porus-beyond-the-fog-of-war/