tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430244424351512966.post6727389760483555992..comments2024-03-19T16:55:34.065+08:00Comments on One Sided Miniature Wargaming Discourse: Nikephorian Byzantines versus Later AndalusiansSun of Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07315805432481558574noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430244424351512966.post-44957167751365665952018-11-14T16:34:40.665+08:002018-11-14T16:34:40.665+08:00We will test our luck again tonight...We will test our luck again tonight...Sun of Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07315805432481558574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430244424351512966.post-25015725206065107302018-11-14T06:41:27.124+08:002018-11-14T06:41:27.124+08:00That's some tough luck!That's some tough luck!Jonathan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862373894196924886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430244424351512966.post-38168960360556716402018-11-11T12:52:31.345+08:002018-11-11T12:52:31.345+08:00Thank you. I shall give it a try!Thank you. I shall give it a try!Ben Catohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00132734496369774300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430244424351512966.post-26578091744718115122018-11-09T12:40:08.451+08:002018-11-09T12:40:08.451+08:00In Basic Impetus 2.0 you first have to deploy your...In Basic Impetus 2.0 you first have to deploy your heavy infantry, then the enemy deploys their heavy infantry. Next is missile troops and light infantry. Then heavy and medium cavalry. Finally light cavalry and skirmishers. As the Andalusians were a very close match to the Byzantine in troop types, it meant they had a certain positioning advantage.<br /><br />Each side has a chance to put down two terrain pieces. The woods were mine and I just used them to close off the flanks a bit. They were not beneficial too me, or really to my opponent. I should have given them some more thought.<br /><br />As for regulation tactics - good question. A lot comes down to troop classification. In BI most of the Byzantine cavalry is classed as Medium, but that just gives them more maneuverability, they still have a good fighting stats etc. Cavalry positioned behind the infantry wouldn't work well in these rules, unless the infantry was just archers or skirmisher. Having to field large units (the foot and archer combination) shortens my front and I often need my cavalry to then cover a flank. However I can run the army in a more cavalry heavy formation and that might be interesting. I'm hoping to finish the last cavalry unit by next Wednesday.Sun of Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07315805432481558574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430244424351512966.post-83570037322459938122018-11-09T12:20:41.663+08:002018-11-09T12:20:41.663+08:00The catastrophic defeat of my centre is well captu...The catastrophic defeat of my centre is well captured in the GIF.Sun of Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07315805432481558574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430244424351512966.post-58626251350514198002018-11-09T08:23:27.302+08:002018-11-09T08:23:27.302+08:00Thanks. I think the luck was more with your broth...Thanks. I think the luck was more with your brother.<br /><br />The moving image is a gif and just required having a set of photos from the same perspective, more or less, and then up loading to the imgflip site (see their link bottom left of the photo). It is free and very quick and you can change tbe transition speed and a few other things. Challenge is to have the right photos and with mine I normally just cut down so the table edge becomes the top.<br /><br />There are other sites that do gifs as well I think, I've just stuck with the one that worked first time for me.Sun of Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07315805432481558574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430244424351512966.post-20091643836674533442018-11-09T05:53:50.279+08:002018-11-09T05:53:50.279+08:00Great report. Sounded like you were very unlucky w...Great report. Sounded like you were very unlucky with the dice.<br /><br />How do you create the moving pictures at the end? This is really clever.Ben Catohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00132734496369774300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430244424351512966.post-72758732751756088622018-11-09T04:25:27.290+08:002018-11-09T04:25:27.290+08:00The repeating photos at the end very effectively s...The repeating photos at the end very effectively shows the game with your centre desperately pushes forward trying to seek a victory.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02918057670249529750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430244424351512966.post-61555398987958853352018-11-09T03:55:59.396+08:002018-11-09T03:55:59.396+08:00That final sequence show a dramatic sudden collaps...That final sequence show a dramatic sudden collapse! Deploying second sure confers a disadvantage if the whole army has to do so before the enemy does. Were I commanding the Byzantines, I think I might have made more use of one of the wooded tracts, shoving in the light foot, and anchoring a flank of the heavy infantry on the same wood. All the horsed troops could be massed on the open flank with a flank guard of light horse at, say, a full move's distance off, and slightly rearward. Not sure which wood I would choose - possibly the right. Wouldn't touch the other.<br /><br />I have been wondering how well the 'regulation' tactics laid down by Nikephorus Phocas might work under this rule set. I can tell you this: they are unplayable under DBM and similar sets. The armies you have might have too few elements for it to work under the set you're using. It involves the heavy infantry blocks being separated by an element width, with heavy horse in the rear of the intervals, ready to charge out. Light horse would protect the flanks; light infantry, skirmish out front of the foot. <br /><br />Maybe I should try it out with my guys!Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com