Slingshot 333, November/December 2020

 

Over the Top

Nick 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 Matter

by 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 Breach

by 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 150BC

The 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 Generals

Creating 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.

Characene

Characene, 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 2

Before 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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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/

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