Friday, 27 September 2013

Some Sumerian Thoughts


Fat chance.











  1. Hope you enjoy the show!
    My impression of early armies is that large groups of people possessing the same kinds of weapons probably work best. Would they have skirmishers? Who's to say? Did the Etruscans? The Israelites? All we really know is the weaponry and even that is up for grabs at times. Did a Sumerian spearman carry a knife or slashing sword as an additional weapon? A hand axe? Just go for it with your own, informed army list and don't worry about the opinions of lesser informed rules writers.
    A/K/A The Celtic Curmudgeon

    1. I intend to go with what I think, - it's just that I'm always wary if I fall outside of the consensus. In this case I can't see a consensus anywhere.

      I can see early armies forming up close like Sumerian pike men The safety in numbers idea and standing close together is instinctive. And throwing a javelion rally requires a run up, so being in a loose foramtion makes sense for them. The achery bothers me a bit still.


    Have you seen these rules - they may be of interest