Post by dpd on Jan 19, 2024 12:52:00 GMT
The following is a proposal for a simple, logical and consistent designation of DBA units types by applying the fast, solid and double designations to the main unit types themselves.
Under this scheme, there are only 6 main unit types, not 16: spear, blade, missile, knight, horse and artillery.
Auxilia are considered to be fast spear and would be represented by the current fast auxilia, 3ax and include 3sp and 3pk
Spear would be solid spear and would be represented by the current solid spear, 4sp and include 4ax
Pike would be double spear (since every pike formation from Alexander's phalanx, to Swiss kiels, to Scottish schiltrons, to Spanish tercios were deep formations), and would be represented by the current 2 x 4pk or 8pk
Warbands would be fast blade, and would be represented by the current 3wb. and include 5hd and 3bd (sorry, but 3bd is OP)
Blades would be solid blade and would be represented by the current 4bd
Hordes would be double blade, and would be represented by the current 7hd, would also include axe armed units, 6bd and 6wb.
Psiloi would be fast missile, and would be represented by the current 2ps and include 3bw
Bow would be solid missile and would be represented by the current 4bw
Pavise would be deep missile and would be represented by the current 8bw
Lance would be fast knights, and would be represented by the current 3kn and Cam
Knights would be solid knights, and would be represented by the current 4kn and Hch
Elephants would be double knights, and would be represented by the current El
Light Horse would be the fast horse, and would be represented by the current 2lh and Lcm
Cavalry would be solid horse, and would be represented by the current 3cv and Lch
Scythed chariots would be double horse, and would be represented by the current Sch
Command units would be fast artillery, and would be represented by the current Lit, CP and Cwg
Artillery would be solid artillery, and would be represented by the current Art
War Wagons would be double artillery, and would be represented by the current Wwg
Representative units would define the new units capabilities (good going, bad going, attack foot, attack mounted, range, combat results). For example, the characteristics of a fast spear would be defined by the current 3ax, but an army organization would also include 3sp and 3pk units as fast spear.
Units can be designated by a 6 sided die face (6-spear, 5-blade, 4-missile, 3-knight, 2-horse and 1artillery
Fast, sold and double designations can be designated by the number of die on a unit base (1-fast, 2-solid, 4-double), represent unit densities, numbers, depth and relative cost.
Thoughts or comments?
Under this scheme, there are only 6 main unit types, not 16: spear, blade, missile, knight, horse and artillery.
Auxilia are considered to be fast spear and would be represented by the current fast auxilia, 3ax and include 3sp and 3pk
Spear would be solid spear and would be represented by the current solid spear, 4sp and include 4ax
Pike would be double spear (since every pike formation from Alexander's phalanx, to Swiss kiels, to Scottish schiltrons, to Spanish tercios were deep formations), and would be represented by the current 2 x 4pk or 8pk
Warbands would be fast blade, and would be represented by the current 3wb. and include 5hd and 3bd (sorry, but 3bd is OP)
Blades would be solid blade and would be represented by the current 4bd
Hordes would be double blade, and would be represented by the current 7hd, would also include axe armed units, 6bd and 6wb.
Psiloi would be fast missile, and would be represented by the current 2ps and include 3bw
Bow would be solid missile and would be represented by the current 4bw
Pavise would be deep missile and would be represented by the current 8bw
Lance would be fast knights, and would be represented by the current 3kn and Cam
Knights would be solid knights, and would be represented by the current 4kn and Hch
Elephants would be double knights, and would be represented by the current El
Light Horse would be the fast horse, and would be represented by the current 2lh and Lcm
Cavalry would be solid horse, and would be represented by the current 3cv and Lch
Scythed chariots would be double horse, and would be represented by the current Sch
Command units would be fast artillery, and would be represented by the current Lit, CP and Cwg
Artillery would be solid artillery, and would be represented by the current Art
War Wagons would be double artillery, and would be represented by the current Wwg
Representative units would define the new units capabilities (good going, bad going, attack foot, attack mounted, range, combat results). For example, the characteristics of a fast spear would be defined by the current 3ax, but an army organization would also include 3sp and 3pk units as fast spear.
Units can be designated by a 6 sided die face (6-spear, 5-blade, 4-missile, 3-knight, 2-horse and 1artillery
Fast, sold and double designations can be designated by the number of die on a unit base (1-fast, 2-solid, 4-double), represent unit densities, numbers, depth and relative cost.
Thoughts or comments?
