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Post by goragrad on Feb 27, 2018 11:56:00 GMT
Interesting - too much variety within the foederati?
More monochrome opponents did significantly better against the LIR.
Will have to try a Patrician against some of my 'barbarians' and see if they fare better.
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Post by timurilank on Feb 27, 2018 14:08:30 GMT
Interesting - too much variety within the foederati? More monochrome opponents did significantly better against the LIR. Will have to try a Patrician against some of my 'barbarians' and see if they fare better. The battles against the 'monochrome' armies were fought on their home turf, such as steppe, forest and hilly. This was intentional so as to see how well the Later Imperial Roman army could perform away from their preferred 'arable' terrain.
Both sides have arable as home terrain and all three battles were long grinding ones, some lasting seven or eight turns which saw a lot of recoils and pursuits.
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Post by timurilank on Mar 6, 2018 8:13:53 GMT
Migration to Kingdom – Merovingian Franks. This is a fascinating period of history and an ideal setting for a campaign. There are photos of two armies completed and new figures are being added to the collection. This weekend I will post a timeline of events.
dbagora.blogspot.nl/2018/03/the-merovingian-kingdoms.html
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Post by goragrad on Mar 6, 2018 10:41:24 GMT
Nice looking armies - banners in particular.
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Post by larryr on Mar 6, 2018 13:45:37 GMT
I love the effort you put into your armies. Not only the presentation but also the research!
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Post by timurilank on Mar 6, 2018 15:44:12 GMT
Thank you both for the comments. goragrad, I painted eight flags so other family members will have their banners ready when I finish those command stands. larryr, I will spend some time expanding the campaign rules and the period of the Merovingians is an ideal reference as each generation were literally at each other’s throats in the timeframe set by the army list.
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Post by timurilank on Mar 11, 2018 8:34:52 GMT
Migration to Kingdom – Merovingian Timeline The dates and events listed here correspond with the Merovingian army list as given in DBA 3.
History does record Merovingian kings after 649 AD, but effective rule was conducted by the ‘mayors of the palace’.
The events covered here are essential to operate a campaign centred on this period. More about the campaign will be covered in future posts. This is currently being tested and the results are quite positive. dbagora.blogspot.nl/2018/03/timeline-middle-frankish-496-639-ad.html
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Post by timurilank on Mar 18, 2018 8:12:26 GMT
The Merovingian Campaigns
The first two decades of the campaign can be followed at the link given below. The first page chronicles the history of the four sons, Childebert, Chlothar, Chlodomer and Theuderic and below each section you will find a link directing you to the important battles that took place.
The campaign will continue to its first stage, the unification of Francia and at that point I will describe the campaign system and list some useful tools.
dbagora.blogspot.nl/2018/03/the-merovingian-campaign.html Cheers,
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Post by timurilank on Apr 15, 2018 8:28:43 GMT
The Merovingian Campaign, 530 – 539 AD The Merovingian campaign advances through the next decade of 530 – 539AD.
There were a great many battles fought but the scribes found only time to write about the most significant. Link: dbagora.blogspot.nl/2018/04/the-merovingian-campaign-530-539-ad.html
This coming week I will describe briefly how the campaign engine works. I believe it will be a surprise for most.
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Post by timurilank on Apr 28, 2018 7:27:06 GMT
The Merovingian Campaign, 540 – 549 AD Turn 4 has been posted to the blog and full battle reports (+photos) of the important engagements can be found at the link located at the bottom of the page.
In addition to the external wars there were two civil wars that proved interesting. Is the campaign following actual events? Well, more or less as the Saxons and Frisians are lingering longer than they actually did and the Visigoths have developed a taste for the wines of Bordeaux.
I hope you enjoy the read. dbagora.blogspot.nl/2018/04/the-merovingian-campaign-540-549-ad.html
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Post by timurilank on May 3, 2018 8:50:12 GMT
The Merovingian Campaign, 550 – 559 AD, (turn 5) The latest series of events have been posted to the blog.
Turn five generated three battles resulting in a surprising conclusion to the campaign. Read here for the overview and scroll further down to the link ‘Significant Battles’ for the reports and photos. dbagora.blogspot.nl/2018/05/the-merovingian-campaign-550-559-ad.html
Cheers, Robert
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Post by timurilank on May 3, 2018 9:20:00 GMT
Historical Match Up The majority of battles played out in the recent Merovingian campaign game were fought between primarily infantry with a few fielding a small percentage of mounted troops.
This deficiency in mounted troops gave the Later Visigoths a decided advantage to beat the Merovingians each time. Historically, Clovis I drove the Visigoths out of Aquitaine and future generations of Frankish rulers held the Visigoths at bay.
The Visigothic success prompted me to explore their strengths and weaknesses which I will cover in a short series of matches against other opponents, such as the Suevi, the Byzantine, and the Franks (again) and Visigoths. All the matches are set in Hispania and follow the actual time frame that they would have occurred, 530 to 550 AD.
The first matches should be posted next week.
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Post by goragrad on May 6, 2018 5:45:07 GMT
That was an interesting campaign. Had wondered at the rather consistent lopsided victories. Hadn't really noted the fact that there was a WB vs SP matchup and the fact that the Visigoths had some mounted until I saw this and your other post.
Need to look harder at the matchups when reading these.
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Post by timurilank on May 6, 2018 6:40:17 GMT
That was an interesting campaign. Had wondered at the rather consistent lopsided victories. Hadn't really noted the fact that there was a WB vs SP matchup and the fact that the Visigoths had some mounted until I saw this and your other post. Need to look harder at the matchups when reading these. Frankish tribal infantry (4Wb) make their transition to blade by the early Carolingian period (III/28) and later return to spear in that same list. The Austrasian army (III/5a) had a better ratio of Sp and 4Wb that easily overcame many of their enemies. The Neustrian was not as fortunate as they had six spearmen and three warband for their infantry. Cavalry were not a strong point for the Merovingian and for campaign purposes I kept their mounted as ‘cavalry’, this would change to ‘knight’ after 550. It was at this time the mayors of the palace appear and perhaps bringing reforms for the army. To meet the later Visigoths, Theudebert enlisted the aid of Visigothic allies and this would seem reasonable as the internal conflicts in Hispania were boiling over in the previous decade.
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Post by timurilank on May 25, 2018 10:07:34 GMT
Historical Match up – Later Visigoths vs. the Suevi Overall, I was very pleased with how well the card system functioned for the Merovingian campaign. This helped create alliances, generate the necessary conflicts to include rebellions and set the political tone of interaction between the participating kingdoms. The fact that the first unification of the Frankish kingdoms did take place, albeit three years earlier, is quite surprising. Unfortunately, the region of Aquitaine was not part of that unification is due to the resurgence of the Later Visigoths (II/83a).
Historically, the Visigoths were defeated by Clovis (507) sending them across the Pyrennees. Nonetheless, duplicating those conflicts on the game board can generate different outcomes as was the case with the Later Visigoths and Middle Franks (III/5a). I decided to test further the Later Visigoths and their ‘invincibility’ of in the new homeland of Hispania. Here, they campaigned against the Suevi, fought the Byzantine, were besieged by the Franks and became embroiled in a number of civil wars. These historical matches did deliver a number of interesting points.
The Later Visigoths vs. the Suevi (Kingdom of Galicia). dbagora.blogspot.nl/2018/05/historical-match-up-later-visigoths-vs.html
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