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Post by christurnbull01 on Sept 16, 2020 12:36:26 GMT
Question
Can I ask is there a reason the Assyrian army list dies not include archers fronted by spear (8bw) but the Baylonian list does.
I believe it isa well known Assyrian unit and introduced to Babylonia by the Assyrians.
thanks
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Post by macbeth on Sept 17, 2020 5:48:19 GMT
Chris,
I believe a lot of ink, both electronic and physical has been spilled on this very topic during the development of the various DBx rules over a long period of time.
I think the Grand Old Men of the subject - those who were major consultants/contributors to the list development made pronouncements.
From what I remember the Shielded bowmen so prevalent in Assyrian reliefs are almost solely depicted as such in sieges.
Cheers
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Post by paulhannah on Sept 19, 2020 20:24:05 GMT
Just be glad there are any Bow elements at all in any of the Assyrian armies. They've been absent ever since DBA 1.0. Now, the I/51 Later Sargonid Assyrians can optionally have a pair of 4Bw elements. As for why no 8Bw elements, you probably saw this comment in the Commentary, right?
Some archer units were twinned with long-shield spearmen, but there is no evidence for combined units.
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Post by paulhannah on Oct 1, 2020 0:37:24 GMT
Some archer units were twinned with long-shield spearmen, but there is no evidence for combined units.
I was "tempted" to take an out-of-the box interpretation of that line in the Commentary for this minor, basing heresy. On a standard, 40x20 base, I contemplated mounting two long-shield spearmen in front and three archers in back.
Sp Sp
B B B
But I think it's too much a stretch (even for me!) to glean that from the above Commentary.
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