Post by dpd on May 30, 2022 20:16:32 GMT
I've found that nearly every DBA unit (including the fast, standard and extreme designations of DBA 3.0) can be represented by a pair of dice.
The first die would designate a unit's primary category: shock foot, melee foot, missile foot, shock mounted, melee mounted and missile mounted.
The second die would represent the units sub category: fast, standard and exception used twice over for both regular (1, 2 and 3) and extreme (4, 5, and 6) unit types.
For example, spear is a regular shock foot unit while pike would be an extreme version, and knight is a regular shock mounted unit while elephants are extreme shock mounted, etc.
The following list provides a description of this taxonomy with DBA unit references, proposed unit names and historical examples.
Cat Sub Type Unit Name Historical
6 Shock Foot 1 Regular Fast Spear 3SP Militia : Bronze Age Infantry , Libyan Infantry , Saxon Fyrd , Arab Jihad Foot
6 Shock Foot 2 Regular Standard Spear 4SP Spear : Greek Hoplites , Macedon Hypastists , Roman Triari , Flemish Gutentags
6 Shock Foot 3 Regular Exception Spear 4SP Dismount Knights : Men at Arms , Crusader Knights , English Knights WoR , French Knights HYW
6 Shock Foot 4 Extreme Fast Pike 3PK Medieval Pike : Swiss Pikemen , Scottish Schiltron , Italian Condotta , Spanish Tercio
6 Shock Foot 5 Extreme Standard Pike 4PK Ancient Pike : Macedon Phalanx , Seleucid Phalanx , Ptolemaic Phalanx , Epirote Phalanx
6 Shock Foot 6 Extreme Exception Pike 4PK Mixed Pike : Hoplite/Pike Phalanx , Pike & Halberd , Pike & Zweihander , Spanish Colunella
5 Melee Foot 1 Regular Fast Blade 3BD Sword : Dacian Falxmen , Norse Vikings , Japanese Samurai , Spanish Rodeleros
5 Melee Foot 2 Regular Standard Blade 4BD Blade : Roman Legion , Byzantine Scutatoi , Irish Galloglass , Landsknect Zweihanders
5 Melee Foot 3 Regular Exception Blade 6BD Polearm : Saxon Huscarls , Byzantine Varangers , Swiss Halberds , English Billmen
5 Melee Foot 4 Extreme Fast Horde 5, 7HD Horde : Crusader Pilgrims , Peasant Foot , Siege Workers , Mongol Prisoners
5 Melee Foot 5 Extreme Standard Warband 3, 4WB Warband : Celtic Woad Warriors , Germanic Barbarians , Pictish Tribesmen , Gothic Foot
5 Melee Foot 6 Extreme Exception Warband 5WB Berserker : Viking Berserkers , Islamic Fanatics , Jewish Zealots , Scottish Clansmen
4 Missile Foot 1 Regular Fast Auxilia 3AX Tribal : Mountain Tribes , Hebrew Foot , Irish Kern , Persian Levees
4 Missile Foot 2 Regular Standard Auxilia 3AX Irregular : Greek Peltast , Macedon Agrianian , Hellenist Theorphoroi , Hellenist Thorakitai
4 Missile Foot 3 Regular Exception Auxilia 4AX Auxilia : Batavian Auxilia , Roman Feoderati , Saxon Foot , Spanish Almoghavers
4 Missile Foot 4 Extreme Fast Psiloi 2PS Skirmishers : Israelite Slingers , Greek Psiloi , Rhodian Slingers , Roman Velites
4 Missile Foot 5 Extreme Standard Bow 3, 4BW Bowmen : Egyptian Archers , Roman Sagittarii , Welsh Longbow , Ottoman Janissaries
4 Missile Foot 6 Extreme Exception Bow 8BW Pavise : Persian Immortals , Byzantine Mixed Foot , Crusader Crossbow , Genoese Crossbow
3 Shock Mounted 1 Regular Fast Knight 3KN, HCM Lance : Taureg Camelry , Macedon Companions , Gothic Horse , Arabic Lancer
3 Shock Mounted 2 Regular Standard Knight 4KN, 4CH Knight : Assyrian Chariots , Sassanian Clibariani , Norman Knights , Crusader Knights
3 Shock Mounted 3 Regular Exception Knight 6KN Gendarme : Byzant Klibanaphoroi , Burgundy Gendarmes , French Gendarmes , Order Knights
3 Shock Mounted 4 Extreme Fast Elephant ELE African Elephants : Kushite Elephants , Carthage Elephants
3 Shock Mounted 5 Extreme Standard Elephant ELE Indian Elephants : Indian Elephants , Seleucid Elephants
3 Shock Mounted 6 Extreme Exception Elephant ELE Armor Elephants : Mughal Elephants , Khmer Elephants
2 Melee Mounted 1 Regular Fast Cavalry 3CV, MCM Riders : Arabic Camelry , Thracian Cavalry , Gallic Horse , Ottoman Akinji
2 Melee Mounted 2 Regular Standard Cavalry 4CV, TCH Cavalry : Homeric Chariots , Persian Cavalry , Medieval Sergeants , Timurid Cavalry
2 Melee Mounted 3 Regular Exception Cavalry 6CV Cataphract : Byzant Kataphract , Mongol Cavalry , Egyptian Mameluke , Ottoman Sipahis
2 Melee Mounted 4 Extreme Fast Expendable EXP Other : Stampede , Avalanche
2 Melee Mounted 5 Extreme Standard Expendable SCH Scythed : Persian Chariots , Pontic Chariots
2 Melee Mounted 6 Extreme Exception Expendable LTR Machinery : Siege Tower , DaVinci Tank
1 Missile Mounted 1 Regular Fast Light Horse 2LH, LCM Hobelar : Berber Camelry , Numidian Horse , Irish Hobelars , Spanish Jinetes
1 Missile Mounted 2 Regular Standard Light Horse 2LH, 2CH Horse Archer : Egyptian Chariots , Parthian Horse , Mongol Horse , Albanian Stradiots
1 Missile Mounted 3 Regular Exception Light Horse MTD Dismount Bow : Mounted Longbow , Mounted Crossbow , Dismounted Mongols , Dismounted Samurai
1 Missile Mounted 4 Extreme Fast Artillery ART Field Artillery : Macedon Oxybeles , Roman Carroballistae , English Field Guns , Mongol Artillery
1 Missile Mounted 5 Extreme Standard Artillery ART Siege Artillery : Greek Catapult , Roman Onagers , Medieval Trebuchets , Renaissance Bombard
1 Missile Mounted 6 Extreme Exception Artillery WWG War Wagons : Gothic Laager , Hussite Wagonburgs , Polish Tambor , Ming War Wheelbarrows
To flesh it out I added two new units TCH (transport chariots that would carry champions into battle where they would jump off to fight as in the Homeric Age - a battle taxi) and MCM (a medium melee camelry)
Other units like artillery, elephants, light horse and pikes are broken down further (medieval pike was faster than ancient pike, hobelars could traverse rough terrain like Irish bogs while horse archers needed flat open plains, etc.)
Thoughts or comments?
The first die would designate a unit's primary category: shock foot, melee foot, missile foot, shock mounted, melee mounted and missile mounted.
The second die would represent the units sub category: fast, standard and exception used twice over for both regular (1, 2 and 3) and extreme (4, 5, and 6) unit types.
For example, spear is a regular shock foot unit while pike would be an extreme version, and knight is a regular shock mounted unit while elephants are extreme shock mounted, etc.
The following list provides a description of this taxonomy with DBA unit references, proposed unit names and historical examples.
Cat Sub Type Unit Name Historical
6 Shock Foot 1 Regular Fast Spear 3SP Militia : Bronze Age Infantry , Libyan Infantry , Saxon Fyrd , Arab Jihad Foot
6 Shock Foot 2 Regular Standard Spear 4SP Spear : Greek Hoplites , Macedon Hypastists , Roman Triari , Flemish Gutentags
6 Shock Foot 3 Regular Exception Spear 4SP Dismount Knights : Men at Arms , Crusader Knights , English Knights WoR , French Knights HYW
6 Shock Foot 4 Extreme Fast Pike 3PK Medieval Pike : Swiss Pikemen , Scottish Schiltron , Italian Condotta , Spanish Tercio
6 Shock Foot 5 Extreme Standard Pike 4PK Ancient Pike : Macedon Phalanx , Seleucid Phalanx , Ptolemaic Phalanx , Epirote Phalanx
6 Shock Foot 6 Extreme Exception Pike 4PK Mixed Pike : Hoplite/Pike Phalanx , Pike & Halberd , Pike & Zweihander , Spanish Colunella
5 Melee Foot 1 Regular Fast Blade 3BD Sword : Dacian Falxmen , Norse Vikings , Japanese Samurai , Spanish Rodeleros
5 Melee Foot 2 Regular Standard Blade 4BD Blade : Roman Legion , Byzantine Scutatoi , Irish Galloglass , Landsknect Zweihanders
5 Melee Foot 3 Regular Exception Blade 6BD Polearm : Saxon Huscarls , Byzantine Varangers , Swiss Halberds , English Billmen
5 Melee Foot 4 Extreme Fast Horde 5, 7HD Horde : Crusader Pilgrims , Peasant Foot , Siege Workers , Mongol Prisoners
5 Melee Foot 5 Extreme Standard Warband 3, 4WB Warband : Celtic Woad Warriors , Germanic Barbarians , Pictish Tribesmen , Gothic Foot
5 Melee Foot 6 Extreme Exception Warband 5WB Berserker : Viking Berserkers , Islamic Fanatics , Jewish Zealots , Scottish Clansmen
4 Missile Foot 1 Regular Fast Auxilia 3AX Tribal : Mountain Tribes , Hebrew Foot , Irish Kern , Persian Levees
4 Missile Foot 2 Regular Standard Auxilia 3AX Irregular : Greek Peltast , Macedon Agrianian , Hellenist Theorphoroi , Hellenist Thorakitai
4 Missile Foot 3 Regular Exception Auxilia 4AX Auxilia : Batavian Auxilia , Roman Feoderati , Saxon Foot , Spanish Almoghavers
4 Missile Foot 4 Extreme Fast Psiloi 2PS Skirmishers : Israelite Slingers , Greek Psiloi , Rhodian Slingers , Roman Velites
4 Missile Foot 5 Extreme Standard Bow 3, 4BW Bowmen : Egyptian Archers , Roman Sagittarii , Welsh Longbow , Ottoman Janissaries
4 Missile Foot 6 Extreme Exception Bow 8BW Pavise : Persian Immortals , Byzantine Mixed Foot , Crusader Crossbow , Genoese Crossbow
3 Shock Mounted 1 Regular Fast Knight 3KN, HCM Lance : Taureg Camelry , Macedon Companions , Gothic Horse , Arabic Lancer
3 Shock Mounted 2 Regular Standard Knight 4KN, 4CH Knight : Assyrian Chariots , Sassanian Clibariani , Norman Knights , Crusader Knights
3 Shock Mounted 3 Regular Exception Knight 6KN Gendarme : Byzant Klibanaphoroi , Burgundy Gendarmes , French Gendarmes , Order Knights
3 Shock Mounted 4 Extreme Fast Elephant ELE African Elephants : Kushite Elephants , Carthage Elephants
3 Shock Mounted 5 Extreme Standard Elephant ELE Indian Elephants : Indian Elephants , Seleucid Elephants
3 Shock Mounted 6 Extreme Exception Elephant ELE Armor Elephants : Mughal Elephants , Khmer Elephants
2 Melee Mounted 1 Regular Fast Cavalry 3CV, MCM Riders : Arabic Camelry , Thracian Cavalry , Gallic Horse , Ottoman Akinji
2 Melee Mounted 2 Regular Standard Cavalry 4CV, TCH Cavalry : Homeric Chariots , Persian Cavalry , Medieval Sergeants , Timurid Cavalry
2 Melee Mounted 3 Regular Exception Cavalry 6CV Cataphract : Byzant Kataphract , Mongol Cavalry , Egyptian Mameluke , Ottoman Sipahis
2 Melee Mounted 4 Extreme Fast Expendable EXP Other : Stampede , Avalanche
2 Melee Mounted 5 Extreme Standard Expendable SCH Scythed : Persian Chariots , Pontic Chariots
2 Melee Mounted 6 Extreme Exception Expendable LTR Machinery : Siege Tower , DaVinci Tank
1 Missile Mounted 1 Regular Fast Light Horse 2LH, LCM Hobelar : Berber Camelry , Numidian Horse , Irish Hobelars , Spanish Jinetes
1 Missile Mounted 2 Regular Standard Light Horse 2LH, 2CH Horse Archer : Egyptian Chariots , Parthian Horse , Mongol Horse , Albanian Stradiots
1 Missile Mounted 3 Regular Exception Light Horse MTD Dismount Bow : Mounted Longbow , Mounted Crossbow , Dismounted Mongols , Dismounted Samurai
1 Missile Mounted 4 Extreme Fast Artillery ART Field Artillery : Macedon Oxybeles , Roman Carroballistae , English Field Guns , Mongol Artillery
1 Missile Mounted 5 Extreme Standard Artillery ART Siege Artillery : Greek Catapult , Roman Onagers , Medieval Trebuchets , Renaissance Bombard
1 Missile Mounted 6 Extreme Exception Artillery WWG War Wagons : Gothic Laager , Hussite Wagonburgs , Polish Tambor , Ming War Wheelbarrows
To flesh it out I added two new units TCH (transport chariots that would carry champions into battle where they would jump off to fight as in the Homeric Age - a battle taxi) and MCM (a medium melee camelry)
Other units like artillery, elephants, light horse and pikes are broken down further (medieval pike was faster than ancient pike, hobelars could traverse rough terrain like Irish bogs while horse archers needed flat open plains, etc.)
Thoughts or comments?
