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Post by stevie on Jan 5, 2018 10:16:49 GMT
Will do matey. Thanks for that…you can go back to listening to your music and drinking weak frothy Dutch beer now.  (Last time me and my mates were in Holland we got into trouble with the bar-staff for insisting that the glass be full…
…and not have more froth than beer!)
Some potentially useful player aids can be found here, including the latest June 2017 FAQ and the Quick Reference Sheets from the Society of Ancients:-
fanaticus-dba.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Reference_sheets_and_epitomes
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Post by timurilank on Jan 5, 2018 11:11:14 GMT
Will do matey. Thanks for that…you can go back to listening to your music and drinking weak frothy Dutch beer now. (Last time me and my mates were in Holland we got into trouble with the bar-staff for insisting that the glass be full…
…and not have more froth than beer!)
Some potentially useful player aids can be found here, including the latest June 2017 FAQ and the Quick Reference Sheets from the Society of Ancients:-
fanaticus-dba.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Reference_sheets_and_epitomes
In the brown cafés, noted for their prominent use of wood among furnishings, walls, ceilings and sand on the floors *, great care is taken to pour beer without creating a froth. Was this in a pub advertising a tourist menu in Amsterdam?  * 17th/18th century. |
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Post by stevie on Jan 5, 2018 11:24:45 GMT
Might have been.
I'll say no more:-
(picture of a beer with more froth than beer removed to save photo space)
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Post by primuspilus on Jan 5, 2018 15:10:05 GMT
Just wow... I will be very careful in the Netherlands. I hear the local barbarians ambush the legion with mugs and mugs of warm, flat, frothy beer...  |
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Post by timurilank on Jan 5, 2018 15:26:32 GMT
Might have been. I'll say no more:- Don't tell me, the ‘wait staff’ were topless?
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Post by stevie on Jan 8, 2018 18:01:52 GMT
Could people help me out by having a look at these two samples of the “Army List Corrections”. Both contain the same data and information, but are laid-out in two different styles. I’d like to know which style you prefer. ---Later Edit: attachment deleted in order to free-up Fanaticus for more photos---This first sample has just the corrections, and looks like those posted here on page 5 of this thread. The problem is, it’s not very user friendly. You have to keep switching between the this and The Great Purple Book to see what changes actually apply and where. This second sample has every enemy of the corrected army shown. I think this is far better, as it’s just a matter of using either this document of the original unchanged army list. It also allows me to use a larger font size (as I know some of you are getting on a bit ). In effect, I’ve already added all the corrections for you, and this makes referencing easier. Now I should point out that I have no intention of producing both sets, or including both sets in the final document. It’s going to be one or the other I’m afraid. So tell me…which style do you prefer? Some potentially useful player aids can be found here, including the latest June 2017 FAQ and the Quick Reference Sheets from the Society of Ancients:-
fanaticus-dba.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Reference_sheets_and_epitomes
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Post by bluestone28 on Jan 8, 2018 18:15:28 GMT
great work!  i prefer the second one, easier to understand. |
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Post by Simon on Jan 8, 2018 18:17:49 GMT
Very nice job!
I prefer sample 2.
Thanks,
Simon
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Post by Simon on Jan 8, 2018 18:20:41 GMT
I see there is the facility to add a poll under the new thread option - might make it easier for you?
Cheers
Simon
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Post by timurilank on Jan 8, 2018 18:45:13 GMT
Could people help me out by having a look at these two samples of the “Army List Corrections”. Both contain the same data and information, but are laid-out in two different styles. I’d like to know which style you prefer. This first sample has just the corrections, and looks like those posted here on page 5 of this thread:- The problem is, it’s not very user friendly. You have to keep switching between the this and The Great Purple Book to see what changes actually apply and where. This second sample has every enemy of the corrected army shown:- I think this is far better, as it’s just a matter of using either this document of the original unchanged army list. It also allows me to use a larger font size (as I know some of you are getting on a bit ). In effect, I’ve already added all the corrections for you, and this makes referencing easier. Now I should point out that I have no intention of producing both sets, or including both sets in the final document. It’s going to be one or the other I’m afraid. So tell me…which style do you prefer? Some potentially useful player aids can be found here, including the latest June 2017 FAQ and the Quick Reference Sheets from the Society of Ancients:-
fanaticus-dba.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Reference_sheets_and_epitomes
Stevie,
Very considerate of you to think about us who are "getting on a bit". My vote is for style 2.
Cheers,
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Post by stevie on Jan 8, 2018 19:14:09 GMT
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Post by gaelyann on Jan 8, 2018 21:34:10 GMT
both seriously, I use the first one to update my own file, but in the long run and if you keep only one updated, the second one would be better... |
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Post by bluestone28 on Jan 8, 2018 23:34:20 GMT
i just read "Chéronée Battle" from Jean Nicolas Corvisier (Economica)
and reading Phillipe II story, i doubt that II/5d (Thessaly) was an enemy to the II/12 army
(Thessaly seem to be more an ally than an enemy, that is reported in the army list btw) and Phillipe II was elected as a Tagos (war chief more and less) by Thessalians
and finaly "lead" Thessaly...
what do you think?
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Post by gaelyann on Jan 9, 2018 7:24:28 GMT
i just read "Chéronée Battle" from Jean Nicolas Corvisier (Economica) and reading Phillipe II story, i doubt that II/5d (Thessaly) was an enemy to the II/12 army (Thessaly seem to be more an ally than an enemy, that is reported in the army list btw) and Phillipe II was elected as a Tagos (war chief more and less) by Thessalians and finaly "lead" Thessaly... what do you think? It seems Philippe II was called by a thessalian city to fight against another thessalian city. |
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Post by stevie on Jan 9, 2018 12:08:27 GMT
Gaelyann is right. The Thessalian League was a loose confederacy of feudal-like city-states and tribes, who’s leader held the office of Tagus. Jason of Pherae briefly welded the Thessalians into a powerful unified state, but was assassinated in 370 BC. Following his death the confederacy largely broke apart into civil war which attracted outsiders, one of which was Philip of Macedon. By using bullying diplomacy, outright bribery, and on occasion military force, Philip had himself elected as leader of the league. When Philip was himself assassinated, Alexander quickly stepped into to show that he was now chairman of the league. After Alexander’s death in 323 BC, the Lamian war broke out in Greece, led by Athens with Aetolian support. The Thessalians sided with the Athenians, and Antipater, the governor of Macedon, was besieged in Lamia. Eventually other Macedonian’s such as Leonnatus and Craterus came to Antipater’s aid, and Athens sued for peace in 322 BC. Note that these later Macedonian armies would been those of II/12, but using local 4Ax troops such as mercenary peltasts, Illryans, and Thracians instead of Hypaspists (which went east with Alexander, were upgraded into the famous Argyraspid Silver Shields, and were with the imperial army of II/15 under the command of the new regent Perdiccas, who would soon lend them to his loyal lieutenant Eumenes). Some potentially useful player aids can be found here, including the latest June 2017 FAQ and the Quick Reference Sheets from the Society of Ancients:-
fanaticus-dba.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Reference_sheets_and_epitomes
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