Post by stevie on Mar 29, 2017 13:36:11 GMT
Army list II/16a Antigonos (320 BC – 301 BC) has a 4Pk general.
Why?
Oh, I know what you’re going to say: “it’s because he fought on foot at the battle of Ipsus in 301 BC silly.”
Fine....but what about his earlier battles?
Antigonos is said to have defeated 3 Persian armies in Anatolia while Alexander was off holidaying in Egypt in 333 BC, and although the details are lost to history I bet he was on horseback like all of Alexander’s other generals and successors. He was certainly on horseback at the battles of Paraitacene in 317 BC and Gabiene in 316 BC.
I can just imagine what his ghost will be saying: “Typical. You fight all your life on horseback until your last battle when you are too old and fat to ride a horse, and thousands of years later wargaming nerds have you down as fighting all your battles on foot!”
Having him always as 4Pk can seriously distort recreating the two battles mentioned above against Eumenes.
The +1 for having a pike general means that it is Antigonos' pikemen and not the formidable but fickle Argyraspid ‘Silver Shields’ of Eumenes that has the advantage in these battles, completely reversing the historical situation.
Personally, I think the II/16a army list should say:-
1 x General (3Kn) or (4Pk in 301BC), 1 x (4Pk) or (3Kn in 301BC), 5 x (4Pk), etc...
So let’s have Antigonos Monophthalmus fighting as he was in his prime, and not as a decrepit old man all the time.
After all, he was once middle aged you know.
Some potentially useful player aids can be found here, including the latest FAQ and the Quick Reference Sheets from the Society of Ancients:-
fanaticus-dba.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Reference_sheets_and_epitomes
Why?
Oh, I know what you’re going to say: “it’s because he fought on foot at the battle of Ipsus in 301 BC silly.”
Fine....but what about his earlier battles?
Antigonos is said to have defeated 3 Persian armies in Anatolia while Alexander was off holidaying in Egypt in 333 BC, and although the details are lost to history I bet he was on horseback like all of Alexander’s other generals and successors. He was certainly on horseback at the battles of Paraitacene in 317 BC and Gabiene in 316 BC.
I can just imagine what his ghost will be saying: “Typical. You fight all your life on horseback until your last battle when you are too old and fat to ride a horse, and thousands of years later wargaming nerds have you down as fighting all your battles on foot!”
Having him always as 4Pk can seriously distort recreating the two battles mentioned above against Eumenes.
The +1 for having a pike general means that it is Antigonos' pikemen and not the formidable but fickle Argyraspid ‘Silver Shields’ of Eumenes that has the advantage in these battles, completely reversing the historical situation.
Personally, I think the II/16a army list should say:-
1 x General (3Kn) or (4Pk in 301BC), 1 x (4Pk) or (3Kn in 301BC), 5 x (4Pk), etc...
So let’s have Antigonos Monophthalmus fighting as he was in his prime, and not as a decrepit old man all the time.
After all, he was once middle aged you know.
Some potentially useful player aids can be found here, including the latest FAQ and the Quick Reference Sheets from the Society of Ancients:-
fanaticus-dba.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Reference_sheets_and_epitomes
