Post by Eric Farrington on Oct 10, 2019 19:58:44 GMT
Greetings,
As a follow-up project to Men of Bronze, I wanted to make a Thessalian army list. This is an area that did not make it into the original book. I was rightly called out for this oversight by the Irrregular Warfare blog.
irregularwars.blogspot.com/2019/04/review-of-ospreys-men-of-bronze.html
I wanted to get the communities help in building such a list.
The creation of this list will be in the public domain and the list itself will stay here for public use, and be re-posted on the Blood and Spectacles Blog and Message board for open use. I will also submit it to Osprey in a formal document where they can choose to place it on their resources page if they like.
As a designer, one of the great and terrifying things about making a Historical based game is that there is always someone who knows more about the topic than you do. Therefore, I am reaching out here for just such people to help me out! I admit, the history of Thessaly is not my strong suit.
You do not need a copy of Men of Bronze to participate in this project, but it will probably help as we talk about some of the troop types, army structures, and mechanics to help make this list successful.
To get us started, it might be helpful to read up here on Thessaly and Thessalian cavalry.
historandmor.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-thessalian-cavalry.html
If you have other resources that are easy to share, please do so. So, based on a quick reading here are a couple things that stand out....
1. Thessaly has a lot of cavalry forces, but also had other units
2. By Alexander's time (after Men of Bronze) Thessalians used heavy cavalry.
3. The Rhomboid formation was a Thessalian specialty
4. Hoplites and Peltasts may have existed, but they were "non-traditional" in nature
So, that is what we have to start with? How would you proceed and build the list? Is there a particularly well-known Thessalian battle to make a Historical Scenario from?
I am eager to learn more.
As a follow-up project to Men of Bronze, I wanted to make a Thessalian army list. This is an area that did not make it into the original book. I was rightly called out for this oversight by the Irrregular Warfare blog.
irregularwars.blogspot.com/2019/04/review-of-ospreys-men-of-bronze.html
I wanted to get the communities help in building such a list.
The creation of this list will be in the public domain and the list itself will stay here for public use, and be re-posted on the Blood and Spectacles Blog and Message board for open use. I will also submit it to Osprey in a formal document where they can choose to place it on their resources page if they like.
As a designer, one of the great and terrifying things about making a Historical based game is that there is always someone who knows more about the topic than you do. Therefore, I am reaching out here for just such people to help me out! I admit, the history of Thessaly is not my strong suit.
You do not need a copy of Men of Bronze to participate in this project, but it will probably help as we talk about some of the troop types, army structures, and mechanics to help make this list successful.
To get us started, it might be helpful to read up here on Thessaly and Thessalian cavalry.
historandmor.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-thessalian-cavalry.html
If you have other resources that are easy to share, please do so. So, based on a quick reading here are a couple things that stand out....
1. Thessaly has a lot of cavalry forces, but also had other units
2. By Alexander's time (after Men of Bronze) Thessalians used heavy cavalry.
3. The Rhomboid formation was a Thessalian specialty
4. Hoplites and Peltasts may have existed, but they were "non-traditional" in nature
So, that is what we have to start with? How would you proceed and build the list? Is there a particularly well-known Thessalian battle to make a Historical Scenario from?
I am eager to learn more.