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Re: Battle! (post your armies!)
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lugnet.loc.au
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Wed, 12 Jan 2005 07:52:54 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Richie Dulin wrote:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Richard Parsons wrote:
> > As I suggested earlier in the thread, its good stuff to be putting your army
> > together in advance, and probably worthy subject matter for posting,
> > sooooooo, find herewith link for some detail on the armies already signed on
> > (being mine, and the armies of each of my sons ;-)
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> > http://www.ozbricks.com/portblock/arm/welcome.htm
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> Mmmmm... Nice armies. Are those Prussians still sporting those specially
> imported katana's?
No no no. After your gentle historical criticism last time, the Prussians took
the view that while the katanas may have been handily successful, they were
insufficiently traditional. All gone now:
http://www.ozbricks.com/portblock/arm/arm-007-n.jpg
<<snip>>
> (The cavalry/infantry point value comparison does worry me... my cavalry
> always carry two pistols which pushes them to 14 pts, but that's not much of
> a premium. All cavalry armies are a definite possibility, particularly when
> one considers that cavalry can move further in a turn than a musket or cannon
> can fire. In Brikwars, the charge of the light brigate may well have had a
> different outcome!).
Indeed, but like the katanas, its not hard to turn one's back on the succesful
strategy in favour of the attractive one, particularly in BrikWars. And much as
the sight of cavalry charging forward to make mince of massed infantry can be
stirring, it takes ranks of infantry, with every other man firing each turn in
ranks, advancing between volleys, hopelessly and randomly being cut to pieces by
artillery fire, to truly make the blood run swiftly. Now THAT is BRIKWARS ;-)
Richard
Still baldly going...
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| (...) I gave ‘gentle historical criticism’? Perhaps the historical part, but I doubt the gentle part! (...) with the lego horse pose). However, my historical criticism was perhaps only partly right. While the katana is not Napoleonic as such, the (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) imported katana's? I congratulate you on managing to include at least two positive references to me. Your flattery will not be forgotten! (...) I'm still working on the creative accounting for mine. I've shaved it down to 348 points, but still (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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