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Re: Battle! (post your armies!)
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Thu, 13 Jan 2005 02:09:59 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Richard Parsons wrote:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Richie Dulin wrote:
> > Mmmmm... Nice armies. Are those Prussians still sporting those specially
> > imported katana's?
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> 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.
I gave ‘gentle historical criticism’? Perhaps the historical part, but I doubt
the gentle part!
> All gone now:
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> http://www.ozbricks.com/portblock/arm/arm-007-n.jpg
Cool. I like the ‘charge’ pose on the second rider (however incongruous it is
with the lego horse pose).
However, my historical criticism was perhaps only partly right. While the katana
is not Napoleonic as such, the brikwars effects of the katana might better
simulate the Napoleonic era cavalry sword than those of the piratic cutlass.
They were certainly effective against scattered infantry!
> > (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 brigade may well have had a
> > different outcome!).
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> 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 ;-)
Stirring stuff! It nearly brings a tear to my jaded eye.
Hmmm... maybe I should trade some cavalry for a second artillery piece?
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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| Ok my Pugnacious Potentates, Bellicose Brigands and Confused Combatants, This Sunday in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, the battlefield stands ready for a festival the like of which few combatants will see the end: To the north, the (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) 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: (URL) (...) Indeed, but like the katanas, its (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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