I 100% agree with Mike here. The AoA Greek list is really capable of
bunches of different (historically supported) styles, and the list still
works well with WAB2. The only problem I see with it is distributing the
list to new players, since it's only printed in two discontinued books.
Ray
On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 10:14 AM, <mbsparta@aol.com> wrote:
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> The "will" of the gods played a major "roll" (he he he) in the life of the
> Classical Greeks. I don't think we, today, understand how intertwined the
> gods and life were to them. The Oracles represent an interesting and often
> challenging approach to the part religion played in Greek battle. Some days
> the entrails were good, some days, not so good. Sometimes you get 3 Oracles
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> My experience with the Classical Greek WAB army is that you need to win
> quick. You're strength is in your hoplites. You must close with your
> opponent, maximize the use of your Oracles to win combats and win the game
> in as few turns as possible. If the game draws out and you begin to run out
> of Oracles you will probably be defeated. The more hoplites you have in your
> army the better your chance of success. Don't waste too many points on
> Spartans, cavalry or too many skirmishers. 4-5 phalanxes (units) and some
> assorted support troops is best. If you want Spartans (as Jeff mentioned)
> don't take more than one unit of them.
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> The AoA Greek list was (and is) one of WAB's best. From that list you can
> make almost any army from the Classical period. Tweaks to the Sacred Band,
> Thessalian Cavalry and maybe a "mercenary" hoplite (something in between a
> generic hoplite and a Spartan) would fix most of what is missing from the
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> In WAB we often spent too much time fixing what isn't broken.
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> Mike B
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