Art De La Guerre

[Black Prince]

I am new to La Guerre my copy of the rules arrived this morning, though I have one question; What is the minimum number of bases/ units to ensure an army is competitive?

[lionelrus]

great question!
Ancient are usely around 25/26 units
dark age and feudal 22/24
heavy medieval 20 /22

But some players win with 19 units armies, and others prefer 30 units armies.
The only good answer about armies choise and compo is always the same: test it by playing more and more!
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[Soranon]

Horse archer armies usually has 20-22 units. It's difficult to have more with them.

[ethan]

I usually run in the 20-24 range.

[belinconnux]

"Size does matter" isn't it ...
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[JohnTheBoring]

Depends on the army you like playing with.

Do you like a small high quality force, or a big cheap horde to outflank them? Most armies are somewhere in between. There is no magic winning army so go for the one you like.

[Wagmestre]

It's a great pleasure at AdG, that any type of army can be played and win !
So test, try and play the more you can...
And enjoy !

[Black Prince]

Thanks for the replies, I would like to use Timurid and I came up with 18 units. Which to me seemed a bit small to be competitive. In FOG-AM days very few people won comps with armies smaller than 12 battle groups I was curious to see how army size worked out in ADG.

[lionelrus]

Try to exchange one CV bow with 3 LI to obtain 20 units.
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[Black Prince]

I upgrade the 8 Timurid Noble to elite so can pick some points by bring some of them back to ordinary. That does raise the question is the upgrade to elite worth it or is it better to have some extra units?

[Ramses II]

As others say, there is no "correct" size for an army, rather there are more appropriate terrain choices, strategies and tactics depending on the composition of your army and that of your opponent.

The figures given above relate to army values of 200 points, where the unit costs average out somewhere around 7-11 points depending on the type and quality of units available / chosen in the given army. In general, earlier armies have weaker and hence cheaper units than the later armies, consequently earlier armies can be more numerous than later ones.

[fdunadan]

[Hazelbark]

[Black Prince]

Thanks for your replies, This is what I was thinking of testing out first.

Separate general -Strategists
2 Timurid Nobles Heavy cav impact bow elite
2 Timurid Nobles Heavy cav bow elite
2 stampeding herd scythed chariot
2 Turkomen Light horse bow elite

Separate general -Competent
2 Elephant ordinary
2 Persian Archers Light foot bow ordinary
2 Timurid Nobles Heavy cav impact bow elite
2 Afghan Spearmen medium spearmen ordinary

Separate general –Ordinary
2 Timurid Archers bowmen ordinary
2 Persian Archers Light foot bow ordinary
2 Levy expendables mediocre

[borkil63]

Hello.
First dont take heavy cavalery with your éléphants in the same corps. Too many pips for move. You could join your Levy in this corps.
Your cavalery need To move fast .