warlordNZ1
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Posté le: Jeu Jan 07, 2021 8:07 am Sujet du message: Pike Formation |
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Has there ever been any discussion on a Pike Unit being able to expand to two bases wide i.e. 2 x 40mm x 30mm size bases of 8 figures with a lower basic combat factor ?
Against mounted this would be historical would it not ?
Each 1/2 would take hits as if it were a single unit but the results would be cumulative. |
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madaxeman
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Posté le: Jeu Jan 07, 2021 1:01 pm Sujet du message: |
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warlordNZ1 a écrit: | Has there ever been any discussion on a Pike Unit being able to expand to two bases wide i.e. 2 x 40mm x 30mm size bases of 8 figures with a lower basic combat factor ?
Against mounted this would be historical would it not ?
Each 1/2 would take hits as if it were a single unit but the results would be cumulative. |
Nope, never seen this discussed or floated. I'm not entirely convinced it's even all that historical (aside from it being something that was done quite regularly by wargamers in previous rulesets in years gone by!).
Where shallower pike formations might have been used on occasion historically, I suspect they are represented by the option to field those troops as spearmen in some lists. Otherwise its not something that happened often enough to give it as a generic ability to all pikemen throughout all of history. _________________ www.madaxeman.com |
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Jhykronos
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Posté le: Ven Jan 08, 2021 8:50 am Sujet du message: |
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Yeah, this seems more like a "Game" tactic than one that would work historically. I'm not aware of too many instances of infantry spreading out thin against cavalry... in fact, the opposite behavior was generally the case.
That said, not all pike formed deep (IIRC, medieval Flemish pike could form as little as 3 ranks deep), and not all troops that habitually fought in deep formations were pikemen either. It's one more thing future rules writers may want to account for. _________________ - Let the Die be Cast |
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warlordNZ1
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Posté le: Mar Jan 12, 2021 10:51 am Sujet du message: Pike Formation |
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Thanks for the replies, good answers. |
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