Rule Book Army Lists

by **hithero** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 4:11 am

What army lists come with the rule book?

by **rick priestley** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:30 am

hithero said:

What army lists come with the rule book?

Hmmm - short question - long answer I'm afraid!As with Black Powder - Hail Caesar doesn't really make use of army lists in the traditional sense with min/maxs and points values - although we have discussed the ins and outs of army lists and whether we need to do traditional army lists or not on the Hail Caesar Yahoo group. This link should get you there.http://games.groups.yahoo.com/.....=468315738The book itself has force lists for all the scenarios - of which there are seven - and two examples of army lists: Romans and Celts. There is also a lengthy section on basic stats by troop type, and lots about adapting these with stat variants and special rules. Very much like Black Powder - though there are many more standard troop types in Hail Caesar as that seems to be the way with ancients: heavy infantry, medium infantry, light infantry, skirmishers, cataphract cavalry, heavy cavalry... and so on.The upshot of the dabate was that some players - though by no means all - felt that traditional style army lists would be helpful - others were vehemently opposed! I have therefore put together a supplement of pure lists with points values for those who want them. There are exactly 100 lists done - ranging from 'Biblical' to early medieval. Right now I'm not sure what the format for these is going to be - but most likely is one or more books - with additional lists vailable as downloads. Some of the draft lists can be found in the Yahoo group file section. These are intended serve as a useful source of stats and an illustration of how the special rules can be applied - as well as enabling players to pick armies to predetermined points values if that is what they want to do.We are also putting together in depth, profusely illustrated supplements about specific periods and campaigns - which will avoid points values and concentrate instead on scenarios and game-play.Any last requests for army lists from anybody - chances are I've picked off all the biggies but there's always room for more!Rick

by **hithero** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 2:26 pm

Thanks for the reply Rick. Does this mean there are stat lines for all troops in the rulebook and we have to decide what applies to our models?

by **rick priestley** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 5:58 am

It means the rule book itself has all you need to enable you to asign suitable values to your troops - including rules for specific weapons and formations as well as troop types. And... For those who feel the need there will be army lists available separately. I've put some working examples up on the Yahoo group. There are also force lists and examples in the main book (Egyptians, Hittites, Greeks, Romans, Britons, Mid-Romans, Sassanid Persians, Late Romans, Huns, Saxons, Vikings, Crusaders and Burid Syrians are the armies featured in the battle reports).Rick