Fun armies

[Skomatth]

For fun's sake how bout posting some of your fun armies here. Fun is not 4 swiss halbreds and 8 cav *cough* don *cough* (inside joke don't worry about it). I've been playing seriously lately so I can't think of one off the top of my head but if your enemy is understanding all cav armies are fun (come on admit it http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif). Just about anything turks is fun. Here's my German desert army:

4alan mercs
4miltia sargeants
4swiss halbreds
4 arbs

Excluding the arbs highest armour is like 3 so it works pretty well.

Its fun to say " o crap I didn't realize it was desert" and then come out and whoop up cause ur christian army also works in the desert. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif *cough* andy *cough*

[Kongamato]

Gah

12 Sarge Army

Gah

4 Ranged Units
4 Feudal/Chivalric Sergeants
4 Militia Sergeants
4 Mounted/Teutonic Sergeants

[Skomatth]

Mounted sargeants die to fast to be fun I think :P Of course some people like losing. *cough* elmo *cough* Hehe I have a cold today http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Tera]

desert...early...egypt.

Go Nizaris http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[ErikJansen]

Fun armies?? Beat this for kicks in the dunes of Sahara (or Sinai or wherever as long as there are dunes there http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif )

4 JHI
1 Fida'in (Hashishin)
2 Napthas
3 JI
2 Alans
1/2 Turcoman cav
2/3 Ghazi axemurderers

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/dizzy.gif

Alternatively you can take 2 Fida'in & 1 Naptha if you really feel like ambushing http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif

[Rath]

Fun = 3 or 4 Boyarzzzzzzzzzzz I just love those guys.

I've used a Russian army with no front line, but with either a staggered convex (cannae-ish) or concave shape. It's good fun vs newer players and pseudo-vets who don't have much of an idea how exactly to attack it http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Crandaeolon]

Kebab http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Turkish, of course.

1 Ghulam bodyguard gen (G)
4 Crossbowmen (X)
4 Janissary Inf (J)
3 Futuwwa (F)
4 Janissary Heavy Inf (H)

Deploy into a thin, 3-line formation like this:

------XXXXXXXXXXXXXX------
----FFFFJJJJJJJFFFFJJJJJJJFFFF------
------HHHHHHHHHHHHHH------

It looks like kebab, smells like kebab... and kills like kebab http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif

Well, actually it can be a decent army if it's taken out of the initial formation... which is a shame, of course. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Louis de la Ferte Ste Colombe]

I am playing a fun army without knowing it

I have a real hard time playing something else than;

Turk hybrid

4 JHI
4 JI
2 Futu
2 Ghazy
1/ 3 Turco Horse
1/ 3 Ghulam cav (including gen)

I don't know why I just love it It's agressive and fast and can handle a lot of different situation.

Fun Fun Fun

Louis,

[ElmarkOFear]

Skomath: Heard you wanted to get in touch with me. My email address is el-marko@insightbb.com



Nothing beats my ultimate All Missile Almohad army Game must be in late period, arid.

4 Handgunners
4 Pavise Arbs
3 Murabitin
3 arquebusiers
2 naptha

Only type armies that give it trouble are a lot of cavalry.

Of course if I forget to put the entire army on hold, hold, then they will skirmish right off the map LOL

[bosdur]

My fun army will be:

3 arbalesters
4 arqebuisers v4,+3 attack, add +1 armour if possible
4 maa
5 cavalry

I use the arqebuisers 4 rank deep and set them on hold hold. Has elmo's concept but I like arqebuisers than handgunners as they shot longer range.

[baz]

when ever i go to pick a fun army i alwayd end up with the same old units hehe, maybe i will try some of these out http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[LittleGrizzly]

Quote[/b] (Crandaeolon @ Mar. 13 2003,08:10)]
Kebab http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Turkish, of course.

1 Ghulam bodyguard gen (G)
4 Crossbowmen (X)
4 Janissary Inf (J)
3 Futuwwa (F)
4 Janissary Heavy Inf (H)

Deploy into a thin, 3-line formation like this:

------XXXXXXXXXXXXXX------
----FFFFJJJJJJJFFFFJJJJJJJFFFF------


1 Ghulam bodyguard gen (G)
4 Crossbowmen (X)
4 armenain heavy cav
4 Futuwwa (F)
3 Janissary Heavy Inf (H)

better than crandys http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif
oy thats frighteningly similar to my army

[Tempiic]

Turkish horde

3 Futuwas
3-4 Jan Inf
3-4 JHI
2 Ottoman Inf (if possible)
Rest Cav

An egyptian all cav (especially in desert) or a russian all cav army are very fun too. (4 boyars, 4 alan, 4 horse archers, 4 steppe cav)

[Nobunaga0611]

Funny how most people's fun armies are Turkish:

1 Kwarazh....blah something or other Cav (K)
4 Ghulam Cav (G)
4 Alans (A)
4 Turcoman Horse (T)
3 Horse Archers (H)


TTTT TTTT HHHH HHHH HHHH TTTT TTTT

AAAA GGGG AAAA GGGG KKKK GGGG AAAA GGGG AAAA


Each group is mobile and is suprisingly good at taking on a rush, if used correctly http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Kensai Achilles]

would be fun getting taxed, and i don't usually rush. so I'd bring:

6 byz inf
6 naphta
6 kata

Chaaaarge... Gaaah wait is that 16?? ok 4 kata then...chaarge

3 byz cav
3 vg
2 byz inf
4 arbs
4 pronoi
1 naphta
1 alan

loads of militia sarge and vikings coud be fun too.

[Knight_Yellow]

4 militia seargents
4 gallowglasses
3 pavs
1 merc calv gen
3 holibars


*unbeaten* and funny as hell cos it works everywhere especialy in the woods

[Tempiic]

Well i am using my fun turkish army in serious games as well with success.. It just turned out from competitive army to an army which is very fun to use

[Kensai Achilles]

I wanna add one more that I just played with skull this morning

Egypt

4 camels
3 ghazis
2 abyssinian guard
and
7 pavise arbs gyahaha http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Alrowan]

1 boyar http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Skomatth]

Lol, unless you get chased all game by someone who has dropped and then are ganged up on by a clan that;s not supposed to be using team tactics in the first place... *ahem*

[ElmarkOFear]

LOL Skomatth I have been chased by dropped players. Last night Simbol dropped and his army chased most of mine off the map How embarrassing. I think Simbol actually plays BETTER when he drops at beginning. LOL You can tell him I said that hehe http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Fairlight]

Quote[/b] (Skomatth @ Mar. 12 2003,18:34)]For fun's sake how bout posting some of your fun armies here.
My fun army, if I chose to play it, would be 16 peasants. At the beginning of the game, I would spread them all over the map, then sit back with a cup of tea and watch the poor sap run around for 20 minutes rounding them up.

Or you could win defensive games by using the same "strategy" with HOBILARS, running around so much they never get caught.