There is a generic formation that applies to most organized armies in history:
- Spearmen and other heavy infantry in the centre
- Missile units (and sometimes light cavalry) ahead of the main formation
- Light units and cavalry on the wings
There is a generic formation that applies to most organized armies in history:
- Spearmen and other heavy infantry in the centre
- Missile units (and sometimes light cavalry) ahead of the main formation
- Light units and cavalry on the wings
I have set up some armies with EB units using the DBA compostions. I think, the results are quite reasonable. (units in a line mean "either"; not all possible units for each class are listed)
Early Karthagian
Later Karthagian
Getai/Thrakian
Generic Eastern (Pontos, Armenia etc)
KH early
KH Eastern
KH Later
KH Western
Ptolemaian
Seleucide
EDIT: And some more:
Epeiros
Armenia
Makedonia
Baktria/Indo-Greek
Pontos (Hellenic)
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Last edited by konny; 08-05-2008 at 17:34.
Wow, looks good Konny :)
I love the smell of bronze in the morning!
Campaigns completed: Vanilla Seleucid, EB 1.2. Carthaginian, RSII Pergamon
Besides the one Konny mentioned i don´t think there are standard formations
For example: at gabiene (315 BC) Antigonus massed his heavy Thracian cavalry, elephants, light infantry and skirmishers on his right and advanced against Eumenes, while refusing his ''center'' infantry and his very small force of light horse on his far left flank.
So you could say that the Antigonid infantry actually formed his left flank ;)
Eumenes basicly used the same formation...
I love the smell of bronze in the morning!
Campaigns completed: Vanilla Seleucid, EB 1.2. Carthaginian, RSII Pergamon
Historical formations need not to be the best for a game like EB anyways. For example I get the best out of Camillan Romans when using the Triarii as a Hoplites Phalanx in the centre and the Hastati as flankers. Also playing the Romans I got very good results using somewhat Alexandrian tactics in Spain with a massive cavalry attack on one wing.
EDIT: Charthagians used the Tactics of the army they had copied I would guess. That would be Greek Hoplite for the early army (of this is hardly anything known) and Successor style for the late army (yes, we all know about the exception at Cannae).
Last edited by konny; 08-05-2008 at 22:01.
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