Wanted: history buff with some time

[Kraxis]

What about posting the battles here. Then people can respond to the battles they think they can handle.

[King Henry V]

My ancient history is a bit weak, but I would be willing to something for MTW.

[caesar44]

Name the battles , I will find the info !

[Gregoshi]

Perhaps the best approach for selecting a battle would be to load (vanilla) RTW and give the Historical Battles a try. Pick one that seems interesting to play and let us know here in this thread which battle you propose to do - we don't want 10 people doing the same battle. Then go to work. What I would suggest is that you do a rough outline or draft and then PM it to bar to make sure what you are doing is what he had in mind. Does that make sense?


Also, for the actual historical part, keep track of where you got the information if you used books or web sites as references. You should acknowledge any sources you used.

[Oaty]

The end result, thousands of men died that day over a piece of dirt.

[King of Atlantis]

i've already done a write up on the battle of carrhae.

[barocca]

:-)

the battle as history saw it,
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mayhaps a little (like a couple paragraphs) of what led to it,
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then how it plays out in RTW, what you think of it, if you lost and dont want to replay it, what you may do differently next time.

a few screenshots from RTW would be nice,
nothing too fancy
(a walkthrough to winning if you can, not essential)

if you wanted to add a map and pics from historical soures that would be good too

how deep you go is entirely up to you
:-)

B.

IE Teutonberg,
what i do in Teutonberg is
Initial Ambush
keep my archers from getting into H2H,
try to target the best of your units on the closest BIG bad guys,
keep your general out of it for the moment,
once all the enemy are enaged get your archers FORWARDS, with the general and any infantry not engaged,
not too far, just over the little rise in front of you,
make sure your archers are back on fire at will.
do NOT persue the enemy, stay together
as the second wave come in (tease them into moving with your general if you have to) get your infantry back into ordrer and advance them through your archers (turn off fire at will as a unit moves through an archer - dont want to shoot your own men, you'll need them)

Second wave is a little tougher, your men are tired

third wave comes in as you move forwards into the second wave,
again try to use your men wisely, maximum impact, gang up on them
DO NOT PANIC
DO NOT PERSUE
you can get the bulk of your force into the camp if you can take the germans as they come for you piecemeal
keep at least 2 units in reserve in case you have "missed' an enemy unit

rotate units in and out of reserve to rest them
keep moving towards the camp
(etc etc - i have forgotten the end game, i remember flanking archers and "pushing" them into my infantry using the General)

after saying that i am going offline to actually play it!!

B.