EHC/SHC

[FierceKitty]

Should rules distinguish between cataphracts and kittenaphracts?

[d_Guy]

My magic 8 ball says, "signs point to yes".

[pierre the shy]

Only if you still play WRG 6th or 7th edition Ancients and have a PhD in Barkerese interpretation.....

[Glorfindel]

I assume that no mushrooms were harmed in the making of this thread ?

[fred.]

.... and kittenaphracts?

Pictures required

[flamingpig0]

Why not- DBMM has rules for shipwrecked elephants

[FierceKitty]

Pictures required

Ying tong iddle i po

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Thought EHC were 1/2 armoured, or with none metallic armour (ie Assyrians), SHC were in full metal armour, then there were EHK, and SHK.....

[FierceKitty]

And that's why WRG went the way of the dodo, the steam helicopter, the British empire, and Harry Potter.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Ok!
Don't diss steam helicopters!

[FierceKitty]

I heap cinders on my contrite head.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

If you are not careful I'll root out my copy of 6th and put the definitions on here !

[steve_holmes_11]

Maybe the question should be "How many weights of cavalry is too many?"

Much will depend on your era of warfare.
But if light and heavy is sufficient for your chariots, and Indian and African is sufficient for your elephants, I struggle to see why 7 or 8 grades of horseman are really necessary.

My experience of Napoleonics shows a correlation of "More cavalry weights" => Worse rules.

[FierceKitty]

I agree, but was only making a silly pun, though it seems to be in danger of turning into a real discussion of a rules issue.

[Raider4]

. . . and Harry Potter.

There was a fad that lasted far too long. The films seem to have been designed to provide a large number of aging British thespians a comfortable retirement.

[Ithoriel]

Cataphracts should be fielded as an element of Knights, Kittenaphracts are fielded as a Rider element.

Either may dismount, counting as Sneakers if they do so, but must start the game as such and may not remount.

FK may be fielded as either a God or Dragon element - powerful but erratic and unreliable troop types 

[Ithoriel]

There was a fad that lasted far too long. The films seem to have been designed to provide a large number of aging British thespians a comfortable retirement.

Loved the books, as did almost all of the family and many friends. Enjoyed the films. Looking forward to the next Fantastiic Beasts film.

Any author who can get as many children reading, and parents reading to children, as J K Rowling did is to be applauded, in my book.

[Big Insect]

Then there was that 5th edition old favorite - "Hostile Huns" ... always a good one to pull out of the bag on your opponent.
I think just one element/unit in an army was good enough to justify the effect (which was something totally disproportionate but I cannot remember what - just that every army that had even so much as heard a rumor about huns had to have at least 1 base in the list).
You could apply something similar for Kittenfracts ... which should not be confused with Kittencrads of course.

Then there was Berserkers - or maybe that is just the Greebo effect (switching from JKRowlin to Terry Pratchett ... gourd rest is soul gov'ner)

[Ithoriel]

which should not be confused with Kittencrads of course.

Do you mean Kittenrads - the semitracked motorbikes of the Furred Reich?

[flamingpig0]

Do you mean Kittenrads - the semitracked motorbikes of the Furred Reich?

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