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Mercer wrote:There's a reason why Swiss pikemen were envied and feared throughout Medieval Europe. Sadly, we don't have enough cavalry (as in, any at all) for their success to transfer to foamfighting.
Big Jimmy wrote:I wish I could be a full time archer
Zwei ap Owen wrote:Juicer sho' nuff loves tuh shuffle.
Orion Nomad wrote: The English longbowman of the Hundred years war could hit a target one foot across at better than 150 yards. By the time the first arrow hit 3 more were on the way. Each a cloth Yard in length and capable of punching plate armor.
Juicer wrote:Big Jimmy wrote:I wish I could be a full time archer
yeah... and win hams..
mmmm.... ham
Orion Nomad wrote:A piece of metal that despite its brown and pitted appearence was in so many ways superior to that which the typical or even non typical french Knight would have given much to have.
Orion Nomad wrote:Try reading a little
bangor wrote:Steelclad and Doug up to par as usual. Any chance of this hitting esam?
bangor wrote:Steelclad and Doug up to par as usual. Any chance of this hitting esam?
Droknar wrote:Also, I think it would be cool if anyway had any success in transferring the skills that caused them to be effective into Belegarth.
Thomas MacFinn wrote:I don't think any spear/pike team can dominate the Belegarth field until they learn to work together and hold territory. Toward that thinking, here's an idea I just had for a 4-man training exercise. It requires 4 people, 3 spears and a door shield (and maybe a sword).
Draw a line in the grass/on the floor etc. 3 spearmen vs shieldman with the line between them. Spearmen cannot cross the line and win when they kill the shieldman. Shieldman wins if he crosses the line.
When the spearmen start winning every time, drop the number of spearmen to two.
Kharn wrote:The Sacred Band of Thebes was an elite greek infantry unit in the 4th century b.c. They played an instrumental role in the Battle of Leuctra, which is one of the most significant battles in the history of warfare. This battle saw the Theban army defeat a much larger Spartan army with the first recorded use of the "Refused Flank" tactic, a tactic which has won many battles in the centuries since. This battle also permanently ended Sparta's primacy in Greece.
When Macedon defeated Thebes some years later at Chaeronea, the traditional hoplite phalanx was no match for the longspear phalanx of the Macedonians. When he reached the spot where they had fought to the death, Philip II gave honor to the fallen Band.
Conversely, the Spartans are almost as overrated a force as the samurai who wielded tank-killing katanas.
Thomas MacFinn wrote:To take the topic full circle back to the beginning:Droknar wrote:Also, I think it would be cool if anyway had any success in transferring the skills that caused them to be effective into Belegarth.
I don't think any spear/pike team can dominate the Belegarth field until they learn to work together and hold territory. Toward that thinking, here's an idea I just had for a 4-man training exercise. It requires 4 people, 3 spears and a door shield (and maybe a sword).
Draw a line in the grass/on the floor etc. 3 spearmen vs shieldman with the line between them. Spearmen cannot cross the line and win when they kill the shieldman. Shieldman wins if he crosses the line.
When the spearmen start winning every time, drop the number of spearmen to two.
Big Jimmy wrote:If the foam smithing forum has taught me anything, it's apparently farmers and ninjas.
Thomas MacFinn wrote:Thomas MacFinn wrote:To take the topic full circle back to the beginning:Droknar wrote:Also, I think it would be cool if anyway had any success in transferring the skills that caused them to be effective into Belegarth.
I don't think any spear/pike team can dominate the Belegarth field until they learn to work together and hold territory. Toward that thinking, here's an idea I just had for a 4-man training exercise. It requires 4 people, 3 spears and a door shield (and maybe a sword).
Draw a line in the grass/on the floor etc. 3 spearmen vs shieldman with the line between them. Spearmen cannot cross the line and win when they kill the shieldman. Shieldman wins if he crosses the line.
When the spearmen start winning every time, drop the number of spearmen to two.
Have any spearmen had any success with this yet? So far, our shieldman keeps winning once he gets over being intimidated by facing 3 red weapons alone.
Splat wrote:...whereas the mongolian bow had devastating effect to pierce plate as they could ride by at close range just my two cents look forward to reading any feedback or further info
Cib wrote:Thomas MacFinn wrote:Thomas MacFinn wrote:I don't think any spear/pike team can dominate the Belegarth field until they learn to work together and hold territory. Toward that thinking, here's an idea I just had for a 4-man training exercise. It requires 4 people, 3 spears and a door shield (and maybe a sword).
Draw a line in the grass/on the floor etc. 3 spearmen vs shieldman with the line between them. Spearmen cannot cross the line and win when they kill the shieldman. Shieldman wins if he crosses the line.
When the spearmen start winning every time, drop the number of spearmen to two.
Have any spearmen had any success with this yet? So far, our shieldman keeps winning once he gets over being intimidated by facing 3 red weapons alone.
Rally? That surprises me! Is it because the pears can't physically get at him until he crosses the line? (If there were no line rule I would expect the spears would eat the shield for lunch every time) Also how spread out are the spear men?
I will try this at our next practice if I can, we don't have a tower, but we do have a fairly decent sized shield, 1 10' spear and 2 5' spears...
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