So why not shoot from a lower height to a higher height over other units?

Slings shot overhead most often in sieges

I didn't know about that turn restriction thing, thankyou!!!

You mean I can have a spaceship in my army?

I see your point but suggest watching this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEK7W1AfdzE&t=557s The Hoplite unit is not ZOC locked as regards the unit that is ZOCing it - so it can turn towards your scutarii unit. H'mm but it turned away from your scutarii - I surmise that it was able to do that as i...

In Australia you eat Vegemite, not Marmite, and although they look the same and are made the same way, they do taste different (though probably not to people who don't like them). My brother had to test the content of Vegemite for his science course - result was 99% salt! Still a good antidote for d...

I think it very strange that an impetuous charge should not be triggered by light troops, as that is what tended to happen - troops got sick of being shot at by lighter troops and charged out to get them, defying their orders, one of the most famous examples being the Battle of Arsuf, but the Battle...

Another reason to charge a routing unit is because it has suffered few casualties or is superior or has a general with it, and likely to rally. Only if it has auto-broken is it not worth charging a routing unit.

For answers to these questions I suggest reading this: Book cover The Gods of Battle.jpg - now available for a very low price as an E-book from Pen & Sword Books, Amazon etc "It may be no coincidence that the rhomphaia makes its first appearance on Thracian battlefields at about the same time as the...

Interesting match-up, but with the Thracians fighting in open terrain I suppose they didn't go well?

Oh, sorry, I didn't know that, I thought it was just like an ordinary wargames competition, I didn't know that's what the mirror feature was for.

I think there should be a handicap system based on the army chosen, to encourage a wider choice of army types and make battles a little fairer. Players used to talk about "A", "B" or "C" class armies and it would be possible to classify them that way. Then, if you have A vs A: no change, terrain is ...

Managed to shoot up the Auxilia Palintina , they lost cohesion, but they got a general slapped onto them and it was still a 0% chance of winning if I charged them with Hun heavy cavalry - tried it anyway, with the bow+sword armoured superior cavalry, they bounced off having lost cohesion for their t...

Hi, I was wondering if somebody has a system to give handicaps to armies based on how suitable they are for tournaments. A while ago, some people classified armies as "A", "B", or "C" class according to their suitability for wargames competitions. It should be possible to classify armies this way an...

Hi, I'm playing my first game against the triple armed Romans - with half of this and half of that etc, how do they work - I read somewhere they can't shoot, is that correct?

Isn't it the case that tracks don't cause any terrain disadvantages but don't count as open terrain so cavalry in particular don't get their usual advantages for charging in open terrain if they cross a track?

That's another thing I miss - used to be guaranteed that javelinmen would beat slingers if they caught them. Charging javelinmen at other lights used to be a good idea. Now I've seen slingers rout javelinmen, and light peltasts charge normal javelinmen and become fragmented on the first round. Haven...

Oh, great, thankyou! What is the point cost for "above average" (troops better than average but not superior) troops? or for troops half equipped with a weapon? I suppose I should update my campaigns to use the new Thracian models/units that came with the game update/DLC but otherwise don't want to ...

Is it possible to create a mod that will modify some but not all army lists that are used in the game for custom battles etc not just your own campaigns? I am very dissatisfied with the way some army lists have lots of grades of troops while others don't, when surely grading from elite to superior t...

If you want an easy battle, try Romans vs any foot army that doesn't have impact foot or pikes.