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Post by chillatbmth on Aug 31, 2015 14:47:48 GMT
all your 2p's required here
Stu pointed out Range L so what is the difference between them and bow armed troops?
Just that Normans can't have slingers -- what else?
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Post by Alien Dave on Aug 31, 2015 15:41:14 GMT
THe difference between a bow and a sling?
You can't have a Singapore bow...
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Post by stubram on Aug 31, 2015 19:59:55 GMT
Nope.
Read said pages again - still can't find a difference. Javelins and Crossbows, yes, but not slings and bows.
if anyone can explain the difference, in small words, I would be humbly grateful
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Post by chillatbmth on Aug 31, 2015 22:22:36 GMT
Chaz, I really can't believe that after all the games you have played, you are asking what the difference is ! See pages 20-23 in the Saga rulebook or page 44 in The Crescent & The Cross. At the moment I am equiping my Anglo Danes and Vikings with Bows, although at some time in the future I might try equipping my Vikings with Slings. Hal Inviting members to discuss not chastise Why would you not take slingers over bows? It seems that the two weapons are completely inter changeable unless the army rosta says you can't have this or that or only certain weapons can be used by a certain class of troop. As after all the years that SAGA has been about I've yet to see a single unit of slingers on the table there must be more to it than "can't be fagged to build 'em as slinger models".
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Post by stubram on Aug 31, 2015 23:49:30 GMT
Sweet. What I figured. Good thing, as my incoming models have 32 slings, but no bows, which is ok cos my Anlges don't use bows anyway.
Cheers cracker
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Post by stubram on Sept 1, 2015 16:53:50 GMT
Unsure. Like big axes. Give me a choice, and I'll get a big axe. Just ask anyone. True story. I like the cheap and plentiful approach too - taking a 'bad' unit and using superior strategy to make it win also has appeal. I suspect I'll go Saxon, and maybe convert some Dane Axes in for a switch (progressive campaign possibilities maybe - working throughh the time periods?) The shear amount of models I'll be getting means that I can make a secondry force. Saga Tapestry. Has an excellent suggestions blog on how to make loads of good looking armies with a few box sets - it suggests the Scotts but from what I can pick up, they are quite defensive, so don't want two defensive armies just looking at each other across the battlefield. suggestions welcome.
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Post by stubram on Sept 1, 2015 17:43:20 GMT
Ta for the insights. You may be right - I hear the Saxons take a lot of practice. My hoards of models are due any day, and will be grouped accordingly
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