tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752010860639064233.post1329483982644151966..comments2023-07-12T06:59:28.442-05:00Comments on <center>About Bruce Heard and New Stories</center>: Dominion Stats -- RandelBruce Heardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02929476133092132896noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752010860639064233.post-69973638091188048032012-09-13T11:01:52.179-05:002012-09-13T11:01:52.179-05:00Yes, I know exactly where you're coming from. ...Yes, I know exactly where you're coming from. Bear in mind that medieval armies tend to forage a lot, meaning that an "undisclosed" amount of food isn't transported at the onset of an expedition. Plenty of troops just walk (getting carried is a privilege for most.) Etc. Excel is indeed a savior when it comes to "gamefying" that sort of thing. :-) Bruce Heardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929476133092132896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752010860639064233.post-72801033705103031532012-09-12T19:20:50.781-05:002012-09-12T19:20:50.781-05:00Thanks for the answer.
About my methods, I just u...Thanks for the answer.<br /><br />About my methods, I just use proportions given in the rules (BECMI in my case) for some specialists (ex. smiths) and from that point I try to find some "plausible" proportions for others (like cooks and so on).<br /><br />An exemple about wagons: if I have 100 men, they'll eat a total of 100 rations/week; I know the encumbrance of the single ration and so how many of them can enter in a wagon....and so on including horses and other stuff (of cource a bit of excel saves me from tons of calculations ^_^)....<br /><br />Anyway, excellent work. I love Mystara and i've always wished to see a good close up on Alphatia like yours.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09331498457595969962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752010860639064233.post-7909379171266614512012-09-12T07:36:16.648-05:002012-09-12T07:36:16.648-05:00These numbers reflect research I'd made severa...These numbers reflect research I'd made several years ago on medieval warfare. Books like Philippe Contamine's "War in the Middle Ages" were a good source among others. Are they accurate? Some guesswork is needed when it comes to "scientific data" on medieval strategy (at the end of the day, they're more like oil and water.) Information I post on auxiliaries and equipment are approximations meant more as illustrative guidelines than hard facts. If you have different numbers, please let me know--I'm always curious about these things. Bruce Heardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929476133092132896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752010860639064233.post-37006834513682057622012-09-12T04:05:31.988-05:002012-09-12T04:05:31.988-05:00Hello, Bruce and thanks for all the marvelous stuf...Hello, Bruce and thanks for all the marvelous stuff about Alphatia.<br /><br />I've just a question: <br />How do you figure out the number of civilians (auxiliaries and camp followers) needed by an army? and number of tents, wagons... and so on?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09331498457595969962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752010860639064233.post-70750822667733869982012-09-11T16:32:56.120-05:002012-09-11T16:32:56.120-05:00You beat me to it! The King's Dragoons are at...You beat me to it! The King's Dragoons are at the same XP level as heavy infantry. I understand the confusion with "dragons" considering the number of times I misspelled "dragoons" when I first typed the article. Bruce Heardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929476133092132896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752010860639064233.post-49324980171051243112012-09-11T16:29:49.148-05:002012-09-11T16:29:49.148-05:00Oops - I've just realised that I read "dr...Oops - I've just realised that I read "dragoons" as "dragons"! Sorry about that.Carillionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17096649085618238115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752010860639064233.post-11002807410166671232012-09-11T16:26:56.663-05:002012-09-11T16:26:56.663-05:00Hello Bruce
Excellent article, as ever.
One quic...Hello Bruce<br /><br />Excellent article, as ever.<br /><br />One quick question - you have listed the dragons in the military as level 3. Assuming that levels = Hit Dice, why is this figure so low?Carillionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17096649085618238115noreply@blogger.com