Frederick | 18 Nov 2015 1:33 p.m. PST |
As background, I was getting ready for a Hail Caesar game between two feudal armies in 28mm. I have 51 knight painted up which I figured was more than enough. I guessed wrong, as i) each side would have a right and left wing and a centre, ii) each group needed 4 units and iii) 25& of the army (3 of 12 units) needed to be cavalry – so I had to borrow 12 Dark Ages cavalry to fill in the gap Given that the answer is a bit dependent on scale: 1) I have more than enough knights, thank you very much 2) Just right 3) You can never have enough knights! 4) No opinion 5) Knights are over-rated; give me more archers 6) Not a medieval gamer |
Garand | 18 Nov 2015 1:36 p.m. PST |
A typical, balanced medieval army (from my observations) should have 25% knights, 25% missile troops, and 50% infantry. This is for England/France, and of course there could be outliers on either side. With that being said, #3 Damon. |
Mako11 | 18 Nov 2015 1:38 p.m. PST |
3 And, of course, you'll be needing both mounted, and dismounted knights too, so better double your estimates. |
MajorB | 18 Nov 2015 1:43 p.m. PST |
A typical, balanced medieval army Depends wht you mean by "a typical medieval army". An army from the 11th Century is going to be diferent from one of the Hundred Years War and a Wars of the Roses army will be quite different again. |
Mute Bystander | 18 Nov 2015 1:51 p.m. PST |
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cfielitz | 18 Nov 2015 1:55 p.m. PST |
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RavenscraftCybernetics | 18 Nov 2015 2:00 p.m. PST |
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dBerczerk | 18 Nov 2015 2:57 p.m. PST |
One Thousand and One Arabian Knights. |
waaslandwarrior | 18 Nov 2015 3:44 p.m. PST |
I Always need more of everything. Whatever period or conflict I want to game. |
MajorB | 18 Nov 2015 4:03 p.m. PST |
3) You can never have enough knights! I think the correct expression was "You can never have too many trucks". |
olicana | 18 Nov 2015 5:11 p.m. PST |
Although not a major interest, I decided to do 1st Crusade / Early Kingdom of Jerusalem as my foray into the medieval period. I can put on a good game, but I always find myself short of something, usually Christian knights. This is a photo of the only historical battle I can do!
I need more knights. I need more foot sergeants. I need more Prussian fusiliers. I need more Grant tanks………. |
Bandolier | 18 Nov 2015 10:24 p.m. PST |
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Dark Knights And Bloody Dawns | 19 Nov 2015 2:56 a.m. PST |
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Frederick | 19 Nov 2015 7:23 a.m. PST |
My vote would have been 3, so I see I have lots of company! |
Patrick R | 19 Nov 2015 8:19 a.m. PST |
I draw the line at covering the entire surface area of the table and some of the adjacent horizontal space. |
Winston Smith | 19 Nov 2015 12:37 p.m. PST |
When you find a website with hundreds of coats of arms, that is a goal for the first round. |
Sundance | 20 Nov 2015 11:01 a.m. PST |
Too much is never enough. |