"The Athenian Trireme by Morrison, Coates, Rankow: a review" Topic
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| valerio | 07 Mar 2021 6:23 a.m. PST |
Dear all, after a lot of time I finally managed to put down a review of this seminal book, which is of great interest for wargamers. Please find it here link |
| Yesthatphil | 07 Mar 2021 8:28 a.m. PST |
Great stuff  ! Boris Rankov (in fact, a contemporary of mine from our university days) gave us a briliant talk on this at the Society of Ancients AGM and Games Day a few years back. One of the (to me as a game designer) more fascinating details was that the trireme could back water as easily and at the same speed as it could go forward. Of course, that doesn't mean a squadron could manage a coordinated backward move as quickly as a single ship. Or does it? Phil |
| valerio | 07 Mar 2021 9:26 a.m. PST |
Wow! Must have been a really cool talk!! Lucky you! |
| Yesthatphil | 07 Mar 2021 12:09 p.m. PST |
Indeed … I think he also did a follow up article in Slingshot: I'll look it up. Phil |
Tango01  | 07 Mar 2021 3:55 p.m. PST |
Thanks for share!…. Armand |
| valerio | 08 Mar 2021 4:28 a.m. PST |
If you find it Phil that would be very cool, many thanks! Tango01, you re welcome! |
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considers the Battle of Delium, 424 B.C.