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Warhammer Ancient Battles - Amazon Army List

For thousands of years men have believed an ancient race of attractive women warriors terrorized northern Asia Minor. From the Siege of Troy to the tales of Herodotus, these Fearsome Beauties have stalked the pages of History, with the titillating tales of them hacking off one breast to improve their archery, and the rumors of the way they make more Amazons all adding to their Mystique.

Archaeologists, Historians and naysayers have always pooh-poohed these tales, but the recent Playboy Magazine Archaeological Institute Expedition to Bodrum has unearthed evidence that in fact the stories are true. (Except the hacking off one breast story... that's nasty.)

In line with this discovery, I can now present an army list for Hot Warrior Women that can be used with a ruleset that really models Ancient Warfare accurately. And after all, that is what we have always been crying out for.

Special Rules

Distracting

Nude amazons cause distraction in male opponents. In principle, the thought of using edged or crushing weapons to hack up attractive women strikes most sane men as entirely reasonable, especially if it's my ex-wife. In practice, however, the sight of all that naked female flesh makes most men hesitate – 'it's a woman after all and – holy hell, she ain’t wearing ANY clothes is she?'

Any unit of men entering hand-to-hand combat with Nude Amazons must take a Leadership test. If failed the unit suffers minus 1 to hit for the remainder of the combat. This rule does not apply to Amazons who insist on spoiling things by wearing armour.

Amazon Axe

From their Hittite neighbours, Amazons have developed a fondness for the axe. This is treated as a normal hand weapon, but units armed with them may also use them as throwing weapons, hurling them into their enemy at short range before closing for combat. The Amazon Axe therefore counts as a Heavy Throwing Spear.

Army Selection

Characters       25%
Infantry         at least 50%
Light Infantry   up to 20%

Characters

0-1 Chieftainess

M4 WS6 BS6 S4 T3 W3 I5 A3 LD9 P165
With hand weapon and shield. May ride horse (Free) may have Light Armour (free) Javelin (2) Amazon Axe (2). May be mounted in a light chariot chosen from this list.
Army General, Distracting.

Tribal Leader

M4 WS4 BS4 S4 T3 W2 I4 A2 LD8 P50
With hand weapon and shield. May ride horse (Free) may have Light Armour (free) Throwing or Thrusting Spear (2), Javelin (2) Amazon Axe (2). May be mounted in a light chariot chosen from this list.
1 Tribal leader may be given Army Standard (+25)
Distracting

Cavalry

Horse Archeresses 100amz11

M8 WS2 BS4 S3 T2 W1 I3 A1 LD7 P22
With Bow. May have Amazon Axe (+3). Light Cavalry. Nomad Cavalry. Distracting

Peltast Cavalry 100amz12

M8 WS3 BS3 S3 T2 W1 I3 A1 LD7 P20
With Throwing or Thrusting Spear, Javelin. shield. May have light armour (free).
Distracting. Light Cavalry

Light Chariots 100amz15

M8 WS4 BS4 S3 T3 W1 I4 A2 LD6 P38
Crewwoman and one warrior, armed with Throwing or Thrusting Spear, Bow, shield, Light armour. Light Chariot. You may not have Light Chariots and Peltast Cavalry in the same army.

Phalangitrixes 100amz14,01,03,13

M4 WS3 BS3 S3 T2 W1 I3 A1 LD7 PV9
Armed with Thrusting Spear and Large Shield. May instead have Pike and Large Shield. May have Light Armour (free). Phalanx.
Distracting

Axewomen 100amz10,09

M4 WS3 BS3 S3 T2 W1 I3 A1 LD7 PV9
With Amazon Axe, Shield. May have Light armour (free).1 unit may be upgraded to Royal Guard (+3). Royal Guard have Light armour, are leadership 8 and Stubborn.
Distracting.

Light Infantry

Peltasts 100amz07,05

M5 WS3 BS3 S3 T2 W1 I3 A6 LD7 PV7
All javelin and with either throwing spear or Thrusting spear (+2). May have shield (1) Light armour (free).
Light Infanty. Distracting

0-1 Spent Men

M4 WS1 BS1 S3 T3 W1 I1 A1 LD5 PV2
For some reason, Amazons keep men as slaves in their society.. Archaeologists suspect they may have been used for heavy labour, tilling the fields of perhaps for artisan skills lacking in the Nomadic Amazon Society. Archaeologists don’t get out much.
Once the men are worn out, too old, or perhaps start to show some spark of rebellion, what better way of getting rid of them than by herding them into suicidal battle? Of course, the men are unlikely to be too happy about this.
Men count as Levy (subject to fear of enemy they do not outnumber by more than 2-to 1)

Skirmishers 100amz07,08

M5 WS2 BS3 S3 T2 W1 I3 A1 LD5 PV5
With sling and buckler, or Bow. In army with light chariots, may replace with Javelin and Buckler and become Runners (free) (100amz16)
Skirmishers. Distracting.

Amazon Army Design

Chieftainess, Nude, Amazon Axe, Shield, Javelin (169)
Army Standard Bearer, Nude, Shield, Amazon Axe, Javelin (79)
22 Royal Guard Amazon Axewomen, Nude, Amazon Axe, Shield, Musician and Standard. (279)
Chieftainess, Nude, Amazon Axe, Shield, Javelin (54)
24 Phalangitrixes, Nude, Spear and Large Shield, Musician, Standard Leader (231)
Chieftainess, Nude, Amazon Axe, Shield, Javelin (54)
24 Phalangitrixes, Nude, Spear and Large Shield, Musician, Standard Leader (231)
30 Spent Men. Musician, Standard, Leader (75)
13 Horse Archeresses, Nude, Bow, Amazon Axe (325)
9 Peltast Cavalry, Nude, Throwing Spear (180)
18 Peltasts, Throwing Spear and Shield, Musician, Standard, Leader (195)
12 Archers (60)
13 Slinger (65)

Total Points: 1,997

The Vision Thing

My Vision is of a Special Rule that actually affects the opponent. A sea of Naked Flesh, seething across the board, with the knowledge that it will really mess his guys up, should do that. I expect this rule to make wargamers sweatier than they already are.