 Editor in Chief Bill   | 24 Dec 2011 2:48 p.m. PST |
Writing in Slingshot magazine, Dan Hazelwood remarks that Camels in Field of Glory are "hard done by" in comparison with how they are handled in DBM. In your opinion, which of these two rulesets handles camels best? * Field of Glory
* DBM
* neither
* no opinion |
| platypus01au | 24 Dec 2011 6:10 p.m. PST |
DBMM. However, Barker adheres to the doctrine that Camels are a "poor man's horse" rather than some wonder weapon. He does have a thing for Tuaregs but…… So if you think this is "handles best", then ok. Cheers,
JohnG |
| SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 24 Dec 2011 8:04 p.m. PST |
WRG 6th. better than FoG, DBM better than the other two, IMO. |
| WCTFreak | 25 Dec 2011 4:11 a.m. PST |
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 Bobgnar  | 25 Dec 2011 10:10 a.m. PST |
I defer to Dan whom I consider one of the top DBM and FOG players in the world. He has represented the US in many IWF international tournaments. |
| Madmike1 | 26 Dec 2011 8:20 a.m. PST |
If camels were any good why did all the arabs aways use horses when they were available? |
| Mooseworks8 | 26 Dec 2011 10:31 a.m. PST |
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| The Last Conformist | 29 Dec 2011 12:13 p.m. PST |
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| jameshammyhamilton | 30 Dec 2011 3:41 a.m. PST |
Camels in FoG are really rather poor, the major issue though is the cost of their 'advantage' rather than anything else. In DBM camels are bargain basement anti mounted troops that can stand toe to toe with knights and generally beat them. In DBMM camels are well, different. Last time I looked at MM I seem to remember thinking camels were something to avoid having in your army. The real question is how should camels function on an ancient battlefield and if they were any good why did most Arabs who could get a horse use them instead? In DBM cavalry are worse off against knights than camels yet for some reason the Arabs facing the crusaders mostly rode horses. |
| kyoteblue | 30 Dec 2011 3:39 p.m. PST |
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| The Last Conformist | 02 Jan 2012 11:31 a.m. PST |
In DBMM, camels are practically two troop types, Superior ones being essentially a poor man's knights, Ordinary ones a poor man's cavalry. In v1, they QK knights, which is pretty neat, in v2 they merely make them flee, which seems seriously to have dented their popularity. |
| Grand Duke Natokina | 02 Jan 2012 3:07 p.m. PST |
Horses probably don't like the smell of camels, so they become skittish when they encounter the odor. |
| Madmike1 | 02 Jan 2012 7:33 p.m. PST |
Lucky for the knights the arabs fighting them either were really dumb or had a shortage of camels… not sure if either is strictly true but one or both must be true according to DBM rule writers. :) |
