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| green knight |
Posted - 26 Jul 2004 : 13:27:51
Hello everyone this thread is actually to help my wife with something. She is playing a cleric of Red Knight in an online text based game. She is in need of some questions about warefare, strategy and tactics to pose to people in a contest. She also could use some tasks of a similar nature for people to perform. The people playing must answer questions or perform individual tasks to win awards. As a cleric of Red Knight she is the judge for the warefare, strategy and tactics category. That is all the details I have for now but I can find out more from her later if anyone has any questions. I thank anyone who can help in this matter.
Green Knight |
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| green knight |
Posted - 30 Jul 2004 : 09:44:12
thank you all for the responses I will pass them along to my wife as well as one of my copies of "the Art of War". I recomended Sun Tzu to her once before but she did not find the time to read any of it, perhapse now she will.
Capn Charlie if you are refering to the show "Conquest" I have seen some of them and they were excelent. I saw one on axes, one on bows, and one on knives. I have a friend who taped them all I will have to remember to borrow that tape.
Green Knight |
| Capn Charlie |
Posted - 28 Jul 2004 : 12:38:24
The Art of War is a great manual for hte philosophy of war, but is actually rather sparse on hard tactics. Troop formations, and means of war. It is, however, a must read and can be a crucial guide to fantasy warfare, real world warfare, business, and in some cases the way we live.
For such things, I suggest the good old history channel. Look for some of the new series they have, one uses advanced computer modeling to show army tactics set in "the old days" with an emphasis on roman troops and movements right now. They also have another new series called Armchair Generals, or something like that.
Both are good for breaking down the tactics of ancient war into terms and concepts easy for the non soldier to grasp.
I have seen some great shows on there, especially one about "winning", (with the guy that played the wizard in that babylon 5 spinoff Excalibur) and sheds a lot of light on many things, with each episode teaching his group how to win at something, most of which are of a tye to interest fantasy roleplayers. I got a whole new respect for the battleaxe after one episode, for instance.
Yes, the good old history channel provides a wealth of things for the player, or dm, to, uhh, appropriate and learn from. |
| Talwyn |
Posted - 27 Jul 2004 : 02:42:37
I'd suggest you try and get hold of a copy of "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu. It's wonderful book studied in every military academy around the world and it's also a great RP tool as well, as it's full of little quotes and lessons on how to make war succesfully in ancient china.
The lessons are valid even today.
"The acme of war is to defeat your enemy without even fighting" |
| Lashan |
Posted - 26 Jul 2004 : 14:25:55
You could base a question on Neopoleonic Warfare. The standard way of fighting in those days was to use cannons to distract the enemy. The cavalry attacked the flanks to keep them from trying to slip around. Then the infantry did the slow, long walk up towards the enemy to get into a charge position. Perhaps you can modify it to fit the tactics of a particular city/state of FR? An example would be to say that this is the favorite tactics of Cormyr. Change the cannons to War Wizards and the rest stays the same. Of course, if this is an answer you expect someone to know.....then forget it. heh.
I'll try to think of something... |
| Lord Rad |
Posted - 26 Jul 2004 : 13:32:30
There have recently been a few military articles appear in Candlekeep which may help:
A Guide to Zhent Army Troops
A Guide to the Hillsfar Red Plumes
Military Forces of Cormyr
Also, theres some warfare and tactics information for other parties in the Red Knights article. |
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