Quote from: jfas on April 11, 2020, 06:56:40 AM
Hi all
I am making a Hellenistic Greek army and I have a question in regards to the ally.
I have taken Athens and as such I can take at TUG of cavalry lancers (CL/ME).
I am thinking of taking Achaean internal ally and would like to use the one TUG of cavalry lancers (CL/ME) the Achaeans are permitted to have.
But I think (and I am told so by persons I think know the game better) that as the Achaeans are internal allies they are not permitted to take the lancers which are 0-6 in the Athens list.
Any help / clarification ?
The answer is in paragraph 2 (restriction) and paragraph 3 (the example). IMHO You can take only 0-6 in total lancers either as Athenians or as Achean ally
Where an internal ally is allowed, and no contingent is specified they must conform to the following rules:
1. They must be a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 4 UGs.
2. The total number of troops taken of each type in the entire army must not exceed the maxima for that troop type.
3. They must take enough UGs to get them to at least 50% of the minimums in the list if there is enough allowance for a UG after the core army
itself has taken the minimum. For example: An army has 4-12 cavalry (UG size 4,6) and 18-32 spearmen (UG size 6,8,9) as compulsory troops
with 2 internal allies. The core army must take 4 cavalry and at least 18 spearmen. The first ally must take 4 cavalry and at least 9 spearmen.
The second ally must take 4 cavalry but cannot take the 9 spearmen as this would exceed the 32 spearmen limit for the army.
4. They can thereafter take any troops up to the maximum to create the rest of the allied contingent.
Usually this results in 1-3 UGs being compulsory and you having full flexibility on the rest.
Correct and quite intentional. A Hellenistic Greek army should not have masses of lancer cavalry.
Richard