Wargame Rules

BLOG BACKGROUND AND WARGAME RULES
I have set up this blog for my wargaming interests in the Muscovite-Tartar Wars, Reconquista Wars, the Barbary Coast Pirates, and the early campaigns of the Ottoman Turks and Saracens. Some lesser known crusades will also be covered. Miniatures are mainly 28mm with a growing collection in 54mm. If my photographs serve to encourage others to complete their collections I shall be pleased. I will also be mentioning other sites with interesting collections on the above. Do join the 'Friends' if you like what you see.

I prefer to use my own rules which are kept simple and involve eight-sided dice. These allow for fast results with various types of weaponry. Morale dominates my games.


Tuesday, 17 March 2015

AKINJI LIGHT HORSEMEN (OTTOMANS)

Having mentioned my plans to raise a strong contingent of Akinji and Tartar horse archers, I thought I would disclose the humble numbers I can so far field. Hence the arrival of Tartar horse archers in the previous post. At present, I have been fighting games mainly thanks to my 24 Moorish light horse serving as skirmishers. Their use is not incorrect but a fair number of proper horse archers was something I have failed to muster for too long. The Akinji below are a mixture of TAG and Essex, I think they work quite well together. MGB

2 comments:

  1. I particularly like the standards. Have you made them, they are very good.
    Thanks Robbie.

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    1. Yes Robbie, all my cavalry units carry several standards, home made. The designs are mainly from famous battles. The sipahi are all red and yellow, my Suvarileri are red, but I am having to change my Silahtars, discovered they had yellow banners. Still, I can redistribute. Any other colours I find I will issue to the Akinji and Tartars. MGB

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