Army lists

For a small army roll 1d6 for each Basics item on the chosen national list, then roll for the number of Options received; medium and large armies repeat the round once or twice more. Each point is a lochos, ile or stands depending on type. Strategoi number and characters are rolled, allies roll political stance, and the Hegemon is chosen by a 2d6 'vote' (+1 Crafty, +2 Demagogue).

Basics: for a small army, the player first rolls a 1d6 for each item on the “Basics” chart of his chosen list, which has a dot to the left of it.

Armies are limited to legionaries, raw legionaries, auxilia, auxiliary cavalry and archers, and artillery. Controlled provinces unlock types such as Praetorians (Roma), cataphracts (Asia), elephants (Africa), heavy armour (Fabrica provinces); points must still be paid. A temple gives D3 one-use +1 combat bonuses.

Additional choices will be gained by control of certain provinces, representing the player being able to recruit troops for which that province is famous.

Lists use notation like 1-3 HQ (mandatory minimum) and (2)-6 (if taken, minimum 2). Optional new units include irregular shooters, irregular warbands and lancers.

Each command can take up to the indicated amount of units. A minimum number other than zero means that unit must be purchased

Each entry gives the WRG list number, name, plausible contemporary enemy numbers and composition in element codes (e.g. Nubian: 3 3Wb, 6 3Bw, 3 2Ps). Some elements can be chosen as alternative types at each battle; other choices are fixed for a campaign or competition.

Each entry consists of the number identifying the army in our army list booklets, its name, the identifying numbers of plausible contemporary enemies, and its composition in number and type of elements.

Ancient lists include Ancient British, Persian, Assyrian, Dacian, Greek, Imperial Roman and Huns. Medieval lists include 100 Years War English and French, Burgundian, Chinese, Hungarian, Korean and Teutonic. Each list gives unit stats, characteristics, combat stand counts and army-specific special rules, and the author presents them only as a guide.

The Hordes & Heroes army lists are provided only as a guide and the unit stats can easily be altered using the clear, standardised point system.

The organisation table gives e.g. German Panzer: 1 HQ, 2 recon, 3 tank, 4 motorised infantry, 1 artillery, 1 88mm; British Infantry: 1 HQ, 1 recon, 9 motorised infantry, 2 artillery. Independent armoured brigades have no HQ and attach to another HQ. The Custom HQ Cards and Blitzkrieg edition add further divisions.

These have no HQ but can be attached out to another HQ for the battle.

Line troops: javelin men (8 pts), guerrilla infantry (19 pts), hoplite infantry (24 pts) and rare slingers (8 pts), each with combat/ranged/grit/save values, weapons, armour, traits and options. The army must include a level II+ character and cannot have more characters than line units.

Your army must include at least one character of level II or higher and cannot include more characters than the total number of line units army.

British forces can recruit Allied Māori from the Māori list in WI 410, up to 50% of figures; each non-officer Allied Māori unit can take the Auxiliaries (All) trait for +5 points.

They can comprise up to 50% of the figures in a force.

The core book lists Vikings and Saxons (introducing mounted figures, which cannot form shield walls); a supplement adds Normans (mounted knights, crossbows, ride-by attacks) and Welsh (Welsh bows).

Saxon infantry typically fought with spears and fielding a Saxon army introduces a new unit type to the game—cavalry.

Each army is a fixed list of commanders, catapults, normal and special units totalling 200 points, e.g. the Macedonian army has 1 commander, 1 heavy and 1 light catapult, 2 light infantry, 2 peltasts, 4 phalangites, 1 hypaspist and 2 companion units.

Macedonian: 1 normal commander, 1 heavy catapult unit, 1 light catapult unit, 2 units normal light infantry, 2 units Peltasts, 4 units Phalangites, 1 unit Hypaspists, 2 units Companion- 200 points

Players choose a faction (German Protestant, Holy Roman Empire, England, France, Spanish Empire, Swedish Empire); options marked with faction icons are only available to those factions, while unmarked options are common.

We must choose a faction when arranging an army.

Lists include freshly raised, regular and veteran infantry regiments, skirmishers, named units (Iron Brigade, Berdan's Sharpshooters, Louisiana Zouaves), cavalry and field, horse and siege artillery, each with fixed special rules and optional Large/Small Unit.

Veteran Infantry Regiment

Greek armies need at least 75% hoplites (Macedonians 50% hypaspists and phalangites). Persians need at least 40% cavalry, no more than two units of the same type, and mercenary hoplites capped at 10%. Allied hoplite contingents dice for line (1-4) or block (5-6).

Cavalry must make up at least 40% of the points total of any Persian army.