The Loose Association of Wargamers

Essex Boy wrote: ↑Sun Oct 07, 2018 12:31 pm

goat major wrote: ↑Sun Oct 07, 2018 12:09 pm lets see if EB can resist....

I'm going shopping now, and when I get back, if you like, we can have a sensible conversation about something else.

You can do sensible conversations?

Norman D. Landings wrote: ↑Sun Oct 07, 2018 12:38 pm Skirmishing pike is too mainstream.

I don’t regard any ruleset as complete unless it includes rules for Thrown Pike.

And then form phalanx with darts

http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/paradoxes.html
This contemporary source rates the Pike as a better weapon for single combat than anything else shorter than eight foot.

What a brilliant link! I feel all patriotic now.

Fascinating.

Essex Boy wrote: ↑Sun Oct 07, 2018 12:31 pm

goat major wrote: ↑Sun Oct 07, 2018 12:09 pm lets see if EB can resist....

I'm going shopping now, and when I get back, if you like, we can have a sensible conversation about something else.

So sometime around January 2020, then?

Very interesting link Paul. Did you see the part that said:

"The reason which moved me to adventure so great a task, is the desire I have to bring the truth to light, which has a long time lain hidden in the cave of contempt."?

A bit cruel of the writer to have slated off poor old EB like that. Probably never even met him.

Should we rename the shed the Cave of Contempt ?

Oh for goodness sake.

Firstly, love the new name for the shed.

Secondly, now Dave has quoted from it, I'll have to read it. I'll get back to you.

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goat major wrote: ↑Mon Oct 08, 2018 11:23 am Should we rename the shed the Cave of Contempt ?

I thought the 'Cave of Contempt' was the nickname for the 'Lettuce Fridge'.