THE GRAECO-BACTRIAN LIST

SPECIAL RULES

 

*1             Phalanx

*2             Skirmish

*3             Warband rules 2 and 3 only

*4             Shock

*5             Elephants

*6             Slow

*7             Unreliable

*8             Portents

 

Phalanx. Brazen-Shield Phalangites.

 

Peltasts. Regular Successor Peltasts.

 

Archers. Usual ‘Cretan’ bowmen common to Successor armies—but may include Indians.

 

Arachosians. Light cavalry armed with javelins.

 

Saka. Horse Archers of the Scythian sort.

 

Iranian Lancers. Heavy Cavalrymen armed with lance and bow—heavier armed than the Macedonian cavalry of earlier times. Also includes Greeks armed in the same manner.

 

Bactrian Cavalry. Light cavalrymen fighting with javelins and bow.

 

Elephants. Of Asian stock—with Indian or Greek crewmen depending on the option used.

 

Bodyguard Cavalry. Regardless of the army size a single unit of Iranian Lancers can be upgraded to Bodyguard Cavalry with the stats and points increase shown.

 

Iranian Cataphracts. Up to half the total number of Iranian Lancers can be upgraded to Iranian Cataphtacts—in later times many cavalry adopted heavier armour and gave up the bow.

 

Indian Cavalry. The usual poor cavalry armed with javelins and shield.

 

Indian Archers. Regular bowmen.

 

Indian Spearmen. Massed Spearmen carrying a shield but otherwise wearing little if any armour.

 

Kushan Allied Cataphtacts. Heavily armoured cavalry armed with lances.

 

Kushan Horse Archers. Horse archers.

 

Portents. The player can take the portents before the battle. This allows the General to re-roll one failed Command roll once during the battle. Take the Command test again—if successful the order is issued and the General can continue giving orders if you wish.