Ancient & Medieval : The Devil's Horsemen : The Mongol War Machine in the 13th Centu
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"The Mongol War Machine in the 13th Century" - Volume X in the Great Battles of History Series (GBoH).
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"The Mongol War Machine in the 13th Century" - Volume X in the Great Battles of History Series (GBoH).
(from GMT Games website:)
The Great Battles of History series is back with Devil's Horsemen, an examination of the military tactics of steppe tribe warfare, as immortalized
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Ancient & Medieval : The Devil's Horsemen : The Mongol War Machine in the 13th Centu
by the mighty armies of Genghis Khan and the Mongols. The game focuses on cavalry and archery action, featuring mounted archers of
exceptional skill. Devil's Horsemen depicts the four major battles of the era - The Indus, The Kalka, Liegnitz and Ayn Jalut.
Devil's Horsemen features basic rules for both regular and SimpleGBoH play. The rules bring the system into full flower of mounted archery,
with a detailed, augmented set of archery and cavalry mechanics that include various types of Shower Fire (as opposed to plain Volley Fire),
Impetuosity and Aggression, Feigned Retreat, Harass and Disperse tactics, and Rally to Standards, with the various armies and units being
rated for their ability to use these.
Devil's Horsemen presens a truly colorful array of armies for you to lead into battle: there are 10 full tumen (divisions) of Mongols, plus
Polovtsians, Galicians, Chernigovians, Kievans, Persian Khwarazmians, Poles, Silesians, Bohemians, the great Teutonic Knights, and the first
army to ever significantly defeat the Mongols, The Mamluks.
These mighty armies show up in four great battles of the period (ranging from battles needing 1/2 mapsheet to two full-mapsheets).
The Indus (Genghis Khan vs. Shah Jalal ad-Din and the Khwarazmian Persians, 1221). One mapsheet in size, this is the battle that gave The
Mongols control over all of Central Asia.
The Kalka (Prince Subudei vs. the combined Armies of Rus, 1223). Two mapsheets in size, this battle includes two massive (and very nattily
dressed) armies, with the Rus suffering under fractured command, and the Mongols giving us a foretaste of the famous Zulu horns of the buffalo
tactics.
Liegnitz (Prices Baidan and Kaidan vs. Henry the Pious and an army of Eastern Europeans, 1241). A 1/2 mapsheet battle which introduced
Europe to the Mongols, and from which we get the famous Christian prayer of the era, From the Fury of the Tartars, oh Lord, Deliver Us. But
you do get to use the best European heavy cavalry of the day, the Teutonic knights, under fearsome commander, Poppo.
Ayn Jalut (Prince Ketbugha vs. The Mamluks, 1260). A 1/2 mapsheet battle that saw the first real defeat of a Mongol Army, this time by the new
Middle East Muslim power, the Mamluks. Granted, this was a second-rate, rear-guard group of Mongols, but the Mamluks showed they were a
new force to reckon with.
COMPONENTS
840 full-color counters
Two full-color double-sided 22x34" mapsheets
Rules Book
Scenario Book
One Player Aid Card
One 10-sided die
DESIGNERS: Mark Herman and Richard Berg
ART DIRECTOR/PACKAGE DESIGN: Rodger B. MacGowan
MAP ART: Mark Simonitch
COUNTER ART: Mark Simonitch, Rodger B. MacGowan, Mike Lemick
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