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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re[2]: [MUD-Dev] Depth of realism</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Travis Casey <<A HREF="mailto:efindel#io,com">efindel#io,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 23:40:37 -0500</LI>
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On Monday, November 22, 1999, Wendy Winkler wrote:
> Your contentions are of considerable interest. To be specific:
> On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Marian Griffith wrote:
>> On Sun 21 Nov, Jo Dillon wrote:
>> > Travis S. Casey (efindel#io,com) spake thusly:
>> > > > Also, on a medieval mud, medieval army sizes should be used. Until the
>> > > late part of the medieval period, few battles involved more than a few
>> > > hundred people total. You can break those up into units of 10 or so, and
>> > > have only 10 to 50 units to handle for most battles.
>> > I'd have thought a couple of thousand and up more typical - it depends which
>> > area and time you're talking about of course.
>> A couple of hundred is a fairly good estimate for medieval armies. Romans
>> had a bit larger armies, but even they rarely brought a thousand soldiers
>> in the field at the same time.
> It depends a great deal upon what you mean by an "army". A couple of
> hundred men might make a useful skirmishing force, same as today. But if
> you're talking about the sort of outfit which could be expected to fight a
> regular battle:
[snip various examples of large medieval forces]
I probably wasn't as clear as I should have been -- I said "few
battles involved" because I wanted to include not just formal armies,
but all medieval battles. Remember, most medieval battles were local
things -- struggles between local lords, rather than national-level
battles.
That's the context in which I spoke of a few hundred being the average
size. Naturally, there were battles in the medieval period which
involved a lot more soldiers -- but they were vastly outnumbered by
the local "wars".
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00434" HREF="msg00434.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Depth of realism</A></strong>,
Jo Dillon <a href="mailto:emily@thelonious.new.ox.ac.uk">emily@thelonious.new.ox.ac.uk</a>, Sun 21 Nov 1999, 22:18 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00455" HREF="msg00455.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Depth of realism</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon@iaehv.nl">gryphon@iaehv.nl</a>, Mon 22 Nov 1999, 23:02 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00457" HREF="msg00457.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Depth of realism</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo@best.com">diablo@best.com</a>, Tue 23 Nov 1999, 03:37 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00460" HREF="msg00460.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Depth of realism</A></strong>,
Wendy Winkler <a href="mailto:dionyza@peace.tbcnet.com">dionyza@peace.tbcnet.com</a>, Tue 23 Nov 1999, 03:37 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00463" HREF="msg00463.html">Re[2]: [MUD-Dev] Depth of realism</A></strong>,
Travis Casey <a href="mailto:efindel@io.com">efindel@io.com</a>, Tue 23 Nov 1999, 16:45 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00497" HREF="msg00497.html">Re: Re[2]: [MUD-Dev] Depth of realism</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw@cp.net">claw@cp.net</a>, Wed 24 Nov 1999, 22:16 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00462" HREF="msg00462.html">Re[2]: [MUD-Dev] Depth of realism</A></strong>,
Jeremy Music <a href="mailto:rezo@lords.com">rezo@lords.com</a>, Tue 23 Nov 1999, 16:45 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00480" HREF="msg00480.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Depth of realism</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw@cp.net">claw@cp.net</a>, Wed 24 Nov 1999, 19:18 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00417" HREF="msg00417.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Depth of realism</A></strong>,
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