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hanleygreen

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Re: Book 4 errata
« Reply #75 on: August 11, 2017, 11:53:58 PM »
List 62 HYW English
There seems to be a paucity of English longbow in the main body of the list.
Then Only before 1370 none
In 1371 0 to8 bases of Bw.(S)
in 1333 there are indentured BW(S)
Only before 1402 South Welsh Bk. 3/13
But it seems a bit of a jumble

Barritus

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Re: Book 4 errata
« Reply #76 on: August 12, 2017, 10:38:00 AM »
List 62 HYW English
There seems to be a paucity of English longbow in the main body of the list.
Then Only before 1370 none
In 1371 0 to8 bases of Bw.(S)
in 1333 there are indentured BW(S)
Only before 1402 South Welsh Bk. 3/13
But it seems a bit of a jumble

G'day Offa

It's not quite as bad as you think. The bulk of the longbowmen are specific to certain date ranges, and tied to the number of English Kn (I) you field:

1322 - 1332:
0-8 Irr Bw (S)

1333 - 1370:
0-8 Irr Bw (S)
1-2 Reg Bw (S) per Kn (I)

1371 - 1414:
1-2 Reg Bw (S) per Kn (I)

1415 - 1422:
3-6 Reg Mtd Bw (S) per Kn (I) (optionally with PO if in France)

1423 - 1455:
3-8 Reg Mtd Bw (S) per Kn (I) (optionally with PO if in France)

So for the earlier famous battles (Crecy and Poitiers) you have the second option, and for Agincourt you have the fourth option. You just have to check up for each period how many Kn (I) you can have:

1322 - 1349:
8-16 Reg Kn (I)

1350 - 1414:
4-12 Reg Kn (I)

1415 - 1455:
3-6 Reg Kn (I)

What this means is that the proportion of longbowmen gradually increases in the army over the course of the list, and they get steadily more powerful, adding horses to become mounted infantry, and then adding PO to improve their factors against mounted.