This weeks L'Art de la Guerre List Building Podcast is another episode in our "unloved matched pairs" sequence, featuring the Later Crusaders of Richard the Lionheart, and the Ayyubid army of his erstwhile opponent Saladin.
These two very different lists bring some astoundingly chalk and cheese-like capabillities to the tabletop. The headlong aggression of the Crusading knights in the Later Crusader list is tempered by the solidity of their stoic spear and crossbow-armed infantry, while the forces of Saladin can easily make full use of the entire width (and depth) of the playing surface with clouds of fast moving horse archers which serve to harass the enemy whilst always hiding the potential for a rapier-like counter-thrust from their wild Berber lancers.
As is now habitual we also trot through the history of these armies, consider what to look for when undertaking a campaign of figure purchasing to assemble them in 15mm, and wrap this all up neatly around a discussion of how to design, deploy and use 6 very different lists (3 Later Crusader, 3 Ayyubid) from this intriguing historical diptych.
All 6 of the lists discussed are available on the Madaxeman ADLG Wiki, and this podcast can also be viewed on YouTube where you will be able to see the lists as we discuss them as well as a carousel of potentially relevant figures too.
Episode 60 - Goes Well with Yorkshires
List Building for Justinian Byzantines in ADLG
List Building for Camillan & Republican Romans in ADLG
List Building for Hoplite Armies in ADLG
List Building for Classical Indians in ADLG
Episode 55 - When the lights all go out in Harrow
List Building for Seleucids in ADLG
Episode 53 - The Price is Right, Come On Down!
Episode 52 - Basing Instinct
Episode 51 - I Like Big Battles (And I Cannot Lie)
Episode 50 - The One for Clive
Episode 49 - Late Imperial Love Eggs
Episode 48 - Getting Haberdashery with it.
Episode 47 - The Lockdown Crew are back in Podtown
The Lockdown Specials - Part 20
The Lockdown Specials - Part 19
The Lockdown Specials - Part 18
The Lockdown Specials - Part 17
The Lockdown Specials - Part 16
The Lockdown Specials - Part 15
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