(The author is a member of the Parkersbury (West Virginia) Simulation Games Society and commands a WRG List New Kingdom Egyptian army under the name of Pharaoh S'ham De Sham.) In an effort to bring.more diversity to the armies available for use with Ancient War Games Rules, here is the 55th army for the War Games Research Group Army Lists. This list, though still unofficial, represents years of tedious research, mostly on Friday and Saturday nights, to assure the utmost accuracy in bringing realism to the hobby. The suggested army is the Late Drunkards; scourge of the downtown area of most towns and villages in Medieval America. Not much is known about the Late Drunkards. They were valiant, courageous, fearless and unconscious most of the time. Almost all of what we know was learned in recent archeological excavations at what is now known as Brockton, Mass. The site is known as Ethelred's Swine & Still, a pub which burned to the ground in 783 A.D. under mysterious circumstances. The following list has been submitted to WRG for consideration. The information used to develop this list involved on-site study of the descendants of the Late Drunkards; mostly in bars and nightclubs throughout the country. Research has shown that in order to use this army effectively on the wargame table, one must experience the typical lifestyle of the Late Drunkard. Because even if one loses with this army, one is not likely to care. Of particular interest in the following list are the B-Girl units. They are almost a must for most Late Drunkard armies because they disorder camels, elephants, engines and siege towers. The 55th Army list is as follows: 55. LATE DRUNKARDS General mounted on barstool or Iying in gutter @ 100 pts -- 1 Bavarian bartenders w/swizzle stick, tray "Regular C" HI @5pts -- 100 to 150 Epicurean pizza slingers w/anchovy, no field "Regular D" LI @ 2 pts. -- up to 100 Lombard beer mug throwers w/shield "Regular B" MI @5pts. -- up to 45 Pony keg catapult engine w/4 "Regular C" crewmen @ 35 pts. -- up to 45 Mounted on tap w/oxen, chips, ice; additional @ 10 pts.-- up to 10 College catagractarii w/fraternity pin, "Regular D" SHI @16pts --up to 10 Girl w/purse, see-through blouse "Irregular "D" LC @ 6 pts. --up to 25 B-Girl w/overnight bag, see-through blouse "Irregular "B" LC @ 50 pts. --up to 2 Pimp sub-general mounted on Cadillac @ 50 pts. (Must be used if B-Girl units are used) --up to 1 Wino berserkers w/muscatel bottle or equivalent in each hand "Irregular A" LMI @ 7 pts. -- up to 12 Irate wives w/breakable china, "Regular A" SHI @9 pts. 25 to 50 Up to 20 regular command factors @ 10 points Up to 10 irregular command factors @ 25 points Preparing to Attack the Late Drunkard Army Back to Table of Contents -- Courier Vol. 1 #5 To Courier List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1980 by The Courier Publishing Company. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com