The elements discussed above are found in the following list. The target number of stands was set at 200, which is somewhat above the 128 stands allowed the Trojans in AW’s Trojan War list, but matches the 200 allowed the Achaeans. These counts do not include generals, heroes, ships, or supply units, but they do include the optional Amazon and Ethiopian contingents (52/200 or 26%). The 200 stands represents an arbitrary number of men. As established earlier for the Achaean list, we’re talking about 25,000/200 or 125 men per stand, a respectable ratio for AW.

The Trojan contingent is small, representing as it does the urban militia and the Priamidean household; in addition, mercenary maryannu, fief-holders from the Trojan hinterland, are added to the list to beef up the royal presence. Not including the maryannu, the Trojans account for 20 of the 200 stands allowed the army (10%), a total not inconsistent with the Iliad’s accounting for the vast numerical superiority of the Greeks over the native Trojans.

The Dardanians provide the bulk of the army, that being the chariotry and the stout rural spear (adapted from the Hittites list). The primary allied contingent is the large group of Lukka warriors. The other allied contingents - Thracians, Amazons and Ethiopians -- may be fanciful but serve to round out the army and give it a decidedly different “feel” than the Achaean list.

The following comment applies to the Achaean list as well. The Iliad has detailed catalogs of the diverse contingents comprising the Greek and Trojan armies. The Achaean and Trojan AW lists lists I have presented in Saga are analytical constructs by which it is intended that substantive differences in game terms are highlighted. There is room in these lists to further identify specific groups of warriors by city state and nationality, to conform more closely with the Homeric text, but there is little need to do so apart from adding additional color.

TROJANS 1250 BC

The Trojan army of the Iliad, combining just portions of history, informed speculation and myth. The many heroes make for an interesting AW list. In contrast to the Achaeans, chariotry plays a prominent role in the Trojan army. The chariotry was a diverse group, featuring Dardanian cars not dissimilar to Hittite mediums, plus varieties of tough LCh maryannu mercenaries from places throughout Anatolia and Syria

The Dardanian medium chariots match up well versus their Danaan LCh adversaries head to head, but they are vulnerable to the latter’s skirmishing tactics if not supported by units of mercenary maryannu. The many heroes also allow for an interesting variant, especially the enigmatic Antiheroes Paris and Pandaros, who are very dangerous opponents despite their low morale and their largely negative effect on the army’s morale.

Skillful use of the army requires coordinating it’s three distinct and disparate components, the Trojans, the Dardanians and the various allied contingents, including the Lukka. Use the superior chariotry to drive in the Achaean flanks. Tough Trojan and Dardanian infantry may hold the center. Respect the power of the Achaean warbands, especially the Myrmidones, but don’t be frightened by them. This army matches up well against them, Achilles & Co. notwithstanding. This is intended as primarily a scenario army (Trojan War).

Enemies: Achaeans.

Trojans
Stands Permitted	Troop Type	Armour	Morale	Training	Weaponry	Figures/ Stand	Point Value
1	CinC “Priam”	LCh	Warrior	Irregular	Spear & Javelin	1	51
0-3	Generals “Agenor” “Deiphobos” “Polydamos”	LCh	Elite	Irregular	Spear & Javelin	1	36
0-1	Hero “Hektor"	HI/LCh	Fanatic	Irregular	Axe, Spear & Sh	3/1	36
1	Antihero “Paris”	HI/LCh	Poor	Irregular	Spear, LB & Sh	3/1	33
0-12	Maryannu	LCh	Veteran	Trained	Longbow	1	9
Any	Upgrade Maryannu to Elite						+1
4-8	Household Troops	HI	Elite	Trained	Axe, Javelin & Sh	4	8
6-12	City Militia	LAI	Warrior	Irregular	Spear & Shield	4	5
Any	Upgrade City Militia to Trained						+1
0-1	Priest “Laocoon”	-				1	25
0-1	Sacred Standard					1	30
0-8	Ships						3
0-1	1st Supply Unit						15
0-4	Additional Supply Units						10

Dardanians
Stands Permitted	Troop Type	Armour	Morale	Training	Weaponry	Figures/ Stand	Point Value
0-1	General “Ankhises”	LCh	Warrior	Irregular	Spear & Bow	1	36
1	Hero “Aeneas”	HI/LCh	Elite	Irregular	Spear & Shield	3/1	36
0-1	Antihero “Pandaros”	HI/LCh	Poor	Irregular	Spear, LB & Sh	3/1	33
6-24	Chariotry	MCv	Veteran	Trained	Spear & Bow	1	12
4-12	Spearmen	LAI	Warrior	Irregular	Spear & Shield	4	5
Any	Upgrade Dardanian Spear to Trained						+1
4-12	Anatolian Allies	UI	Warrior	Irregular	Spear & Shield	3	3
6-12	Skirmishers	SI	Poor	Irregular	Bow or Sling	2	1
6-12	Chariot Runners	SI	Warrior	Irregular	Javelin	2	1
Any	Extra to give Shield to Chariot Runners						+1

Lukka
Stands Permitted	Troop Type	Armour	Morale	Training	Weaponry	Figures/ Stand	Point Value
1*	General “Glaukos”	LCh	Warrior	Irregular	Spear & Javelin	1	36
1*	Hero “Sarpedon”	HI/LCh	Fanatic	Irregular	Axe, Spear & Sh	3/1	36
12-24*	Warriors	LAI	Wb(F)	Irregular	Javelin & Shield	3	4
Any	Upgrade Lukka Warriors to Veteran						+1
0-12	Upgrade Lukka to HI						+1
Any	Extra to give Veteran HI Axe (Neue Type II Sword )						+1
Thracians
1*	General Rhesos	LCh	Elite	Irregular	Spear & Bow	1	36
3-16*	Warriors	UI	Warriors	Irregular	Javelin & Shield	3	3
Optional Amazons (Scythians) available after the death of Hektor
1*	Hero Penthesileia	HI/SC	Fanatic	Irregular	Spear, Bow & Sh	3/2	36
3-16*	Amazons	SC	Warriors	Irregular	Bow	2	3
Optional Ethiopians available after the death of Penthesileia
1*	Hero Memnon	HI/LC	Fanatic	Irregular	Axe, Spear & Shield	3/1	36
3-24*	Warriors	UI	Warriors	Irregular	Javelin & Sh	3	3
					or Bow	3	2
6-12	Skirmishers	SI	Warriors	Irregular	Bow	2	1

Notes

Antihero:

Paris and Pandaros, despised archers who kill from afar, are special cases requiring a special rule, the Antihero. The Antihero counts as a stand of HI (loose); he is transported by an integral LCh stand. The Antihero costs 25 points plus the cost of the LCh, which is +7 for Poor. If the Antihero is used as a single stand
The Antihero fights at a +2 Missile Combat factor (the Antihero is a dangerous archer!).
The Antihero may always choose his own Missile Combat target - anything within range -- without regard to the usual target priorities list.
The Antihero fights at a -1 Close Combat factor.
The Antihero always tests Morale at the Poor level.
The Antihero always tests Morale whenever he takes a hit.
Any units within 1/2 of engagement range of a non-routing Antihero will receive a morale bonus of -1.
Any units within 1/2 of engagement range of a Antihero who dies must immediately test morale; each such unit gets a morale bonus of +1.

If the Antihero is used as part of a Unit
The Unit fights at a +1 Close Combat factor (the presence of the Antihero induces warriors in the unit to fight harder that they may save their own lives).
The Unit receives a -1 Morale benefit. The Unit’s morale class is determined by the non-Antihero stands in the Unit as per the usual rules concerning Unit morale (the presence of the Antihero shakes the confidence of warriors in the unit)
The Antihero is in all other respects simply a part of the parent Unit with the restrictions and limitations of same.

Additional Sources

Hansen, Victor Davis. The Wars of the Ancient Greeks and Their Invention of Western Military Culture (The History of Warfare). Cassell, 1999. Davis is somewhat out of his metier discussing Bronze Age warfare, but not surprisingly for such an original thinker, he presents a model that is dramtically different from the conventional views of chariot warfare in Mycenaean Greece.
Morrison, Peter. “Homer's Greeks in Battle”, Strategikon, Vol 1 no.3, June 2001. Very interesting piece, a straight-up interpretation of Homer re: combat in the Trojan war. I would quibble with Morrison’s reading of the text, but the article is a very worthwhile read for Bronze Age gamers. Available on MagWeb at http://www.magweb.com/
Redford, Donald B. Egypt, Canaan and Israel in Ancient Times (Princeton, 1992)
Sutcliff, Rosemary and Alan Lee (Illustrator). Black Ships Before Troy : The Story of the Iliad. Delacorte, 1993. Alan Lee’s illustrations are wonderful, depicting a world not unlike Peter Morrison’s (see above). Another children’s book, like Connelly’s The Legend of Odysseus, it provides miniatures gamers with a rich visual source for painting, figures, etc. Herb Gundt built a model based on Alan Lee’s illustration of the Trojan Horse. Gundt’s model was featured in Wargames Illustrated, January 2000, in a piece entitled “The Horse of Troy”.

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