Books : Decline and Fall: Byzantium at War (Field Of GLory)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 355
EAN: 9781846034022
ISBN: 1846034027
Label: Osprey Publishing
Manufacturer: Osprey Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 80
Publication Date: October 21, 2008
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Release Date: October 21, 2008
Sales Rank: 80015
Studio: Osprey Publishing
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Product Description:
Field of Glory provides the historical tabletop wargamer with a new, accessible rules set. Byzantium at War provides an accessible, detailed gaming companion, covering the forces of conflicts during the years of the Byzantium Empire. It includes a well-designed, visually stunning and comprehensive army listing, with detailed historical overviews of each army, supporting maps and Osprey artwork.
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Rating:  -
As the previous reviewer stated, these are army lists to use in connection with the miniatures rule set, "Field of Glory." If you're not using that rule set, don't bother getting this book.
That said, it does an excellent job of covering the armies of the Byzantine Empire and its enemies for the period of 493 - 1050 AD. Of the two army lists the previous reviewer complained were missing, the Volga Bulgars never fought the Byzantines; the branch of the Bulgars that did is covered by the book. The Seljuk Turks are really outside this period and are covered in a previous volume, "Swords and Scimitars."
The real shortcoming of all the volumes of this series is the skimpy notes for each army. You get a brief overview of the history of the state whose army is covered, any details necessary for using the army list correctly, but little or nothing about the army itself. Why particular troops are graded the way they are, is rarely mentioned and then briefly. If the army appears only as an ally to one of the states, you get no notes at all.
If you play "Field of Glory" and are interested in the period and region covered, get this book. If you are just interested in the armies and hope to get some useful information about them, look elsewhere.
Rating:  -
The book's format is the same as Osprey's other Field of Glory army lists, which means that each army gets a brief introduction, maybe some pictures from other Osprey books, and detailed lists to let you build your force. The lists don't lend themselves well to other rule systems, so unless you're playing Field of Glory, don't bother.
The book has one key flaw, though. It has army lists for Byzantines of every period, but lacks lists for two key opponents of late Byzantium: the Seljuk Turks and the Volga Bulgars. Presumably Osprey will be publishing lists in other books, but it's cheesy not to include these two very important opponents, especially since Osprey gives us a half dozen different varieties of Islamic Arab armies.
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