Mongols - Einar or Aquilla

[chief]

Einar = Human forces of disipline, brevity, power, and primitive weapons. His home forces are also disciplined and strictly controlled. These attributes create an army that is well corrdinated and easisly controlled for the better. Success and domination thrives from Einar's army.

Aquilla = An assortment of figures. The dwarfs and braves are proud and outstanding soldiers. But each has developed skills for some indirect power. The Fyorlags and Sujoah combine to be a scouting party of tricky tactics and deadly force. While the elemental's and Q. Hunters fill in the cracks with a concrete mixture of brute force and pure skill.

Mongols
Fierce nomads completely united by Genghis Khan. Due to their natural nomadic life styles they were excellent horsemen. They are of small stature and broad powerful torsos. As they united they developed some early compound bows. Their bows, human strength, horsemen skills, and new stirrup technology evolved these people into some of the most powerful fighters in human history. They would conquer empires and eventually made their own. Using conquered peoples as a main fighting force was a tactic used commonly. But these soldiers did not compare to the Mongolian true blood forces. These men were almost literally born onto horses. They rarely got off. Sleeping in between two horses on a hammock material and eating on the trot they became a fierce and noble soldier. A soldier of history, power, discipline, and vast nobility. But doing so with some underhanded tricks as well. (example: they would plan for battles and at a field that was to hold one they would ride out before hand sprinkling 4 way razor blades much like garden hoe blades. This made the field contain small spikes with points always sticking up, stabbing opposing horse hoofs and slowing infantry.)

So the question is up for discussion. Which gen real deserves the mongols if they ever made it into heroscape?

[White Noise]

Einar.

The mongols developed military organization that was way ahead of their time, and in fact wasn't too different than modern day armies...

[Simpsons Scaper]

I agree with Einar. Aquilla hasn't developed enough of a theme to determine who she should get, where as we allready know that they would be a great fit for Einar.

[chief]

I for one feel Einar is a perfect fit as well.

[chas]

Gamewise: I could accept either. I'd suggest Aquilla just to more quickly balance her forces by the expansion. I've been playing an army of custom Mongols for some time.

Ideawise: Ultimatly Aquilla, as Temujin created a nation of tribes, and its pretty commonly accepted here that "Tribal" is her main attribute. However, the strategy of the Mongols argues for Einar.

BTW, the obstacles you are mentioning are called Caltrops.

Highly suggested is the amazing book: Ghengis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford. Also the new Russian film Mongol, which is the first of two parts. Also for fun the film The Shadow, whose villain is "a descendent of Ghengis Khan."

[Yodaking]

Einar, no doubt about it.

[EternalThanos86]

The enmity between the Mongols and the Chinese Ashigaru or Japanese Samurai would cause me to suggest Aquilla, but then again Hasbro did deem it acceptable to put Chinese and Japanese together in spite of their history of conflict (kamikaze, anyone?).

Still, I think that the Mongols, while disciplined, are more thematically known for being nomadic and ruthless. Einar would work, but I favor Aquilla (and double-spaced with range).

[GreyOwl]

Originally Posted by EternalThanos86

The enmity between the Mongols and the Chinese Ashigaru or Japanese Samurai would cause me to suggest Aquilla, but then again Hasbro did deem it acceptable to put Chinese and Japanese together in spite of their history of conflict (kamikaze, anyone?).

Maybe I'm blanking out, but which are the Chinese figures?

And I would say Einar for Mongols, even though the tribal aspect would somewhat fit with Aquilla. But Asian and historical is a sure fit for Einar.

[J4Jandar]

Originally Posted by GreyOwl

Maybe I'm blanking out, but which are the Chinese figures?

And I would say Einar for Mongols, even though the tribal aspect would somewhat fit with Aquilla. But Asian and historical is a sure fit for Einar.

Not to mention they are a bit nasty. They're also great horsemen and would give Einar some ranged Calvalry.

[GreyOwl]

Ah, I see you mentioned the Ashigaru as Chinese. They are, in fact, Japanese. You can read about them here. There are no Chinese figures in Heroscape, which is a shame because there are many cool things that could be done with them.

[dok]

Originally Posted by GreyOwl

Ah, I see you mentioned the Ashigaru as Chinese. They are, in fact, Japanese. You can read about them here. There are no Chinese figures in Heroscape, which is a shame because there are many cool things that could be done with them.

Shaolin Monks are Chinese. (I've always thought they seemed out of place as Ullar, and it's notable that master WCW is Aquilla.)

[Kroc]

I got to go with Einar here. The mongol horde was a band of highly disciplined warriors who conquered an incredible swath of Asia. I think it might be the biggest ever. Absolutely Einar's style.

The fact that they were tribal nomads still doesn't make them appealing enough for Aquilla. As far as ruthless, well I think the opposing army is always ruthless.