ADLG: A Personal FAQ?

Hervé Caille, the author of Art de la Guerre (ADLG), his support team run a list of official clarifications for V4. The latest version is dated August 2022. The lack of a more recent version reflects well on the stability of the new version (V4).

Even so, every once in a while something crops up during play, or on the ADLG Forum, that isn't covered and should probably be in the next official version. Here are five common situations that have been clarified recently but aren't in the official version (yet?). For ADLG nerds only.

Rankings! What Are They Good For?

Introduction

This is a follow up to my report on 2023's King In The North (KITN) competition. In it I noted that KITN attracted a lot of players with high UK BHGS rankings. However, whilst preparing some tables for publication, I noticed something unexpected concerning the rankings: hence this (rabbit hole) post.

Going into the competition, my expectation was that I would struggle against significantly higher ranked players and that the top places would all be taken by the highest ranked players. I certainly found the former to be all too true at KITN 2023 but did the latter turn out to be true too?

ADLG: King In The North (York, 14 - 15 Oct 2023)

Introduction

For the second year running I attended this excellent competition. When the theme was announced I was relieved to see that my recently completed Arabs just sneaked into the "Vikings!" theme thanks to the Andalusian Arabs list (ADLG list 133).

As it turned out this was a very popular choice with three other players opting to pit Arabs against the even more popular Irish and Viking armies.

Travel

On Friday the 13th my wife and I set out for darkest Yorkshire in the pouring rain. To make matters more interesting it was the first long journey in our new car: new control layout and computer beeps a plenty. Three hours later the rain had stopped and we had reached our B&B in Haxby. We were staying in the same place as last year so finding it wasn't a problem.

Book Reviews - David O. Morgan

This is something of a first. Instead of reviewing the books I want to focus on the author. David Morgan died in 2019 but left behind a significant body of work.

I first came across his book on Medieval Persia by chance last year when I was looking for books on the Arab Conquests. Purchased second hand, the first edition was both a bargain and a delight. With a clear, concise and approachable style the book dealt with all the rulers of post Arab Conquest Persia with aplomb.