Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-26535281-20150703012624/@comment-26116279-20150703155222

Heartgold1234 wrote: Pike phalanxes are about 8 rows thick. Only 4 of these get their pikes down and in position. And spearman and even worse. The horses will kill them anyway if they go fast enough in the charge. unless you talk about the phalanxes of ancient macedonia. those guys had pikes that were 15 feet long, they were some of the most effective anticavalry units in ancient warfare. in fact the only ones really able to defeat the armies of macedonia were the roman legions