11-05-2009, 09:36 AM
As many of you surely know, I often get very specific questions as suggestions for articles in Ancient Warfare. I normally have to disappoint them, as the theme driven concept of Ancient Warfare does not allow such questions. However, as an experiment, what do you think of this: a Special issue of 72 pages (+4 card cover) devoted to 12-14 detail questions about the Imperial Roman army that the readers come up with. The suggestions can go from the very detailed (eg: was there a commander of the contubernium or not?) to the abstract (what's our best estimate of the [development of] the size of the Roman army in legions, auxiliary units and fleets). We'll pick the doable suggestions, have a vote and then commission from our extensive network of specialist authors (I pick 'em) to write those 12-14 articles. The usual original artwork will be in evidence as well.
There's one 'but', however. Publishing such a special is not cheap. We'll only go ahead once we get 600 committed pre-orders (of course, if we do it, I'll collect those from a wider audience than just RAT). Sounds like a big number, but it's certainly doable. Pre-order price will be the same as for the other specials, €16,- shipping included.
How's that sound?
There's one 'but', however. Publishing such a special is not cheap. We'll only go ahead once we get 600 committed pre-orders (of course, if we do it, I'll collect those from a wider audience than just RAT). Sounds like a big number, but it's certainly doable. Pre-order price will be the same as for the other specials, €16,- shipping included.
How's that sound?
