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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 9617966" data-attributes="member: 9254">Fiest you need to define the kind of winter the territory experiences.  The war you can wage will vary.Is this kind of winter where<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">the mountain passes are closed because it snows every day, until the snow is 15ft deep.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">cold wind freezes every river solid but rarely brings precipitation</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">frozen fog coats everything, every blade of grass, rock, stone and guard standing watch, in a film of ice</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">freezing rain falls every few days and the roads vacillates between  ankle deep mud just above freezing and wheel-breaking ruts frozen hard as stone</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">gentle snow that falls in loose powder every few days, and the temperature never returns above freezing until spring.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">sporadic bouts of white out snow storms that drop 3 feet of snow each time they pass.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">the best time of year because it isn't raining every day nor is the temperature well above body temp</li> </ul>The last one is the ideal time to wage war.  Enjoy not being knee deep in mud or dying of heat prostration.In other cases sleds, skis, and ice boats can be used to supply or transport a campaigning army.The rest are the kinds of winter that eat mundane armies with anything less than 21st century tech, a robust supply chain, detailed maps and an well thought out campaign full of redundancies and room for the unexpected.</blockquote>

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