Game of Thrones

[Bengalzona]

(04-29-2019, 12:14 PM)hollodero Wrote: Now I'm anything but a war strategist. Unlike most Americans I guess.... so to anyone who has those huge miniature battlefields at home - what about the tactics here? The artillery pretty much was useless, why not have it less exposed and use it first before attacking? Also, why launching said senseless attack first, were there too many Dothrakis? Why go for an open field battle when you got defense systems in place? What about luring the night king out with Bran and having no real trap there? Arya pretty much stepped by on an impulse, but no one else had anything prepared, no Dragonstone knife or whatever.  Instead, Theon just shouts and runs at him and dies. Also, the walls weren't protected at all it seems. Not even some big trunks rolling down or anything really. And they waited for the dead to come to said walls and then suddenly it was all frantic when they did. Archers there! You there! Everyone run around! We couldn't have possibly prepared for this while waiting!
And finally, how would that many people survive in the end. The dead army already was everywhere for quite some time, even strolling around within the halls. How?

Yes. You could write a book (or at least a very long essay) on the flawed tactics.

The Dothraki charge was about as big of a waste of tens of thousands of lives as you could imagine. There is the whole question of using your cavalry head-on without armor or lances. Why not have them circle the undead flank or rear? Head-on? Really?

Not only that. Once they die, they become new recruits for the undead army. What? The undead army wasn't big enough already?!?!

I think the Dothraki were supposed to be somewhat modeled after the Mongolian horde in our world. But the Mongols would have chewed them up and spit them out. The Mongols were primarily horse archers and lancers. Tens of thousands of horse archers would have played hell on the undead army if they had dragonglass arrowheads, eh.

On the plus side, I heard they are having a big sale in Esteros on Dothraki widows.

In defense of Theon, if he had waited for the Night King to move on him, the Night King could have just had his minions swarm Theon. Personally, I would have found it hilarious if, while Theon was running forward, the Night King would have had on of the undead reach out its leg and trip him. I'm a bit of a sick bastard that way...LOL!