If $50 - $100 is cheap for you than please buy me some.
As the rule book allows them and I have made no note of not allowing them (and see no reason to) they are allowed.Are allies allowed? As the rule book.
Read the post carefully.I would toss in a rule about the player votes to make it same army can't win every month, something like:
Once a army wins player vote it is none elegiable to win again for two more months.
This creates a three month period giving other armies a chance to win. Also gives players time to create new armies and not have same army win all the time.
Each month the particular aspect will change, in theory preventing the same army from being able to win the prize multiple times.will vote over lunch for which army they feel was the best representation of that months aspect of the hobby