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Post by jeffreythancock on Jan 18, 2019 19:04:03 GMT
Do most tournament organizers allow the use of Allies per the rules?
I presume the army would be presented as "list xxx with list yyy allies"?
What are folks' thoughts on the use of Allies?
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Post by paulisper on Jan 18, 2019 20:16:33 GMT
The UK scene allows allies - can’t think of a particular tournament where they are prevented from being fielded by the organisers.
P
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Post by Simon on Jan 18, 2019 20:44:48 GMT
All three Bakewell tournaments and the Britcon allow allies as long as they fit in with any period or geographical constraints.
Simon
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Post by martin on Jan 18, 2019 21:10:51 GMT
All tournaments in the UK that I can think of do allow allies *... Sometimes there may be a stipulation that the ally must conform to the tournament’s theme. eg if the theme was 1200-1300 AD Western Europe then only armies from that specific time period and geographical area could be used (so eg Mongols in Europe couldn’t use an east Asian ally....not that they got one 😎).
Allies are fun, add variety and options, and give me a chance to scr*w myself up with ill conceived difficulties...and they guarantee a ‘1’ for PIPs at the vital moment 😵 🎲
Martin
* and no, Paul, I’m not forgettin’ the Northern Kupppp 😊
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Post by gregorius on Jan 18, 2019 23:09:25 GMT
My experience of DBA in Australia is that allies are permitted.
Cheers,
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Post by goragrad on Jan 19, 2019 5:29:31 GMT
Presuming that the allies are from the Book, none of the (couple of) tournaments I have attended had a problem with allies.
Matter of fact at a club BBDBA tourney the organizer allowed a fellow to use an army composed of non-Book alles as those were all that he had.
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Post by Haardrada on Jan 19, 2019 8:30:55 GMT
I like the allies inclusion in the lists, it can add subtle changes to an army line up by adding a little weight to the battle line or light troops for bad terrain.Ive witnessed in some tournament's that it can make some armies quite potent if handled well.
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