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Post by vtsaogames on Aug 9, 2019 13:49:28 GMT
Why oh why did we wander onto the steppes? AAR |
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Post by nangwaya on Aug 9, 2019 14:09:54 GMT
Nice to see a light horse army winning.
Is that you new toothpick camp?
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Post by vtsaogames on Aug 9, 2019 14:57:47 GMT
The toothpick camps are old. New is Fort Toothpick. I advised Andrew against using it as the defending light horse army since he had no infantry at all. In previous games when 3.0 first came out, the Franks had a hard time with the Huns. Here is Fort Toothpick:  |
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Post by gregorius on Aug 9, 2019 23:58:41 GMT
Nice report and a hard fought battle. It could have gone either way.
Cheers,
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Post by jim1973 on Aug 10, 2019 2:58:57 GMT
Excellent report. Love the casualty figures! Great way to keep score and a I can see a good use for spare minis.
Just wondering how you played the gully terrain piece given that it has to be at least three times as long as it is wide. Was it marked inconspicuously somehow?
Cheers
Jim
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Post by vtsaogames on Aug 10, 2019 3:54:36 GMT
The dark 1 inch line is the gully. The rest of the piece is just window dressing. It was made by Bill a while back when we weren't thinking of DBA at all, but it serves us well now.
One thing the casualty figures showed was 3 elements met their demise in the exact same place, a buzzard's banquet.
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Post by nangwaya on Aug 10, 2019 10:03:42 GMT
The toothpick camps are old. New is Fort Toothpick. I advised Andrew against using it as the defending light horse army since he had no infantry at all. In previous games when 3.0 first came out, the Franks had a hard time with the Huns. Here is Fort Toothpick: Really nice job on Fort Toothpick! |
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Post by vtsaogames on Aug 10, 2019 14:05:29 GMT
A close look reveals not a single right angle, rather like my full-size construction work. My wife says we are the catty-wumpus construction company.
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Post by bob on Aug 11, 2019 18:49:58 GMT
The pictures look like it was a nice battle, I couldn’t read the text it was just too small.
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Post by vtsaogames on Aug 11, 2019 19:32:09 GMT
Bob, if you click on a photo, a larger version is displayed.
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Post by wyvern on Aug 12, 2019 3:48:37 GMT
Nice board and figures, love the fort!
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Post by vtsaogames on Aug 12, 2019 13:38:34 GMT
Thank you. We hope to have another go at DBA in a couple weeks, depending on how many Fencibles return from their summer trips. One is in Wales as this is written, a bit far from NYC.
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Post by bob on Aug 12, 2019 17:42:51 GMT
Bob, if you click on a photo, a larger version is displayed. Thanks, that did it. Excellent report and photos, thanks. It’s rare to see a war band army fighting only in single rank. Is this Frank army II/72d but with knight general instead of Cav? |
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Post by vtsaogames on Aug 12, 2019 20:00:04 GMT
Yes, Frankish army II/72d but my mistake; the general should have been cavalry. It would have been better against Huns. The bonus for second rank of warbands is only good against foot. The only foot in the Hun army were the camp followers. Except for the cavalry general, all of them were light horse archers.
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Post by jim1973 on Aug 26, 2019 12:27:31 GMT
The dark 1 inch line is the gully. The rest of the piece is just window dressing. It was made by Bill a while back when we weren't thinking of DBA at all, but it serves us well now. One thing the casualty figures showed was 3 elements met their demise in the exact same place, a buzzard's banquet. I can see why it serves you well. Clearly defined and looks good. Just note that a Gully (or any other area feature for that matter) needs a width of at least 1BW perpendicular to its length. There's no stipulation on how much of the feature needs to have this width so even a small bulge would do the trick. But to be honest, I like your interpretation. Cheers Jim |
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