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Post by Tony Aguilar on Oct 4, 2017 14:48:52 GMT
Nikephorian Byzantine army 963-1042 AD (DBA III/65), camp Masterfully done!
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Post by Tony Aguilar on Oct 3, 2017 19:31:31 GMT
Black Friday DBA Tournament
Date: Friday, November 24, 2017 Time: 12:00 NOON to 4:00 PM Location: Gainesville, FL (at a hereto undisclosed/undecided location)
We will be having a three round Open Tournament in Gainesville, FL. It will be an Open Format so bring any army and terrain you would like. 24” boards will be used. Please RSVP on this post so we can count you in.
Attending so far:
David Shepps Mitch Harbach Luke Harbach Tony Aguilar Bill Melendez
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Post by Tony Aguilar on Oct 2, 2017 23:46:44 GMT
Pictures of Ceresole... or it didn't happen! An OB would be great as well! Joe Collins Sorry, but I didnt run the battle. Pictures are all on those Facebook pages mentioned above. I'm way too busy from just taking ONE day off to re-post in detail here.
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Post by Tony Aguilar on Oct 2, 2017 21:19:00 GMT
Another great Hurricon draws to a close. We had one of the most successful turnout for DBA games. We had several new players and one of them even won an event!
DBA-RRR Battle of Ceresole 1544 - 6 players - run by Jim Riley The French players beat up the center and right flank of the Spanish forces and won.
Hokey Pokey DBA Tournament - run by Tony Aguilar (all armies had to have a minimum of four pike units)
Mitch Harbach Seleucids 3-0 74 points. Martin Schmidt Scots Common 2-1 51 points. Richard Gause Scots Common 2-1 47 points. Jason Schmidt Ptolemaic 2-1 46 points. Tony Aguilar Nanzhao 2-1 46 points Luke Harbach Burg. Ordon. 1-2 29 points. David Shepps P-M Samurai 1-2 26 points. Steven Cowan Sui China 1-2 25 points. Jim Riley Mithridatic 1-2 24 points. Rick Cundiff Alex. Imperial 0-3 2 points.
The Dark Ages Tournament - run by Tony Aguilar (all armies had to be between 477 AD and 1065 AD)
Tony Aguilar Nanzhou 3-0 65 points. Mitch Harbach Tibetan 2-1 51 points. Steven Cowan Sui China 2-1 49 points. Richard Gause E.Pat.Rom. 2-1 46 points. Mike Tuñez Andalusian 1-2 26 points. Luke Harbach Umayyad 1-2 26 points David Shepps W.Franks 1-2 24 points Jeff Brown Pre-Feudal Scots 0-3 3 points
Battle of Maldon 991 - run by Don Harting 8 players fought a Viking vs. Saxon battle with the Viking eeked out a win. (or so I heard - I did not attend)
Armies and Enemies of China Tournament - run by David Shepps
Don Harting Xi-Xia 3-0 68 points Richard Gause II/4e WS China 3-0 67 points Luke Harbach Sui China 2-1 47 points Mitch Harbach Tibetans 2-1 46 points Steven Cowan Sui China 1-2 28 points Tony Aguilar Nanzhao 1-2 28 points Martin Schmidt C-Asian CS 1-2 26 points Rob Server Classical Indian 0-3 6 points
Those below dropped out after two rounds: Dave Blackmon Kaya Korean 1-1 26 points David Shepps PM Samurai 1-1 25 points Jordan Sherer Abbasid 1-1 22 points Alex ? Umayyad 0-2 1 point
DBA Open Tourney - run by Tony Aguilar
Theresa Abrego Pre-Feud Scots 3-0 67 points. Mitch Harbach Palmyran 2-1 49 points Don Harting IV/13a M. Germ. 2-1 49 points Richard Gause Parthians 2-1 46 points Steven Cowan Sui 1-2 30 points Luke Harbach Arabo-Aramean 1-2 29 points David Shepps Aztec w/Cholula 1-2 26 points Rob Server Classical Indian 0-3 2 points
When Vikings Rules the Seas Campaign Game - run by Don Harting (Don Harting’s special campaign game)
Tony Aguilar Viking Leidang (Norway) 66 points Don Harting Holy Roman Empire 62 points Jason Schmidt W.Franks 49 points David Shepps Norse Viking 47 points Jeff Brown Rus 42 points Martin Schmidt Swedish Vikings 26 points Mitch Harbach Anglo-Saxons 24 points Luke Harbach Irish 24 points Dennis Nymark Pre-Feudal Scots 22 points Joey Caso Spain 22 points
Pictures of the events can be seen on the HMGS South Facebook page, my personal Facebook page and both DBA Facebook pages.
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Post by Tony Aguilar on Sept 25, 2017 12:44:49 GMT
Finished up the two stands of bows and crossbows this weekend for my Nanzhou.
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Post by Tony Aguilar on Sept 20, 2017 14:15:26 GMT
The consideration there Bob is that the sites of any of those battles are unknown or at least not readily accessible. That makes traveling to a particular battle site to re-fight using DBA moot. You beat me to it.
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Post by Tony Aguilar on Sept 20, 2017 14:12:15 GMT
So you are saying that 4Kn suffer all of the effects appropriate for all KNIGHTS with the ADDITIONAL effect that they are recoiled by 3Kn as well? If so, this is how we have been playing it but re reading it last night created some doubts. Trying to discern where a period or comma is located is giving us a headache.
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Post by Tony Aguilar on Sept 20, 2017 13:55:56 GMT
We had this situation come up yesterday. A Tibetan Cataphract (4Kn) is in close combat with an Umayyad Solid Spear. They tied in combat. What happens to the 4Kn. Don't be so quick to answer, look at the wording.
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Post by Tony Aguilar on Sept 19, 2017 11:56:09 GMT
Even though I am an American, I find American history beyond boring - ACW in particular. I am glad you enjoy it. I still haven't made it over to Europe for a vacation, but I'm afraid that in a couple of years when we ARE planning on going it will be on a Spain/Italy cruise. Seeing how my wife hasn't gone to Europe either, and our vacation time is very limited, I don't think playing DBA in the Old World will be in the cards anytime soon.
So I'm guessing it is even less likely seeing you rock up to any of the Canberra DBA comps in the foreseeable future
Pity that - I'd love to see your well painted Nan Chao on the table
Cheers
Oh no, have you seen where Australia is on a globe? The real problem is not the distance, or even the cost, but the vacation time required to make such a journey. It seems that many employers are quite stingy when it come to vacation time here in the States. In all seriousness it would be wonderful to visit Oz one day, especially since it seems like a nice place and I'm rather fond of those that I have met from there.
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Post by Tony Aguilar on Sept 18, 2017 11:53:22 GMT
The Nanzhou fast pike are complete and are shown with their more solid brethren. Figures are 15mm Eureka. Attachments:
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Post by Tony Aguilar on Sept 15, 2017 13:08:36 GMT
This sounds great. Can't really do that with DBA on this continent, though. You say that but the wonderful Terry Webb (HOTT player and organiser who often posts here) is organising a Stones River re-fight (using a DBN variant) for my upcoming USA trip which will include Nashville. Watch this space. So it can be done - sort of. Really looking forward to some stateside gaming. Failing that Tony make a trip over to the UK visit me and we will sort it. I am very fortunate (living in the UK Midlands to have dozens of battles in a 90 minute drive. Even though I am an American, I find American history beyond boring - ACW in particular. I am glad you enjoy it. I still haven't made it over to Europe for a vacation, but I'm afraid that in a couple of years when we ARE planning on going it will be on a Spain/Italy cruise. Seeing how my wife hasn't gone to Europe either, and our vacation time is very limited, I don't think playing DBA in the Old World will be in the cards anytime soon.
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Post by Tony Aguilar on Sept 14, 2017 19:32:31 GMT
Cool Camelphracts!
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Post by Tony Aguilar on Sept 14, 2017 19:31:35 GMT
This sounds great. Can't really do that with DBA on this continent, though.
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Post by Tony Aguilar on Sept 14, 2017 17:22:15 GMT
Very cool, we have a full slate of DBA in a few weeks at Hurricon. I'll send you the results once we wrap them up.
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Post by Tony Aguilar on Sept 8, 2017 12:07:32 GMT
Asian armies seem to be fairly popular in our group in Florida - half of my armies of from that region (and I'm currently working on another one.) Of course one of the reasons I like them is because they are out of the ordinary (and have a neat look and a good balance of troops.)
I would agree that both the Americas and Oceania are not popular, however.
Another area I would add that is not popular is many of the minor nations in Book 1. They either don't make exclusive figures for them or are bland in how they would be painted (no banners or cool shields to go with them.) For instance, I have 17 armies painted and not one of them is a Book 1 army. I just find it hard to get excited to paint them.
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