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Post by Commiades on Oct 19, 2016 7:31:22 GMT
Maybe there are none...... I ran two games at the weekend both Gallic v Camillian Roman. Gauls invading......any tips or advice? When fighting Camillian Romans you are of course required to use the earlier army with the higher aggression, assuming you are playing in period. When fighting Polybian Romans my son prefers the late list with a lower aggression. This allows a greater ability for the Gallic player to select the battlefield. The variable aggression for Polybian Romans was something in DBA 2.2. In 3.0, they are always aggression 3, which is more realistic.
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Post by Commiades on Oct 18, 2016 20:14:19 GMT
I do find a reserve (cavalry elements are best) useful when fighting warband armies. However, battles can be over before an element from the reserve group is ever committed. Nasty! I'm thinking more of battles with pike and an element of knights or warband that benefit from the double-overlap the pike create, but then are in turn double-overlapped. I guess a lot of warband may create a ripple of death if things go their way.
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Post by Commiades on Oct 18, 2016 20:10:24 GMT
Thanks for these. I clicked on the Armenians, but it took me to pre-Islamic Arabs.
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Post by Commiades on Oct 17, 2016 21:53:26 GMT
I posted three battles between Early Germans and Middle Imperial Rome to my blog last week. dbagora.blogspot.nl/2016/10/severan-army-vs-early-german.html Each battle the Germans changed their deployment by increasing their frontage which brought them success.
This was done by interspersing either single 4Wb or cavalry between warband columns.
Those are interesting reports; I'm revisting WB tactics after rebasing my Gauls. My opponents are using a reserve line to deal with Kn or Wb breaking through. Have you tried that?
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Post by Commiades on Oct 16, 2016 21:07:03 GMT
I've had a look at them, and remembered why I'd not done this earlier - they're on ponies, rather cute ones.
I have one CB horse I can mount one on. It'd give me an extra Cv. A replacement rider for the LH may come along.
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Post by Commiades on Oct 16, 2016 20:25:17 GMT
Sacrilege! Turning yer back on the ol' Mother Country !!! May depend on the shields, I suppose. Some Brit LH are modelled with distinctive long wicker shields, but I guess the Gauls may have also used same (after all, that's where southern Britons had migrated from). Can you post pics if you rework them. Very impressed so far. Martin They do have that wicker shield, but I've got a stash of shields, so they'll get new ones. Can't really face painting more 3Wb (if I could get them, even), so this is an elegant solution. I'll have eight Gallic Cv instead! Ancient Britons don't have as many historical opponents as Gauls, so they're less interesting. Nice mix of troops, though.
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Post by Commiades on Oct 16, 2016 19:39:17 GMT
From the pair you have one Cv element but with an extra trooper. My extra figures do find eventual employment so no doubt yours will as well.
I'm tempted to do that. It'd give me two more Cv, as I'm currently one short for another Gallic Cv. Being able to morph into Britons isn't a big need.
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Post by Commiades on Oct 16, 2016 19:05:51 GMT
True. The Gallic can still make good use of the chariots. Yes, it's only a pair of LH that are currently orphans.
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Post by Commiades on Oct 16, 2016 17:00:36 GMT
Commiades,
Nicely done.
You will notice their appreciation during melee when mounted are repelled on even scores.
Thanks; that will be useful, though I can't use them as Ancient Britons any more.
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Post by Commiades on Oct 14, 2016 4:28:00 GMT
I've rebased my DBA Gallic warband from 3Wb to 4Wb; they now each have an armoured noble on each base for added panache! More pictures here: link
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Post by Commiades on Oct 12, 2016 5:39:56 GMT
Good to see the Tin Soldier Athenians out and about again (like Mark Walters I really like them). I like the ability to deploy in more depth in BBDBA (not that I've played much)
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Post by Commiades on Oct 10, 2016 18:30:03 GMT
Yes if you're using 3.0. The Viking b list can have Norse Irish Allies allowing up to 3 Aux elements of mixed 4Aux and 3Aux depending on your preference The c list allows you up to 6x 3Aux instead of 4Bd if you take the Finns. Ah, I thought you were talking about the Scots; the Vikings have always struck me as irremediably monochrome and only of use in historical match-ups.
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Post by Commiades on Oct 10, 2016 10:15:11 GMT
Great reports, The Pre-feudal Scots vs the Vikings is swaying me into adding some Aux to the armies. Thanks, after the mauling by the Franks, I'm less sure the PFS will go to Conquest. Can they get Aux?
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Post by Commiades on Oct 10, 2016 8:42:30 GMT
Great report and photos.
Funny story about the marsh. Thanks; looks like I'll have to make some sort of rough going for my Arable armies.
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Post by Commiades on Oct 10, 2016 0:18:31 GMT
I've just written a report of the DBA day at the Auckland Wargames Club at the start of this month. You can read about it here.
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