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Post by phippsy on Nov 26, 2016 19:30:49 GMT
Evolving this topic - if you are in a supported combat as LH ie increasing your combat factor from 2 to 3, and a combat goes against you with a flee outcome, does this mean that the element in combat is destroyed, or does it flee through the supporting element or do both elements flee? Thanks Peter
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Post by phippsy on Nov 20, 2016 7:29:42 GMT
Interesting indeed. I had not picked up that subtlety.A good clarification. For a relatively short set of rules, amazing that such gems are interwoven in the general text, but are used to support defined sentences later that have some quantification in them ie the 20BW control distance. As Mthrguth (apologies on spelling if incorrect) - said up front.....'know the rules'.
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Post by phippsy on Nov 19, 2016 22:21:23 GMT
Just on that with the reference to command distance. Under the PIP description last para on P8 of DBA3.0...command distance is 20BW if entirely LH. (Note full stop). Otherwise it is 8BW, but reduced to 4BW for troops entirely behind .....etc. does this mean that command distance is always 20BW for LH or is LH still subject to that 4BW restriction?
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Post by phippsy on Nov 19, 2016 15:02:41 GMT
Mthrguth....bit of an auto- correct challenge on the last spelling...
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Post by phippsy on Nov 19, 2016 14:58:21 GMT
Thanks Mthygruf....appreciated. That all makes sense. On your last point, in the original text I had referred to Lusitanians (ie the Portuguese version of Ancient Spanish) that can have 6-9 element of psiloi.... Interesting some of the really suble rule aspects; around the phantom overlaps on board edge, group contacting element and bad going interaction, trying to vacuum in. I have noticed that many players just want to form up and charge with Knights and elephants etc - so drawing that out, avoiding contact until on own terms is sound....
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Post by phippsy on Nov 19, 2016 12:15:33 GMT
For my sins I am fascinated by DBA 3.0 Ps and LH heavy armies ie Lusitanian, Numidian, Skythian. I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how to try and win v blade / spear / Knight heavy armies - and how to get into winning positions of killing 4 opponents elements....maybe the advice is to not choose such armies in the first place LOL. ButI have always supported the underdog. Generally these armies tend to be low aggression and can choose terrain to their liking - so the Numidians and Lusitanians are Hilly and can flood large pieces of difficult terrain, and skythians limit to an open board, but one still needs to kill the oppo elements somehow...thanks.
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Post by phippsy on Nov 9, 2016 22:51:54 GMT
Ah Yep. Meant bad. Need to change army...
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Post by phippsy on Nov 9, 2016 10:18:43 GMT
Thank you for the clarification....and noting the spear mis-quote. Bang goes the plan of beating Polybian Romans with my Numidians then, by drawing the blades into rough ground pursuing Ps on a recoil. Better use the Ax option available under II/40 then to try this.
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Post by phippsy on Nov 9, 2016 2:29:15 GMT
May I check please the definition on page 12...under pursuing (c) does this mean that pikes, spear AND Warband pursue ALL except Psiloi, or.....does it mean that pikes and blades pursue psiloi, but warband do not..
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Post by phippsy on Nov 7, 2016 12:12:41 GMT
I fell foul of this at the recent DBA English Open at PAWS. I charged a 3 column Viking Warband up a road, and then was met by a knight element coming the other way fast...that element Threat Zoned all three of mine in column...and ended up having to do a lot of reversing straight backwards....
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Post by phippsy on Nov 2, 2016 11:45:54 GMT
Hi Antoine - great photos and interested in this period myself. Are these the Essex 28mm or 15mm figures. I was trying to work out the scale from the photos but failed. Thanks Peter
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Post by phippsy on Nov 2, 2016 11:24:57 GMT
Going back to a situation I found myself in, during the recent DBA Open at PAWS - and a subsequent rule check this week....I found myself with a 3 element column, a seperate element, and another seperate element all in the same road at different locations. It would appear that I could have moved the Column AND each of the seperate elements forwards full move distance etc along the road without expending any PIPs for the 3 seperate moves, and then had any additional moves as rules and PIPs roles allowed....is that correct?
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Post by phippsy on Oct 30, 2016 18:14:18 GMT
Thanks to all the guys at PAWS that made me feel very welcome for my first tournament....the Vikings actually won a battle as well. Picked up some good experience and tips...peter
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Post by phippsy on Oct 30, 2016 6:52:46 GMT
Thanks for that - will do some digging. Peter.
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Post by phippsy on Oct 26, 2016 15:53:31 GMT
All - if you have two littoral armies say Carthaginian and Syracuase, and the defender lands an element(s), and does not move it / them, can then the attacker who lands, land elements that ZOC the just landed defenders or with configurations where they can actually land in contact and straight into combat....which seems feasible.
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