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Post by twrnz on Jul 16, 2016 3:20:24 GMT
Excellent news. These articles are often extremely useful and a great resource.
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Post by twrnz on Jul 15, 2016 23:57:32 GMT
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Post by twrnz on Jul 15, 2016 0:59:09 GMT
I tend to think of cavalry being on the flanks where the +1 against foot isn't as useful, especially in armies such as Post-Mongel Samurai where mounted are limited in number to begin with.
However, last night one player expressed his view that the 6Cv had considerable advantage over 6Kn especially against enemy Bd. In addition 6Cv have an increased move compared to 6Kn and that they don't follow up in combat. Perhaps in historical situations the Samurai 6Cv are even more useful as mostly they are fighting only other Japanese armies.
It is one of the fascinating parts of DBA. With only 12 elements, and reasonably defined lists, these small choices are rather interesting.
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Post by twrnz on Jul 14, 2016 23:42:55 GMT
Yes, sorry Ken. Hopefully a Medieval expert can provide more meaningful information.
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Post by twrnz on Jul 14, 2016 10:12:39 GMT
This evening we had a brief discussion on the strengths and weakness of 6Cv. Are the benefits of an additional +1 in melee combat against foot worth the cost of the potential loss of such an element?
What are your thoughts?
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Post by twrnz on Jul 14, 2016 9:56:48 GMT
Tonight a game down at the wargames club provided plenty of entertainment. Wars of the Roses English vs Medieval Scandinavian Union with Gernman Allies. My opponent has a great ability to pull new armies out and this one provided plenty of interest. Three 6Kn are rather intimidating! The report goes something like...
"The Medieval Scandinavian with German Allies, were engaged in a battle against Edward IV King of England and his gallant countrymen. The Scandinavians initially suffered from command paralysis, but soon recovered. Their sometimes ponderous formations (6Kn) advanced, screened by infantry, until the armies were locked in combat. The battle hung in the balance for some time as the lines of infantry pressed back and forth. Eventually the Scandinavians gained an advantage and all looked lost for the English. At least until Edward surged forward at the head of a group of Men at Arms where his bravery saved the day for England."
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Post by twrnz on Jul 14, 2016 6:04:21 GMT
When selecting the terrain type and size I look at the army I'm using and that of my opponent. That said I tend to select smaller terrain rather than a larger item so I can place two items within the same sector, if required.
For example if using an Ax based army I would prefer two areas of bad going with a small gap between so that my opponent can manoeuvre between them and my Ax can attack out of the bad going effectively ambushing. A single large piece would generally be avoided by an opponent unless he had bad going troops.
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Post by twrnz on Jul 14, 2016 4:47:43 GMT
I'm afraid I can't offer any meangful suggests. If I had a copy of the WRG or perhaps an Osprey I would look at this in the first instance. I would use this as a basis of looking for figures in the Essex ranges. I completed a Google Search and found this. Not sure if it is useful or reliable: oohmrf.blogspot.co.nz/2014/10/dba-iv57-low-countries-1297-1478ad.html
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Post by twrnz on Jul 13, 2016 7:56:20 GMT
I look forward to hearing how your game goes Robert.
It looks like I have some standard DBA tomorrow evening and the a Successor clash the evening after.
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Post by twrnz on Jul 13, 2016 6:30:53 GMT
No battle report? I would like to have read how the Romans managed to win against a pike army. Basically it can be described in three parts. The Successor right flank, which contained Thracian Auxilia among other troops, was hit hard by a Gallic charge. Good pips allowed the warband to sweep over a rocky hill early in the game. The Thracians fought well and while the Gauls could have broken they didn't. In the centre the pike were delayed by velites and made limited progress when they did get into contact. Certainly no collapse of the Roman line. On the Greek left the Xystophoroi sweeped forward and broke through the Roman lines in a couple of places. However, these breakthroughs were countered by Spanish Auxilia who hacked down the Greeks mercilessly, including the Greek CinC. It was a good day for the Romans.
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Post by twrnz on Jul 13, 2016 0:39:47 GMT
A thrashing was handed out last night to my Successors by my opponent, using Polybian Romans using a Gallic ally, during a BB encounter. It had something to do with Thracian Ax not withstanding a Gallic charge and Xystophoroi breaking through Roman lines only to be surrounded and cut down.
Unfortunately the photos were generally not as clear as I would like, so there is no real significant visual record of the disaster. Well except for the Thracians awaiting the oncoming Gauls
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Post by twrnz on Jul 12, 2016 21:44:34 GMT
With increasing interest in DBA, since the release of DBA 3.0, I have decided to expand Conquest's DBA event back to a two days. Conquest is a two day convention supporting a range of rule systems held each year in Christchurch. DBA for many years has been part of Conquest. For the second day Of Conquest I have considered a number of formats including more standard DBA events, a campaign or BBDBA. After much thought I have opted for the following format. Saturday will remain a six round tournament with three games using Ancient armies and three games using Dark Age or Medieval armies. This provides lots of opportunity for using different armies within a single day. Sunday, the expanded day, will have a three round BBDBA tournament. Both events will be in 15mm scale. The website has been updated with revised details: ancientwargaming.wordpress.com/conquest-dba/I hope this expanded format will have some appeal to those outside of Christchurch who may be considering travel.
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Post by twrnz on Jul 12, 2016 11:13:48 GMT
I would recommend obtaining the full rule book over Sue's book. The rule book has the diagrams and all the army lists. As such it is excellent value.
In my view Sue's book is best for someone starting out. Perhaps useful for a young person looking at Ancient Wargaming for the first time. It has a section of lists but has a section describing a sample game and simple terrain building. It has a different target audience.
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Post by twrnz on Jul 11, 2016 23:51:45 GMT
So spill the beans . How do I correctly use the Quote function? Cheers, Carefully. Make sure you click in the correct part of the email. Mine were seriously stuffed up when I tried to edit part of the quote so only a portion was displayed. Perhaps check in the text editor (BBCode) tab rather than the preview.
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Post by twrnz on Jul 11, 2016 1:46:58 GMT
Greg, I see you are having problems quoting text like I did originally I agree that the Gauls did well. Ben played them well against me and I was scratching my head on how I could counter the massed warband. My son Joel uses a Warband general as well. It's a useful addition and can really make a mess of a solid line.
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