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Post by martin on May 15, 2024 12:32:53 GMT
Looks like it’s ‘standard’ measurement in INCHES, for anyone planning to go… “… My bad - I meant the standard "HOTT ruler pace distance measurement" which I've been using since the I started playing the game, and, thanks to spontaneous brain-fart at time of reply, I'd assumed was 40mm.”: Inches it is "My bad" My girlfriend is an English teacher Martin, she'd put you on detention if she heard you say this Ah, but would she put me in detention if she noticed that I had quoted the organiser 😁…?
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Post by martin on May 15, 2024 6:55:17 GMT
Looks like it’s ‘standard’ measurement in INCHES, for anyone planning to go…
“… My bad - I meant the standard "HOTT ruler pace distance measurement" which I've been using since the I started playing the game, and, thanks to spontaneous brain-fart at time of reply, I'd assumed was 40mm.”:
Inches it is
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Post by martin on May 14, 2024 7:17:08 GMT
In case anyone is interested in HOTT in the South West UK, the Lincombe Barn Wargames group will be running their annual HOTT comp on Sunday 9 June, a little later than normal this year. > > (Please note: I have confirmed with Nick however that base widths will be used for measurement.) Base widths - that was news to me!! Do you know if he plans to use the Coventry Scimitars’ adjusted QRS, to make it work better within the 2’ board constraints? Or just BW direct conversion, on a standard 2’ board?
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Post by martin on May 11, 2024 7:09:17 GMT
Might have contact from Colin Cox over the weekend. He played five games yesterday, and seemed keen to attend 👍🏼👍🏼
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Post by martin on May 10, 2024 6:48:37 GMT
Hi,
I finished my first 15mm army (I was playing in 1:72 till now). I went with III/63a Early Polish. Miniatures are from QR Miniatures, the camp is from Baueda.
Very impressive, ESPECIALLY for a first go at 15mm! 👍🏼👍🏼
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Post by martin on May 7, 2024 14:43:21 GMT
…And one for the long distance diary.
ALTON DBA 2025 will take place at the same venue on APRIL 26th 2025.
One for the DBA and Hott calendar, if the calendar-keeping folks are reading this. 🙃
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Post by martin on May 6, 2024 7:48:13 GMT
…and a blog WELL worth a look, fellow fanatici 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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Post by martin on Apr 29, 2024 20:16:32 GMT
Here’s a question or three… Diades, are we playing ‘rules as written’, so standard dismounting for those limited few able to do so, etc?. And is there ‘free choice’ on the terrain front, so not ‘fixed’ (like Saturday)? And is it all games with one’s own army? Hi Martin, to answer… Yes. Rules as written. Yes. Free choice of terrain per game within the rules. All games will be with the army you bring with one exception: in the final round the top two players will play for first and second place using a matched pair provided by me, Norman vs Anglo-Danish. Other final round games will be players using the army they have brought. Many thanks…👍🏼
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Post by martin on Apr 29, 2024 17:44:41 GMT
Here’s a question or three…
Diades, are we playing ‘rules as written’, so standard dismounting for those limited few able to do so, etc?.
And is there ‘free choice’ on the terrain front, so not ‘fixed’ (like Saturday)?
And is it all games with one’s own army?
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Post by martin on Apr 28, 2024 21:26:00 GMT
My games of DBA on a ‘light troops’ theme at Alton:-
I took an Early Muslim North Africa and Sicily army (EMNAS, III/33) comprising a cavalry general and one more cavalry element, three Berber light horse, three Berber light javelinmen, three slave troops as Auxilia (3Ax), and one Arab archers (3Bw).
My reasoning was that 1) it had three each of the compulsory Ps and LH troop types, and was thus capable in different terrain. 2) The cavalry are good for killing Ps in the open. 3) the 3Ax are fast, and capable of nobbling Ps AND LH, too. 4) the 3Bw was a good anti-LH unit, and capable in BG/RG. 5) They’re ‘littoral’, which is my favourite topography…love them landings 🙂😯. …and 6) I’d never taken them to a tournament before (IIRC). A flexible and fast mix of troops, and also not an army of super-troops…though not been road-tested before the event.
1. Using EMNAS vs Connor’s Kipchak III/80. Defending on the African coast, my auxilia and bows landed near Connor’s massed horsemen and threatened, the archers causing some equine-flavoured damage. The Kipchak cavalry and light-horse closed, and the EMNAS main line joined the fight. A swirling melee ensued, and when the dust settled the North Africans had proven victorious, with a 4-1 win.
2. Defending North Africa again, but using Numidians with an Early Imperial Roman ally against Ivan, who commanded the EMNAS. Ivan’s skirmish foot threatened my weaker left while I drove forward with mounted troops and legionaries on the right, hoping to win there first. An unfortunate failure in my centre opened up a hole, and Ivan’s troops closed to secure a win. A 1-4 loss in my case.
3. Defending in command of the EMNAS again, I faced Lindon’s scary Parthians, with a fair few heavily armoured cataphracts in their centre. My foot and his faced off in a large mud-walled village on my right, while on the coast Lindon’s horse archers closed and attacked. After a long tussle the North Africans claimed the win, routing a fair number of Parthian light horse in the process, before any cataphracts could join in. (A lucky 4-0 win).
4. Now using Komnenan Byzantines, I faced Pete’s EMNAS, in Greece. This was another ‘right hook’ battle, in which my mounted were extremely lucky to nab the win just before Pete nobbled my weak left flank with his slave troops and Berbers. (4-2 win, but supremely close, and a true nail-biter).
5. Defending in command of my EMNAS again, I was invaded by John’s Golden Horde swarm. John did me the supreme favour of throwing FIVE 1’s in a row, and was thus unable to stop my landing auxiliaries from racing through a coastal hamlet to roll up the Horde’s right flank. 4-0 win …thank-you, dice gods.
6. Finally, Marc took my EMNAS to face the Seljuks of Rum he’d handed me. A large band of his auxiliaries disembarked on a flat beach near the Seljuk right flank, and moved to attack the cavalry flank guard. They were soon joined by Berber javelinmen, debouching from a nearby village to assist. The Seljuk cavalry held out, allowing their commander to manoeuvre across to help, and the flank attackers were repulsed, for a 4-0 win to the Seljuks.
So, Lady Luck very much on my side for this tournament. Apologies to my opponents for my unbelievable good fortune, but it was fun from the seat I was sitting in…🙃
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Post by martin on Apr 28, 2024 17:34:25 GMT
In game 4 I was given NeoHittites & Phoenician allies by Richard Pulley. Sorry Richard but this army was a disjointed pile of crap. Do you think that others are having to use someone else's army influences the choices made in its make up ? It’s one of many considerations, indeed. What will opponent ‘x’ be able to do with this lot 😎
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Post by martin on Apr 28, 2024 17:20:28 GMT
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Post by martin on Apr 28, 2024 17:16:42 GMT
Have you been able to calculate the army stats Martin? Was there a strongest army or did most end up like my Bosphorans with a 3-3 record? Sorry, with twenty armies and it all on ‘old school’ paper, that’s a mission I don’t fancy volunteering for…,😁 My own EMNAS won four games, lost two games. The wins were three with me at the helm, one with Ivan running them. The two losses were in the hands of my opponents.
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Post by martin on Apr 28, 2024 7:59:13 GMT
Were there any batreps or recollections involving the Skythians and their winning tactics?
And did they take an ally or fly solo?
Hopefully Diades on this forum will soon fill you in on the Skythians’ day in the sun. Bear in mind, though, that this tournament requires the player to play with and against his own army, three games of each. And so the Skyths will have won under his command and lost against him in equal numbers. I guess it’s ‘know your army and know its weaknesses’ in equal measure. Terrain choice for each army is fixed by the owner pre-tournament, which prevents opponents of the oft-invading Skyths from free choice to clutter the battlefield, as would normally happen…another factor in their favour, I assume. Nicely painted they were, too…👍🏼
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Post by martin on Apr 28, 2024 7:53:35 GMT
I understand fully why the Rshtuni have an aggression of 0. They would have been mad to book a fighting away day. Hey ho. They might return for the Cold Ash Clash in November. You have been warned! 😁😁🤣
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