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Post by Simon on Aug 22, 2017 9:39:42 GMT
..and losing a double based general can really spoil your day!
Simon
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Post by Simon on Aug 21, 2017 13:40:35 GMT
All being well I would like to add Midlands Open June tbc, and Britcon in early August. This year I am also hoping to run Bakewell October DBAfest and if that gets enough support and happens, I would repeat next year.
Cheers
Simon
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Post by Simon on Aug 16, 2017 16:50:44 GMT
I am just making up some elephants that are glued together in halves leaving a thin join crack. Any ideas on how best to fill it - didn't have much joy with Milliput.
Thanks
Simon
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Post by Simon on Aug 16, 2017 16:30:51 GMT
I took the recoil v camps rule on p10 literally as it didn't specify whether occupied or not - but I do see your point.
I'm not sure where I picked up the idea about elements displacing camp followers - it can't be a memory from v2 as I have only played v3! Perhaps it was picked up from an ex-v3 player...
I look forward to others' thoughts.
Simon
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Post by Simon on Aug 16, 2017 9:23:46 GMT
It all depends on how friendly the game is. If you want to follow the rules exactly then consider this: "At the start of the game a camp can be occupied by either (a) 1 only non-allied troop element (except Elephants or Scythed chariots), which can subsequently vacate it and may be replaced by another such element, or (b) camp followers (represented either by a camp follower element that can move out of it but without being able to return, or fixed figures that cannot move out of it, but not both). If neither has been provided, it has been left undefended. " Is A Ps any better at defending a camp than camp followers? Both are a natural + 2 and get a +2 from the camp. I have been studying about camps from this thread I have the following questions. 1. If an element of the Army is backed up against its own empty camp, is it destroyed if forced to recoil? 2. If a player wants to move an army element into a camp, must he spend 2 pips to move the camp follower out? 3. If a player wants to replace an army element that is in a camp, must he replace it with the same kind of element that already in there? Not too useful. Note that the rule says that if a player replaces an army element in the camp it must be with another "such" element. My thoughts for what they are worth are as follows: Q1 - Yes - see P10 third paragraph under RECOILING OR BEING PUSHED BACK section Q2 - I think (but far from sure) that if you want to keep the camp follower element on the table, you pay the pips but if you are happy to just disperse it, then pips do not need to be expended. Q3 I do not think it has to be an identical element. I suggest that "another such element" is referring to the fact that it needs to be non-allied element and not El or SCh. Regards Simon
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Post by Simon on Aug 16, 2017 7:30:08 GMT
I have just started on my Outpost Khmer and my early Polish arrived yesterday from Irregular Miniatures and so are next in the queue.
Simon
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Post by Simon on Aug 14, 2017 21:24:41 GMT
Just send me a private message with your e-mail address and I will make sure you are kept up to date about 14 October.
Cheers
Simon
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Post by Simon on Aug 14, 2017 16:57:39 GMT
Regret I can't make 2 Sep as I have to be somewhere else - I know where i would rather be!
Perhaps you and some of the Barnsley boys can make it down to Bakewell on 14 October - it would be great to see you.
Cheers Simon
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Post by Simon on Aug 14, 2017 14:09:39 GMT
Thanks for the kind words. The new Donnington are good figures but separate weapons and (especially for the Irish) tiny separate shields does make preparing the figures a bit of a task... Your fingers are obviously as nimble as your mind! Simon
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Post by Simon on Aug 14, 2017 7:56:54 GMT
That is a nicely painted army. I have previously given Donnington figures a pass, but these figures are impressive.
The New Era range are replacing the originals and are well worth a look. Simon
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Post by Simon on Aug 13, 2017 20:45:09 GMT
Very nice - I look forward to seeing them on the tables at Midland Open 18 nert June!
Simon
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Post by Simon on Aug 12, 2017 19:18:35 GMT
Congratulations to Mark Skelton for winning the tournament today. He was closely followed by John Saunders in 2nd place and Colin O'Shea in third. Mark's army was III/83b Early Polish. John's army was also Early Polish and Colin's was, err, Early Polish as well!
Other players and armies who contributed to a great day of sporting and good-nature DBA were:
Graham Fordham - IV/18 Lithuanian Will Whyler - IV/13b Early German Simon Wilson - IV/28 Prussian Mark Johnson - IV/36b Muslim Indian
Tamara Fordham - III/79 Early Russian Phil Steele - III/74 Seljuk Turk Jack Leech - III/80 Cuman
The theme was the Teutonic Orders, their enemies and their enemies' enemies.
Simon
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Post by Simon on Aug 9, 2017 7:19:04 GMT
I am a little slow, going to Britcon on Sunday and the other Partizan in a few weeks If you have any flexibility on what day you attend, the DBA will be playing on the Saturday so you could pop by then! Simon
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Post by Simon on Aug 8, 2017 18:39:16 GMT
The original message was about Partizan in Newark last May. is it Britcon on Saturday you are referring to?
Cheers
Simon
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Post by Simon on Aug 8, 2017 17:27:11 GMT
It is the camp followers that get the factors - +2/0 and +2 if they are defending the camp. if there is no one in the camp, just walk in and loot!
Simon
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