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Post by peteduckworth on Nov 18, 2017 16:33:16 GMT
I have now re-bokked the venue booked for Sunday 18th February Theme - 13th Century Britain. If you don’t have a valid 3.0 army - no problem as loan armies are available. I think the full list of possibles is: - III/19c North Welsh Army 1150-1420 AD
- III/40b Viking Army 850-1280 AD
- III/46 Norse Irish 842 AD-1300 AD
- III/78 Scots Isles & Highlands 1050 AD - 1493 AD
- IV/4b Feudal French 1200-1330 AD
- IV/16 Scots Common 1124 AD - 1513 AD
- IV/21a Anglo-Irish 1172-1299 AD
- IV/23 Feudal English
Mercian DBA is part of the SOA UK DBA League CV7 8HX Keresley Community Library Bennetts Road Keresley End Coventry NB it’s a long way to the north of Coventry - handy for the M6 though. Try to be there ready for the 10:30 am start Entry fee £5 to cover venue cost. There are no handy pubs or shops so you may wish to bring refreshments. NB the library is an alcohol free zone. We will attempt 6 rounds. For the first round players will use their own army in alternate last rounds players use their opponent's army. Bring a clear, spare list to help them. Also bring a preset valid set of terrain pieces for use with your army by yourself and by your opponents. There will be the usual free bring and buy. Questions or more info contact me 07748382670 htrowkcud@gmail.com Pete D
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Post by Simon on Nov 18, 2017 18:03:24 GMT
Excellent Pete.
In the diary!!
Simon
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Post by martin on Nov 18, 2017 22:53:35 GMT
My diary, too. A fine theme. Rock-Paper-Scissors par excellence. Pete, I assume you'll be using your newly painted Donnington Miniatures Norse Irish Martin
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Post by peteduckworth on Nov 19, 2017 9:11:34 GMT
My diary, too. A fine theme. Rock-Paper-Scissors par excellence. Pete, I assume you'll be using your newly painted Donnington Miniatures Norse Irish Martin Given the swapping armies format it really don't think that it matters much what army we take. Given that the Norse Irish have yet to be used I think they will be an excellent choice.
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Post by diades on Nov 19, 2017 11:01:12 GMT
Pencilled in for me too. Looks like fun!
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Post by Simon on Nov 19, 2017 18:54:01 GMT
As they fought at the Battle of Lincoln, will you be allowing IV/4b (Feudal French)? I see Pete listed them above. Simon
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Post by menacussecundus on Nov 19, 2017 21:28:27 GMT
As they fought at the Battle of Lincoln, will you be allowing IV/4b (Feudal French)? I see Pete listed them above. Simon Oops!
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Post by peteduckworth on Nov 20, 2017 19:47:31 GMT
I see Pete listed them above. Simon Oops! Don't worry - its such a rarity for me to get it right its an understandable question. I think in reality they were more of an allied contingent but as the general was French...
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Post by arnopov on Nov 20, 2017 22:22:12 GMT
Looking good. What's the ruling for allies ?
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Post by peteduckworth on Nov 21, 2017 16:58:54 GMT
Looking good. What's the ruling for allies ? Excellent if you can make it Arnaud. Allies are fine but bear in mind its set in Britain in C13 so nothing out of period or place. eg no Medieval French allies for the Welsh (too late) or Crusader allies for the French (wrong place). I hope that's clear but if in doubt just ask.
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Post by peteduckworth on Nov 21, 2017 17:03:30 GMT
I have listened to the feedback on our points system so this time we will be using the more conventional:
5 points – Won game 3 points – Drew game but destroyed more element equivalents than opponent 2 points – Drew game on equal element equivalents 1 points – Drew game but destroyed fewer element equivalents than opponent 0 points – Lost game
I hope that makes sense.
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Post by medievalthomas on Nov 22, 2017 17:24:26 GMT
Pete:
I like your point system. Over here we use 20pts for a win + Elements killed - Elements lost. Loser gets Elements killed. Draw both sides just get Elements killed.
Rather harsh so a 4-3 becomes: 21 for winner, 3 for loser.
You have a lot of cases for Draws - is this happening on your tournament circuit? We do seem to have that many draws.
So a 4-3 win is a 5-0 for winner - loser? Nothing for close games?
TomT
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Post by peteduckworth on Nov 27, 2017 23:22:24 GMT
Pete: I like your point system. Over here we use 20pts for a win + Elements killed - Elements lost. Loser gets Elements killed. Draw both sides just get Elements killed. Rather harsh so a 4-3 becomes: 21 for winner, 3 for loser. You have a lot of cases for Draws - is this happening on your tournament circuit? We do seem to have that many draws. So a 4-3 win is a 5-0 for winner - loser? Nothing for close games? TomT Thanks. Draws are more common than we would like. We can only fit 6 rounds be restricting game length to 50 minutes so it is tight. It can be very frustrating to get a draw and I try not to reward players for drawing games. Some argue that deliberate draws are entirely legitimate and they are certainly significant historically. Last year our system gave players got more points for losing than for drawing but its not a popular system with the majority of players, hence the change. Only the tie breaker looks at element losses. I suspect that a 5-0 result is either an army or player experience mis-match. Either that or astounding luck. I'm not moved to strongly reward either of those... At the end of the day any scoring system is arbitrary. I just need a clear, easy to record system that I can administer with a minimum of fuss
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Post by peteduckworth on Dec 20, 2017 11:33:39 GMT
Hi Everyone
Due to unforeseen circumstances I've had to move the date of Mercian DBA which will now be 18th February. Time, venue theme etc are unaffected.
Apologies for any inconvenience.
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Post by martin on Jan 6, 2018 14:47:15 GMT
Will post the new date on the Society of Ancients website, Pete.
Martin
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