"average" dice use to replace combat D6

We have tried that years ago with DBA 2. It seriously disrupted how the combat results work in DBA. And it depends on the troop types involved.
If you have mostly or exclusively light troops, it seemed to work. But otherwise you need the more extreme swings of the dice or not much happens. With average dice, you really need to get into the enemy flanks.

i understand,

but as i've never played DBA 2.x but only DBA 3.0...
perhaps dba 2.x was different, slower, less "dynamic" ?
so maybe it could be different with DBA 3? (ok if everything will be "stuck in the middle" surely it's not a good idea, but... )

impressive that they found this level of balance (of course it was a loooong process that takes several years...)
in fact, almost everytimes someone try to change a thing now in the rules, it create unbalance somewhere!

i really love this game, i just have a problem with the weight of "chance"... 
some games have plenty of dices to throw, so chance will be less important in the whole game, but here, chance could be the leader of the game
(just look some Tony video, it sometimes show well the problem.)

but i understand that changing that change all the thing so... 

It will depend on the armies you like playing. High factor elements will be nigh on impossible to double (e.g. blades +5; min +7 max +10 versus reinforced pike +6; min +8 max +11). Reinforced pikes would need a double overlap and a 5-2 or 4-2 result. The blades simply couldn't double the pikes. Whether this is more historical or not, I'll leave up to you. Lower factor troops (eg warband v auxilia) would be interesting. I would suggest experimenting between two armies where you think the change would add to the historical results and then let us know!
Interestingly, I've pondered average dice for PIPs for regular, professional, drilled armies whilst keeping the D6 for irregular armies. Just a thought at the moment.

Jim

My Swiss wish they could use average dice. Bows, triple shooting at blades get a 2-2.With regular dice the despicable bows kill the Swiss with 6-2, 6-1 and 5-1. ALL of those results disappear with average dice, and I get to play SAW with the longbowmen. Have to be careful what you wish for as far as play balance goes.

If you want to reduce some of the effects of dice rolling chance, here is something you could try.

Take an ordinary pack of playing cards, remove all the cards above 6, shuffle them, then place a joker on the bottom.
Now do the same with another pack to make another face down stack for the opposing army.
Instead of rolling a dice, both armies draw cards instead, and place the used card face down on the bottom of their stack.
When a joker is drawn, shuffle the pack and put the joker face down on the bottom again.

There will still be luck…but at least it ensures that both armies get roughly the same number of ‘1’s’ and ‘6’s’.

I frequently use this method when solo testing a new army, or when playing solo and trying out new tactics.
After all, it’s hard to tell if an army or tactic is any good if one side or the other has better dice rolls.

(Frankly, I don’t understand why this method isn’t used in tournaments.
It would certainly help to reduce the luck effect if both sides have the same number of ‘1’s’ and ‘6’s’.)



Some potentially useful player aids can be found here, including the latest June 2017 FAQ and the Quick Reference Sheets from the Society of Ancients:-
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