4 new terrain features for DBA 3.0

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jim1973
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4 new terrain features for DBA 3.0 Aug 31, 2019 12:43:15 GMT

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Post by jim1973 on Aug 31, 2019 12:43:15 GMT

Mar 4, 2018 11:52:26 GMT stevie said:

LAKES: impassable bodies of water that do not touch the table edges. Rivers may flow into or out of them.
Available to all but Dry Regions. Only one is allowed per battlefield. Cannot be crossed by roads (obviously).
(Large bodies of water, such as Lake Trasimene, are already represented as waterways.
Lakes represent smaller bodies of water, such as that behind the Polish forces at the Battle of Tannenberg in 1410)

Hi stevie.

Are your Lakes as per DBMM? Similr to Waterways but don't cover the entire base edge and not quite as deep? I think between 1/4 and 3/4 would be a good length.

Cheers

Jim

stevie
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4 new terrain features for DBA 3.0 Aug 31, 2019 14:47:07 GMT

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Post by stevie on Aug 31, 2019 14:47:07 GMT

I’ve never bothered to look at the DBMM terrain types.
I envisage a Lake to be an impassable piece of Area Terrain that obeys all the Area Terrain rules.

Soooo...Minimum size = 1½ x 3 BW (i.e. twice as long as wide, because they are not a Gully).
Maximun size = 4½ x 4½ or 3 x 6 BW.
And with a 1 BW gap between them and other Area features or a table edge.
But Linear Terrain features , such as Waterway, River or Roads, can actually touch a Lake.
However, for road placement see fanaticus.boards.net/thread/731/road-placement

Some Helpful Downloads can be found here: fanaticus-dba.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Reference_sheets_and_epitomes
And here is the latest Jan 2019 FAQ: fanaticus-dba.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ_2019_1st_Quarter