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Post by Cromwell on Sept 18, 2018 8:12:23 GMT
Again we have had an influx of new members to our site. In fact too many to name individually! Welcome all! Great to see so many new names. Please feel free to enter into the discussions and ask any questions, somebody here is bound to have the answer you seek, not me though I am just an amiable idiot!
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Post by theslymonkey on Oct 3, 2018 18:41:17 GMT
Cheers, appreciated.
Currently building my first couple (few) armies after discovering dba from a friend and am lucky enough to get the book as it was reprinted apparently.
Actually I do have a new player question - I had a few 15mm (Copplestone barbarian) minis lying around and have been able to build the Early Northern Barbarian army from it. Apparently this is not a great starter army.
Any recommendations for where a good place to start to learn the game might be?
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Post by Baldie on Oct 3, 2018 19:03:15 GMT
Needless to say it will raise eyebrows but I do like to play with myself sometimes. DBA is a really simple game to learn but much more difficult to master.
Playing a couple of armies against each other allows me to learn how some of the armies interact with each other at a slow rate.
Clearly nothing better than playing with someone else as it can be quite hard or sometimes easier than you would think to out wit yourself.
As far as armies to learn with for me the classic Roman vs Barbarian armies are my faves, tend to be quick and bloody one way or the other.
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Post by davidjconstable on Oct 3, 2018 19:42:15 GMT
Armies are very much a personal choice, I am an infantryman so horse archers would not be a good start.
Late Roman can be a good starter army because it has a bit of everything, and can give a balanced army.
It pays to build armies as matched pairs.
Good luck.
David Constable
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Post by paddy649 on Oct 3, 2018 22:28:17 GMT
It pays to build armies as matched pairs. Good luck. David Constable David - you are spot on with your advice - I just wish I could stick to it! I’ll buy and Army because I love it and also a matched pair. Then I’ll paint the Army I love and it’s matched pair goes onto the unpainted lead pile! My Teutonics have no Lithuanian or Mongol enemies. My Athenians can’t find a Spartan or Persian to fight. My Aztecs have no Conquistador enemies, my Crusaders have no Syrian enemies. My Seleucid have no Roman or Ptolemaic enemies! My Low Countries can’t find a Frenchie to fight! The only matched pairs I have are Alexander and Porus because I love both armies! So find a matched pair where you like both sides equally. Paddy
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Post by martin on Oct 4, 2018 7:45:29 GMT
Cheers, appreciated. Currently building my first couple (few) armies after discovering dba from a friend and am lucky enough to get the book as it was reprinted apparently. Actually I do . Any recommendations for where a good place to start to learn the game might be? Whereabouts are you? A few games against local players is the easiest way to get a hang of the rules. Also the youtube vids by Tony Aguilar show games in progress with commentary on hows and whys. V useful. Martin
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Post by stevie on Oct 4, 2018 8:26:35 GMT
Welcome to the wonderful world of DBA theslymonkey. I’m just following on from what the others have already said. YouTube DBA BattlesAs Martin has said, there are some very nice examples of play on YouTube, especially the Tony Aguilar ones. Here is a link:- www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dba+3.0First ArmiesI like to have historically matched opponents, so having an army with lots of enemies is a good place to start. The II/33 Polybian Romans and the II/49 Marian Romans fought with just about everyone boarding the Mediterranean Sea. Another good starter army is one of the Macedonian Pike armies. Once you have say 6 x Pk elements, an elephant, and a 3Kn element, you can add more individual elements to morph this into just about any other ancient pike army (such as II/12 Alexander, II/15 Imperial, II/16 to II/20 Successors, II/27 Pyrrhus, II/48 Mithridates, etc). Visual AidsHere is something that you might find helpful: fanaticus.boards.net/thread/1331/troop-hint-cards-dba-3?page=1And the links at the bottom of this post also have several other things that might be of some use. Some potentially useful player aids can be found here, such as the “Quick Reference Sheets” from the Society of Ancients, and the new “Army List Corrections” file: fanaticus-dba.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Reference_sheets_and_epitomes And this is the latest January 2018 FAQ: fanaticus-dba.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ_2018
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Post by twrnz on Oct 4, 2018 21:00:31 GMT
Army selection is a very personal choice. If there are some periods of history you are interested in more than others then this is arguably the best place to start. Personally I enjoy games between historical opponents and have a preference for the classical period. Others enjoy the chariot period, dark ages or medieval periods. However, I would temper this by what armies you may be fighting, unless you are planning building armies in historically matched pairs.
Consider also balanced armies. Macedonian and Macedonian Successors are good candidates, as are Polybian Romans. Numidian or Warband armies are more challenging to use, at least initially. Be careful of all light horse or auxilia based armies as they are definitely more complex to use.
Good luck with your army choices and of course your games. I’m sure the people here will be supportive of any questions you may have.
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Post by daveh on Nov 14, 2018 23:11:13 GMT
Well this is a little bit of an old thread, but I have recently signed up.
I did play DBA 1 a good few years ago and Hordes of the Things. I have a couple of Hordes of the Things armies knocking around still but these are more on the fantastic end rather than historicals.
Now planning to get back in with DBA 3.0 though I need to put together some armies, I have some old Mikes Models Ottoman Turks that I could easily do an army with and Knights Hospitallers as an opponent. I am tempted to get Athenian and Achaemenid Persian armies as an alternative starting point, probably using either Magister Millitum or Essex for pre-organised DBA packs.
I might also get a Macedonian army together as I might still have most of the figures needed tucked away somewhere.
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Post by twrnz on Nov 14, 2018 23:43:38 GMT
...Now planning to get back in with DBA 3.0 though I need to put together some armies, I have some old Mikes Models Ottoman Turks that I could easily do an army with and Knights Hospitallers as an opponent. I am tempted to get Athenian and Achaemenid Persian armies as an alternative starting point, probably using either Magister Millitum or Essex for pre-organised DBA packs. I might also get a Macedonian army together as I might still have most of the figures needed tucked away somewhere. Welcome to the group and to DBA 3.0! There are plenty of options with these armies you have listed. I have a couple of armies based on the Later Hoplites and find the battles between them and my friends Persians very enjoyable. The Successors are a favourite of mine, all having a slightly different mix of troops. The Macedonians are therefore a great army to have both in their own right but also to morph into the various Successors. Please keep us updated on your armies and games. You may find a few posts on my website of some use as well, link below...
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