Post by stevie on Jun 6, 2019 13:24:59 GMT
Here is a question I was asked the other day that I couldn’t answer.
Can a camp have curved edges, i.e. be semicircular, and shaped like the letter ‘D’?
Roman camps were certainty squarish or rectangular, with straight edges...
...but what about Greek camps, Barbarian camps, Medieval camps, and wagon laagers?
The obvious advantage would be that an enemy group would have to spend multiple PIPs
in order to get two or more elements into contact because of the curves.
BUAs and Plough can have straight edges, while all other terrain pieces must have curved edges.
But a Camp is not a BUA or a terrain piece.
All I can find on page 7 is that:-
“A camp must be 1 BW x ½ BW and fit into a rectangle who's length + width totals no more than 4 BW.”
The fact that it says “and fit into a rectangle” implies that it can have non-linear edges.
(I suppose the safest approach is to have a suitably flocked and decorated straight edged piece of card
of the right size to slip underneath a curved camp in case your opponent objects...)
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
Can a camp have curved edges, i.e. be semicircular, and shaped like the letter ‘D’?
Roman camps were certainty squarish or rectangular, with straight edges...
...but what about Greek camps, Barbarian camps, Medieval camps, and wagon laagers?
The obvious advantage would be that an enemy group would have to spend multiple PIPs
in order to get two or more elements into contact because of the curves.
BUAs and Plough can have straight edges, while all other terrain pieces must have curved edges.
But a Camp is not a BUA or a terrain piece.
All I can find on page 7 is that:-
“A camp must be 1 BW x ½ BW and fit into a rectangle who's length + width totals no more than 4 BW.”
The fact that it says “and fit into a rectangle” implies that it can have non-linear edges.
(I suppose the safest approach is to have a suitably flocked and decorated straight edged piece of card
of the right size to slip underneath a curved camp in case your opponent objects...)
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
