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Post by durbangamer on Sept 7, 2020 11:26:07 GMT
Hi Everyone,
DBX rules systems are great for many periods besides Ancients. Two particularly fun free variants are Hordes in the Trenches (WW1) and Hordes of the Empire (Colonial). Was wondering, is anyone still playing them or variants of them? Is there any site or blog I could go to to see AARs or discussion of these rules that is not more than 5 years old?
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Post by timurilank on Sept 7, 2020 13:28:26 GMT
Durbangamer,
If you receive no response then contact Dave Crenshaw directly through his blog Miniature Minions. He could direct you to the sources you are looking for as he and Paul Potter designed the two variants.
miniatureminions.blogspot.com/
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Post by martin on Sept 7, 2020 16:35:57 GMT
Hi Everyone, DBX rules systems are great for many periods besides Ancients. Two particularly fun free variants are Hordes in the Trenches (WW1) and Hordes of the Empire (Colonial). Was wondering, is anyone still playing them or variants of them? Is there any site or blog I could go to to see AARs or discussion of these rules that is not more than 5 years old? Hi durbangamer I still play HotE now and then. I have no blog (the world would be pleased to know), but usually post games on various facebook groups. 15mm Sudan and 6mm Anglo-Zulu war. Hitt I haven’t yet tried. I think both are ‘minority sports’, but I certainly enjoy HotE. Well written, and well thought through. |
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Post by hammurabi70 on Sept 8, 2020 21:31:56 GMT
Hi Everyone, DBX rules systems are great for many periods besides Ancients. Two particularly fun free variants are Hordes in the Trenches (WW1) and Hordes of the Empire (Colonial). Was wondering, is anyone still playing them or variants of them? Is there any site or blog I could go to to see AARs or discussion of these rules that is not more than 5 years old? Never heard of either; where would I find out more? |
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Post by martin on Sept 9, 2020 3:46:29 GMT
Hi Everyone, DBX rules systems are great for many periods besides Ancients. Two particularly fun free variants are Hordes in the Trenches (WW1) and Hordes of the Empire (Colonial). Was wondering, is anyone still playing them or variants of them? Is there any site or blog I could go to to see AARs or discussion of these rules that is not more than 5 years old? Never heard of either; where would I find out more? If you pm me an e.mail address I can (probably...😶) find the files and pass them on. HotE is in the files of at least one the facebook groups - ‘DBA and Hott wargaming’ in fact. |
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Post by lewchips on Sept 9, 2020 5:20:07 GMT
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Post by durbangamer on Sept 10, 2020 11:48:47 GMT
Many thanks for the very helpful responses, everyone. I feel encouraged to keep painting and basing for DBC, HOTE and HITT. I will certainly be perusing the sites mentioned! It is good to know that there is a group of us around playing these and similar systems. Gradually over five decades of gaming, I realised that one doesn't need huge tables and thousands of figures to have excellent games. In fact, the more compact ones with about 9-24 stands per side are much more manageable and satisfying. Whilst I keep to 4cm base frontage for DBA3, I've recently found that a 4.5cm frontage and 3cm depth works better for my 15mm figs in the gunpowder eras. Because I am compacting large collections purchased in my younger days, I go with double ranks for infantry. Thus 2 ranks of 5 figs for Napoleonic line (eg 10 line infantry on a base), and 2 ranks of 4 figs for American Revolution line regulars or Victorian era regulars. My Zulu impis and Hadendowa warband go on 4.5 frontage by 4cm deep at 9 figs per base!
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Post by durbangamer on Sept 10, 2020 12:13:08 GMT
Duties are calling me away, but I just had time to look at the first of those old AARs for HOTE. Wonderful! Many thanks for your trouble in posting those links Lewchips. That Boer v Zulu game is just my idea of a perfect game. Lots of exciting happenings, two completely disparate armies. Plenty of variety in troop types for the Zulus adding to the interest of fielding them. The fact that the Zulus won is also great because it shows that HOTE is not one of those one-sided "blow the tribals away" sets of rules. And all this fun with very low numbers of stands on a nice little 2 foot square table. And I bet they finished within an hour.
My idea of perfect, and am really looking forward to reading the other links and suggestions!
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Post by jim1973 on Sept 12, 2020 12:58:51 GMT
You can find a HITT variant here that looks interesting: HITT variantCheers Jim |
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Post by hammurabi70 on Sept 12, 2020 15:24:58 GMT
You can find a HITT variant here that looks interesting: HITT variantCheers Jim (1) Are you still dedicated to 10mm? (2) What scale did you use before then? Command and Colors has been successful by virtue of having games that give a ‘feel’ for that actual period in which the battles are fought. Thus the critical question is do the battles ‘feel’ as if they are ‘in period’ or merely mechanics applied to that period? |
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Post by jim1973 on Sept 12, 2020 15:38:31 GMT
My HITT armies are 10mm but my DBA armies are 15mm. The blog author's minis are larger, maybe even 20mm?
Cheers
Jim
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Post by durbangamer on Sept 13, 2020 10:40:32 GMT
Many thanks for that great link, Jim! I see it not only provides a very nice version free of the WW1 HITT rules, but also of the Colonial HOTE rules. Both very nice for fun, compact gaming on a small board. Hammurabi, plenty of great period feel and swirling action from these rules! Also fine for solo without the need for fancy gimmicks - just play each side as per what seems best for them in a given turn!
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