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Post by Simon on Sept 26, 2022 17:17:13 GMT
Those of you who have played in the Peak District may have noticed that we have lots of big hills. So .... it feels appropriate to have the Bakewell Winter Warmer theme of armies whose home terrain is...HILLY! BUT before you rush off and paint up your Swiss Army with a trillion homicidal 6Bds in it, do consider that you will be playing with your own army for three rounds only. In the other three, you will be playing against your own army.
Also, I may be tinkering with the terrain placing rules so we have some decent hills to play on.
Now you have an excuse to buy and paint yet another army and you will note that there is time between Christmas and the gig to get that new army painted.
"The hills are alive with the sound of ...."
Cheers
Simon
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Post by Baldie on Sept 26, 2022 18:08:00 GMT
I'm in
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Post by paulisper on Sept 26, 2022 18:08:11 GMT
You had me at ‘those’... 😉
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Post by Ken Gordon on Sept 27, 2022 18:59:57 GMT
I’m in brownies or not
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Post by sheffmark on Sept 28, 2022 10:28:53 GMT
If Baldie is going, myself and my brother will also make every effort to attend!
However I cannot support Ken's reckless abandonment concerning the importance of the Brownies.
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Post by martin on Sept 28, 2022 15:41:12 GMT
If Baldie is going, myself and my brother will also make every effort to attend! …sounds like the start of a blood feud…..🙃
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Post by Baldie on Sept 28, 2022 17:43:48 GMT
If Baldie is going, myself and my brother will also make every effort to attend! …sounds like the start of a blood feud…..🙃 I assure you I treat everyone with the same level of contempt, I am very non discriminatory.
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Post by stevie on Sept 29, 2022 8:45:35 GMT
I have a couple of quick questions for you Simon.
Firstly, will III/15 Tibetans (a hilly nation) be allowed to dismount during a battle? Or must they designate their entire order-of-battle before the tournament starts?
Secondly, will you be using ‘peak high points’ instead of ‘ridge lines’ on the hills? It’s just that ridge lines are a bit confusing when they are at 90° to a unit’s front (which happens frequently on circular round hills).
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Post by paulisper on Sept 29, 2022 13:23:21 GMT
I'm a fan of the 'peak high points' approach to the ruling of hills, meself...
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Post by sheffmark on Sept 29, 2022 16:08:40 GMT
If Baldie is going, myself and my brother will also make every effort to attend! …sounds like the start of a blood feud…..🙃 Not at all, it's just that Baldie thinks we help him maintain the first part of his interest, (as stated on this site.) The reality, of course, is slightly different, in that against me I think the scores are about even, but we like to humour him!
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Post by sheffmark on Sept 29, 2022 16:10:00 GMT
I'm a fan of the 'peak high points' approach to the ruling of hills, meself... P. Agreed but think if you take the line from the nearest point on the ridge to the centre of the combat instead of to the peak point, I think it still works?
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Post by sheffmark on Sept 29, 2022 16:14:07 GMT
I have a couple of quick questions for you Simon. Firstly, will III/15 Tibetans (a hilly nation) be allowed to dismount during a battle? Or must they designate their entire order-of-battle before the tournament starts? Secondly, will you be using ‘peak high points’ instead of ‘ridge lines’ on the hills? It’s just that ridge lines are a bit confusing when they are at 90° to a unit’s front (which happens frequently on circular round hills). Ah Tibetans, with their famous 4Kn which dismount as Sp, both troop types of course which operate so effectively on difficult hills! (Yes I have Tibetans as well!)
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Post by stevie on Sept 29, 2022 17:22:55 GMT
Oh I don’t know…a Knight higher up on a difficult hill would have a combat factor of 2 against foot. A Spear element higher up on the same difficult hill would have a combat factor of 3… …the same as everybody’s favourite 3Bd or just ordinary Aux on a lower slope. Could make a difference…
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Post by Simon on Oct 2, 2022 14:21:59 GMT
I have a couple of quick questions for you Simon. Firstly, will III/15 Tibetans (a hilly nation) be allowed to dismount during a battle? Or must they designate their entire order-of-battle before the tournament starts? Secondly, will you be using ‘peak high points’ instead of ‘ridge lines’ on the hills? It’s just that ridge lines are a bit confusing when they are at 90° to a unit’s front (which happens frequently on circular round hills). Well Stevie. I will be allowing dismounting as per the RAW as your opponent will be using your army for half the time so things should balance out. Concerning difficult hills, either central points for a conical hill or ridge lines will be allowed. I will be tinkering with terrain placement rules to make sure we have a proper mountain landscape rather than being able to get away with, eg, one difficult hill, a road and a wood! As for minimum size..... Simon
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Post by paulisper on Oct 2, 2022 15:25:19 GMT
I have a couple of quick questions for you Simon. Firstly, will III/15 Tibetans (a hilly nation) be allowed to dismount during a battle? Or must they designate their entire order-of-battle before the tournament starts? Secondly, will you be using ‘peak high points’ instead of ‘ridge lines’ on the hills? It’s just that ridge lines are a bit confusing when they are at 90° to a unit’s front (which happens frequently on circular round hills). Well Stevie. I will be allowing dismounting as per the RAW as your opponent will be using your army for half the time so things should balance out. Concerning difficult hills, either central points for a conical hill or ridge lines will be allowed. I will be tinkering with terrain placement rules to make sure we have a proper mountain landscape rather than being able to get away with, eg, one difficult hill, a road and a wood! As for minimum size..... Simon Hi Simon! At what point will you be announcing the terrain placement rules and any other House Rules, such as minimum size - this could have a significant impact on final army choice… P
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