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Post by berkeley on Nov 21, 2023 10:38:03 GMT
Dba competition. 6th January 2024 Tudor Arms ,Slimbridge Gloucestershire.
charming West Country incompetence as standard , £10 fee , all profits to Mnd research .
Crap prizes as usual . 9.30am - 4.30pm . As many games as we can get in .
Theme Eternal Persia .
any Persian army OR any listed enemy .
Persian lists on page 138.
there will be a prize for best Performing Persian and one for best enemy .
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Post by paulisper on Nov 21, 2023 12:10:52 GMT
Dba competition. 6th January 2024 Tudor Arms ,Slimbridge Gloucestershire. charming West Country incompetence as standard , £10 fee , all profits to Mnd research . Crap prizes as usual . 9.30am - 4.30pm . As many games as we can get in . Presume you’re happy for it to be included in the UK league again? Cheers P |
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Post by berkeley on Nov 21, 2023 12:50:23 GMT
No problems with that .
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Post by martin on Nov 21, 2023 14:31:49 GMT
Great stuff, Keith.
Looking forward to your chosen theme….. preferably not “Hawaiians and their enemies”, please 😄
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Post by berkeley on Nov 21, 2023 18:42:54 GMT
I was thinking of book one plus American Iists ?
Or only littoral armies ?
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Post by colinthehittite on Nov 22, 2023 8:05:48 GMT
Count me in, Keith. Dreary January is looking much better already.
As for your suggested themes, personally I’m not a Book 1 fan – but do have some armies from the list. I only have Chimu from the Americas and they are exhausted after being frightened by all the scary four legged armies at the recent Cold Ash tournament. So, I would vote for littoral armies; but would be quite happy with any theme. Just want to play!!
Colin
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Post by hodsopa on Nov 22, 2023 9:51:22 GMT
If it was a vote I'd vote book 1 because a) the littoral landing rules are so annoying! and b) I am missing the PAWS formula of armies fighting in their historical period (+/-, obviously, in this case). But as Colin says, I will just be glad to play.
Paul H
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Post by martin on Nov 22, 2023 14:11:42 GMT
Bear in mind that Frome early Feb is Book 1 + half of Bk 2…
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Post by martin on Nov 22, 2023 14:13:28 GMT
If it was a vote I'd vote book 1 because a) the littoral landing rules are so annoying! > Paul H That’s the fun of it……if they weren’t annoying there would be no point 😁 |
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Post by hodsopa on Nov 22, 2023 14:21:05 GMT
I almost wrote "the littoral landing rules are so annoying (to everyone except Martin)" - and here is the proof!
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Post by colinthehittite on Nov 22, 2023 15:27:01 GMT
Methinks you need a littoral themed tournament, hodsopa. Initiation into the dark and forboding mysteries of the littoral game is an experience not to miss! And you can bring your camels if they can find any water!
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Post by hodsopa on Nov 22, 2023 15:39:02 GMT
Methinks, sir Hittite, that you need a tournament in which you can fight for the glory of your own heraldic title. You can take a camel to water but you can't make it drink.
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Post by colinthehittite on Nov 22, 2023 15:48:34 GMT
Come on hodsopa, sooner or later you have to dip your toe in the water. It’s not so bad, perhaps you will get a bit of a shock at first but you will soon get used to it. After all, later in life you never know when you will need to lean on that initial experience to save you from a nasty shock; or worse!
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Post by colinthehittite on Nov 22, 2023 16:37:27 GMT
Top 7 tips to learn how to play with littoral landings
1. You will need extra equipment beyond the standard DBA set. A waterway is useful if you plan to send some of your army off for a damp flank march. Modular is good. Two one foot lengths that join will avert peculiar looks from passers by as you struggle into the tournament venue with your waterway poking out of your bag.
2. Start in the ‘shallow end’. Your first dip could be with just two elements. A couple of Psiloi can weak havoc in your opponent’s rear.
3. Be comfortable with your opponent landing on your side of the board. After all it means there are fewer enemy elements in front of your inexorable battle line.
4. Spend plenty of time in the water. As your experience grows be determined to use a littoral landing whenever you can. The landing offers you more game options; you cannot have too many strings to your wet longbow.
5. Learn the mechanics of being in the water. Who goes first is important and needs thinking through.
6. As you develop your water confidence consider using expendable elements to cause a distraction whilst you win elsewhere.
7. Enroll in Martin's excellent course from which you will come away with littoral confidence and bravado. I did!
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Post by menacussecundus on Nov 22, 2023 16:44:08 GMT
Littoral armies can be fun; games where both attacker and defender are littoral, less so; and by the time one has played a whole day of littoral army v littoral army, the joke has worn very thin.
However, as I shan't be coming, there is no need to pander to my prejudices.
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