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Post by stevie on Jul 18, 2021 9:30:59 GMT
Oh…I see…my fault again for misunderstanding you Bluestone28.  You are quite right…as you’ve already got the 1 ‘free’ PIP at the start of your bound, you only need to draw 1 ‘chit’ from the bag to get another 1 PIP to make the total 2 PIP’s. Green ‘chits’ = PIP’s. By the way, since some (but not all) of my friends think my earlier ‘make two orders to avoid PIP wastage’ is too complicated, I have (reluctantly) given in to peer pressure and abandoned it. They prefer it to be if you issue a 2 PIP order, but are unable to raise the 2 PIP’s, the order is obviously cancelled, and the single PIP actually raised (if any) can be used to make a 1 PIP move of your choice. Think of it like this:- The General says: “Damn! That complicated 2 PIP order has to go to several units, so needs 2 couriers, but not enough have returned and only one is currently available. Oh well, cancel the 2 PIP order and use the single courier I do have to send a simple 1 PIP order to so-and-so over there instead.” (In other words, each green ‘chit’ represents a courier or messenger. A red ‘chit’ means none are available) Actually, this can sometimes be advantageous. Usually you have to announce your moves in advance before drawing ‘chits’/courier-messengers. When a 2 PIP order is cancelled due to a lack of PIP’s/’chits’/couriers, General’s can make a decision ‘on-the-spur-of-the-moment’ to use the any spare PIP they do have on an element or group that they haven’t announced beforehand. They don’t get to make the 2 PIP move that they wanted…but at least the 1 PIP isn’t wasted.  |
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Post by bluestone28 on Jul 18, 2021 10:41:07 GMT
and yes this new home rule is very interesting! It bring some "war realism" pressure to the poor general, and makes important orders first, changing completly the tactical thing! a nice addition (and i'll have some difficulties to return back to the normal rules after that!  i also like the cup-like rolling dice, it's less noisy and bring some more suspense to the combat results (and no more "wrong dice" or dice-breaking figs syndrom ) |
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Post by stevie on Jul 18, 2021 11:49:44 GMT
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Post by Tony Aguilar on Jul 20, 2021 16:09:58 GMT
Just uploaded another set of Blind General battles on my YouTube channel.
Scott finally gets a chance to play in some Blind General games with DBA 3.0.
Mitch and I take turns playing him with armies from Book 1.
The matchups are:
I/29b Philistines vs. I/22b New Kingdom Egyptian
I/52b Early Spartans vs. I/60c Achaemenid Persian
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Post by bluestone28 on Jul 25, 2021 23:18:37 GMT
... Actually, this can sometimes be advantageous. Usually you have to announce your moves in advance before drawing ‘chits’/courier-messengers. When a 2 PIP order is cancelled due to a lack of PIP’s/’chits’/couriers, General’s can make a decision ‘on-the-spur-of-the-moment’ to use the any spare PIP they do have on an element or group that they haven’t announced beforehand. They don’t get to make the 2 PIP move that they wanted…but at least the 1 PIP isn’t wasted. I just think of "middle" alternative : the 2 tokens are drawn one after the other : if the first one is green and the second is red, the player got only 1 PIP and he can use it on another unit (whose movement costs only 1), if the first token drawn is red, the player loose the 2 PIPs, so the order/move phase stop here. Of course at the begining of his turn, as the first pip is free, he still have one order even if the token drawn is red. (so it's better for the player to try to move the 2 Pips unit at the begining of his turn!) (Sorry Tony to hijack your topic again! ) |
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Post by Tony Aguilar on Jul 27, 2021 16:35:14 GMT
Two more videos uploaded a little while ago about the the games we played last night:
The final chapter in the WOTR Campaign game and The Blind General V which shows the Schmidts trying out these rules.
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Post by saxonred on Aug 7, 2021 14:11:20 GMT
An alternative, more suitable for solo games (and for those with sensitive hearing!), is to have 6 plastic/cardboard ‘chits’ in a bag, 5 of them green and 1 red, drawn one-at-a-time:- * Players announce the move they wish to make (indicating that an order has been dispatched)… * The first PIP each bound is free, and no 'chit' is drawn. Other subsequent orders requires the drawing of 'chits'... * A green 'chit' gives 1 PIP and more 'chits' may still be drawn (showing the order has been received and acted upon)... * A red 'chit' gives no PIP and no more draws (showing that the order didn't arrive, and must have got lost in the post!)... * To make a 2 PIP move, two ‘chits’ will need to be drawn, one-at-a-time, neither of them being red… * Drawn ‘chits’ only go back in the bag if a red is drawn, or if the player has finished moving… (The defending player rolls an extra 'Weather Dice' before their first bound. A roll of '1' means Plough becomes
Rough, and the defender cannot draw more 'chits' that bound....see fanaticus.boards.net/post/3886/%C2%A0 )
Whichever method is used, this is a wonderful House Rule, and it really makes playing feel as if you are in command issuing orders to an army, instead of merely being in a game where you roll say 3 or 4 PIP’s then decide which elements or groups to move, knowing the amount in advance. I highly recommend this ‘Blind General’ system and thank Tony for bringing it to our attention. 👍 I've been following the Blind General system for a couple of weeks now but only just got around to some solo games and try it out. It works really well with DBA solo rules and adds some ingenious suspense to to both sides of the battle. For the solo side it's best to have an idea of a battle plan even if very basic. This system deserves a place of honour in the House Rules section. Thanks for bringing it to everyone's attention Tony. |
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Post by Tony Aguilar on Sept 8, 2021 17:48:06 GMT
Holy Smokes! (or "Put it in your Pope and Smoke it!") youtu.be/ggQsn5Xp_8MThis is a series of DBA 3.0 battles which feature my newly finished III/77 Papal Italian army against a selection of their enemies. III/52 Normans III/73a Communal Italian III/73b Communal Italian IV/13a Medieval German Will the Pontiff or the Ghibellines/intruders be triumphant? |
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Post by Baldie on Sept 8, 2021 19:46:57 GMT
Looking forward to this
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Post by gregorius on Sept 9, 2021 23:21:51 GMT
Holy Smokes! (or "Put it in your Pope and Smoke it!") youtu.be/ggQsn5Xp_8MThis is a series of DBA 3.0 battles which feature my newly finished III/77 Papal Italian army against a selection of their enemies. III/52 Normans III/73a Communal Italian III/73b Communal Italian IV/13a Medieval German Will the Pontiff or the Ghibellines/intruders be triumphant? Four cracking games. Highly recommended. Cheers, |
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Post by Tony Aguilar on Sept 11, 2021 9:38:01 GMT
Blind Faith DBA 3.0 In this next series of DBA 3.0 battles, my newly finished III/77 Papal Italian army takes on some enemies with the Blind General rules. youtu.be/64fuxZHDV_EFor those that have not seen any of the previous Blind General games, it means that you do not know how many PIPs you have rolled until your opponent informs you are out of them as you use them up. IV/5a Sicilian Normans IV/5b Hohenstaufen Sicilian IV/5c Anjou Sicilian IV/13b Medieval German Check out these games and don't forget to help support my channel by giving a Like and a Subscribe. |
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Post by Tony Aguilar on Sept 14, 2021 9:33:12 GMT
Are you being Serbed? - DBA 3.0 youtu.be/rLz6kreNjXIIn this series of DBA 3.0 battles, Joe Kohten brings over his newly completed IV/22 Serbian Empire army and we play several games with their opponents. The players and the armies they used are: Joe Kohten IV/22 Serbian Empire Mitch Harbach III/68b Early Hungarian Scott Ludwig IV/60 Palaiologan Byzantine Tony Aguilar IV/43c Later Hungarian Tony Aguilar IV/55b Ottoman Turk Check out these games and don't forget to help support my channel by giving a Like and a Subscribe. |
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Post by Tony Aguilar on Oct 5, 2021 13:48:56 GMT
Darken the Skies IV is now up. youtu.be/bU1P5i4sXS0This is a series of battles using De Bellis Antiquitatis 3.0 with the theme being that each army had to have a minimum of five elements of Bw/Lb/Cb. This event was to showcase Joe's new army in battle which he just finished. Here are the players and armies they used. Joe Kohten IV/11 North-Western American Tony Aguilar III/62a Northern Song w/Five Dynasties ally Scott Ludwig I/5b Early Susiana Mitch Harbach I/44a Early Neo-Babylonian Don't forget to like and subscribe to my channel for more DBA content. |
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Post by Baldie on Oct 5, 2021 16:40:02 GMT
The taps are on
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Post by Tony Aguilar on Dec 22, 2021 13:24:27 GMT
It's time for battle, AMORITE? Enemies of the Later Amorites. youtu.be/kHlv8RT2FNIThis is a series of battles using De Bellis Antiquitatis 3.0 with the theme being that each army had to be an enemy of my new Later Amorite army. This is the first set of four battles of this set or enemies of the Amorites. Here are the players and armies they used. Tony Aguilar I/15 Later Amorite Mitch Harbach I/2a Early Egyptian I/4c Hurrians I/5c Early Susiana or Elamites I/6a Early Bedouins Don't forget to Like and Subscribe to my channel for more content.
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