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Post by macbeth on Apr 29, 2024 1:25:09 GMT
I finished off "The First and Second Italian Wars" on Thursday and then picked up another of Julian Romane's books "Rise of the Tang Dynasty"
I was able to power through this over the weekend and am on the cusp of finishing it.
Cheers
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Post by macbeth on Apr 29, 2024 1:19:12 GMT
After pushing out the first reminder the entries have started to trickle in
At this point we have 5 players locked in for Collision Course
I'll be aggressively recruiting over the next couple of weeks.
cheers
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Post by macbeth on Apr 29, 2024 1:17:09 GMT
I was out of the house much of the last weekend but I finished off another HCh for the Kyrenean Greeks
I am perilously close to completing more Sea Peoples and the last element of the Palaialogan Byzantines but had to call a halt before the final brush strokes.
Cheers
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Post by macbeth on Apr 21, 2024 12:32:55 GMT
Several distractions this weekend but today I managed to finish
2xSp and 1xPs for the Kyrenean Greeks
Cheers
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Post by macbeth on Apr 21, 2024 12:31:13 GMT
Last Sunday we continued our DBA Campaign Succession Planning - there were a couple of missing players but a few proxy players were there to pick up the slack and we managed four epic battles.
Autumn Egypt sends Persia an invitation to the Philo-Ptolemaic games and in doing so negates their declaration of war.
Bactria is given free passage through Persian territory to attack Syria. The battle of Emesa is an overwhelming victory for the Bactrian forces when they cut down a third of the Syrian defenders including the commander but suffer no appreciable losses.
The Persian forces breach the walls of Mazaka capturing the Kappadokian treasury, forcing the Kappadokians to submit as vassals to the mighty Selucid Empire.
The Peloponnese force turn on their erstwhile ally and attack Macedon. The Macedonians prepare to fight and are supported by Epirus. The battle of Larisa is a hard-fought affair, initially the defenders gained the upper hand with the timely arrival of the Epirot contingent but the Peloponnese force rallied and managed to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
At the end of 316 BC the prestige table stands at Macedon – 17.0 Persia – 10.6 Peloponnese – 10.0 Rhodes – 8.0 Bactria – 6.4 Free Greece – 5.1 Thrace – 3.8 Kappadokia – 3.2 Epirus – 2.7 Egypt – 2.0 Syria – 1.1
315BC
In North Africa new nations coalesce and prepare to strut the world stage Cyrenaica – Nick Rodgers I/56a Kyrenean Greek Libya – David Lonsdale I/7d Early Libyan
Spring Egypt attempts to regain its lost territory, with support from Cyrenaica. The battle of Memphis sees the Egyptian force stumble onto prepared Rhodian positions within the woods and marshes of the Nile Delta. Badly beaten the Egyptians withdraw after inflicting minor losses on the Rhodians.
Macedon likewise attempts to recover their lost territory and attacks Peloponnese with support from Thrace. The battle of Larisa is an overwhelming victory for the Peloponnese force who crash though the Macedonian line and kill the commander. A Thracian contingent that offered aid to Macedon fails to arrive.
Cheers
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Post by macbeth on Apr 17, 2024 1:50:07 GMT
Greetings Tom,
The basis for my campaigns is the set of Campaign rules in the back of DBA2.2
That covers the movement, battles, and sieges
The sieges were played out as per those rules - the besieger took the city if they rolled a 5 or 6 - otherwise they lost 1 element Each season of siege the chance to take the city increased by 1 If an army was present inside the city it reduced the chance of capture by 1 --> but if the city falls the defending army is wiped out.
I have added one modification to this - if the besieger scores a 1 on their roll then instead of losig 1 element they lose one dice worth to a maximum number of 1+ the number of defending elments (ie if there afre 3 elements inside the city then the maximum loss would be 4)
Prestige was awarded in the following ways Battle - 1 point per element killed over and above losses. 2 points for killing a general 2 points for taking a camp or city
Battle prestige is adjusted by the relative strengths of the opposing sides - each side is rated according to my rating system (see the Magister Militum Per Capitoline Territorialis thread in the Tournaments section) - the prestige is multiplied by opponents rating/own rating. Allied contingents contribute to the rating if they Arrive on the field and either get within 1BW of the enemy main protagonist or shoot or are shot at.
Bonus prestige At the end of each year 1 point per unused recruitment slot - eg if you have three cities (the equivalent of four recruitment slots (one per city plus an extra slot for the capital) and only 2 losses you would get 2 bonus points. 1 point per vassal
At the end of the campaign 3 points per city directly controlled. 2 points per city controlled by a vassal.
I allowed allies a fair amount of leeway but they were not allowed to backstab on the battlefield.
I created a set of 'goodie cards' that convey an advantage (such as safe travel over oceans, +1 PIP, and so on). Each player gets a card and the most obviously disadvantaged player gets a second card.
Note that for the current campaign we have modified the prestige system to encourage more battlefield participation and less defensive holding up.
Cheers
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Post by macbeth on Apr 15, 2024 0:11:49 GMT
This weekend's painting saw me complete
1xLH (Vardariot Guards) for the Palaialogan Byzantine - I just have the last element of 7Hd to finish and the army is done. 1xPs, 1x4Cb and 1x4Ax for the Lusignan Cypriot
Cheers
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Post by macbeth on Apr 15, 2024 0:05:56 GMT
After finishing 'The Norman Achievement' on Thursday I started "The First and Second Italian Wars 1494-1504" by Julian Romane
This is a good read
Cheers
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Post by macbeth on Apr 10, 2024 2:15:31 GMT
very useful for developing Tournament Themes Many thanks ratmitglied
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Post by macbeth on Apr 7, 2024 8:01:09 GMT
This weekend I managed to finish
1xLCh(Gen), 1x4Bd, 1x3Bd and 1xPs for my Sea Peoples 1x3Bw and 1x4Bw for the Palaialogan Byzantines 1x3Ax for my Later Hoplite Greeks (Rhodian - other in Greece) to replace an element that had weak ankles and lost a couple of figs
Cheers
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Post by macbeth on Apr 7, 2024 7:11:23 GMT
David, 60cm x 60cm, or 70cm x 70cm boards? Cheers, Greg 70x70 boards to give maneuverable armies their due Cheers
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Post by macbeth on Apr 7, 2024 2:21:26 GMT
Oz Based DBA Players (and anyone who wants to come from far and wide) Save the Date
Eureka Miniatures, Mick's Metal Models, Hall of Ancient Warriors, Leadbear's Tufts, Olympian Games Present and Ocker Games Present <The Now Internationally Renowned> Collision Course IX
Venue : Lanyon Vikings Club - Heidelberg St Conder Australian Capital Territory
Date : Sunday May 26th May 2024
Time : 11:00 AM to 6:00PM
Rules : DBA3
Scale : 15mm
The cost to enter is $20 but with a range of discounts - most entrants should not be out of pocket more than $13.
This is an open single list event (you bring one 12 element list that you will take on any and all comers) using DBA 3 for 15mm scale. The draw is Swiss Chess style with historical seeding used for Round 1 and where possible when multiple players are on the same points value.
The deployment rules are modified to simulate the accidental encounter between two marching columns
For full details contact the organiser on
dllandwaster<at>gmail<dot>com
There are also plenty of armies available for loan to new players who would like to give this a go - contact the organiser for a list
See you there
Cheers
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Post by macbeth on Apr 7, 2024 1:20:45 GMT
The Magister Militum per Capitoline Territorialis circuit for 2024/25 kicked off on Sunday 23rd March with "Just Desserts" in Goulburn
The interim positions for the 20 competitors that attended are: Mark Brandon-Baker - 5th Percentile Michael Callan - 10th Percentile Brenton Searle - 15th Percentile Greg Kelleher - 20th Percentile James Mallanack - 25th Percentile Michael Spitzkowsky - 30th Percentile Charmaine Benfield - 35th Percentile Adam Stone - 40th Percentile David Lawrence - 45th Percentile Rosalinda Hide - 50th Percentile Dale Daniels - 55th Percentile James Hide - 60th Percentile Austin Kenney - 65th Percentile David Lucas - 70th Percentile Phil Baldoni - 75th Percentile Adrian Williams - 80th Percentile Nick Rodgers - 85th Percentile Stephen Hopkins - 90th Percentile Peter Spitzkowsky - 95th Percentile Chris Cameron - 100th Percentile
The circuit continues with
Collision Course - Sunday 26th May Song For Guy - Sunday 30th June Landwaster 2024 - Sunday 24th November Cancon January 2025
Cheers
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Post by macbeth on Apr 2, 2024 1:20:13 GMT
I finished 'Life and Death of Ancient Cities' over Easter and am now about 30 pages into "The Norman Achievement" by David C. Douglas - a quaint late 60s history of the Normans in the 11th Century.
Back when I first started gobbling up history books whenever I could find them at secondhand shops I picked up his second volume - 'The Norman Fate' and read that - then spent a lot of time hunting this one down but never sat down to read it until now
Cheers
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Post by macbeth on Mar 25, 2024 1:59:27 GMT
On Friday I finished 'Fallen Dragons', it's ending was quite disappointing
I am now reading "The Life and Death of Ancient Cities" a study of (primarily) Mediterranean Urbanisation - when I picked it up I was concerned that it would be a heavy read but thus far it flows quite well.
Cheers
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