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Post by felixs on Oct 31, 2018 7:27:22 GMT
According to my notes, Enclosures, Scrub, and Boggy is the only case where different names are used for the same thing. Everything else differs in at least some way.
Rocky?
You are right, Rocky too. In my list, I had Rocky as blocking shooting - no idea where that came from.
So it is Enclodures, Scrub, Boggy, and Rocky. They are all Rough Going and nothing else per the rules.
All other terrain types have something that makes them different.
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Post by felixs on Oct 30, 2018 20:51:44 GMT
Thank you very much for that great report!
Enjoyed the reading of it lots!
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Post by felixs on Oct 30, 2018 20:48:55 GMT
The Terrain rules are filled with different names but with little to no effect on game play. Just a bit of player torture.... TomT
According to my notes, Enclosures, Scrub, and Boggy is the only case where different names are used for the same thing. Everything else differs in at least some way.
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Post by felixs on Oct 29, 2018 16:08:15 GMT
Thank you!
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Post by felixs on Oct 29, 2018 12:16:43 GMT
Dear Forum People,
is there any difference between Enclosures, Scrub, and Boggy in terms of game mechanics? They are all Rough Going and do not hinder shooting.
Are they the same, just different looks?
All the other terrain features are - in some ways - unique.
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Post by felixs on Oct 1, 2018 9:09:05 GMT
I too would go with what I think looks best and would use a deeper base and use four figures, if possible. If that still looks ridculous, using three figures is fine.
A deeper base is a slight disadvantage in play. But since the point (for me) is to have fun and since fun (to me) is achieved by playing with distinct armies, the deeper base makes that army different, thus more fun.
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Post by felixs on Sept 29, 2018 11:36:25 GMT
Museum Miniatures has a few such figures in the older lines too. Museum Miniatures have always been on the bigger side of 15mm, but some of their figures are gigantic. I even have succesfully mixed Museum hoplite figures (from an older line) with Xyston Kappadokians...
The newer lines by Museum Miniatures (the Japanese come to mind) are all closer to 20mm than to 15mm.
It is highly problematic, but it is also a tendency with many makers of 15mm (or "15mm") figures. It seems that true 15mm is in the minority among newer lines.
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Post by felixs on Sept 26, 2018 16:01:43 GMT
I have tried using 100 paces = 1 base width.
This does not work very well. Slow units are still pretty slow while fast units are absolutely absurdly fast. Especially Flyers are totally over the top.
My impression is, that the rules would need to be re-written with new movement ratios.
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Post by felixs on Sept 24, 2018 10:02:40 GMT
Dear Joe,
I respect your view of these things and I am familiar with the background of this rift, so, if you rule so, let us not have this discussion.
However, it does not seem to me that a discussion on the goods and the bads of Triumph will have to cause a lot of further trouble. The two rules are now separate and all should be settled.
If this is still a personally sensitive issue for people on this board, I am fine with not discussing it here. (I have, however, no interest to register for the Triumph board).
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Post by felixs on Sept 23, 2018 16:33:51 GMT
They look great.
Would you care to write a bit more about Triumph and what is better and/or different to DBA?
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Post by felixs on Sept 7, 2018 15:40:17 GMT
The thing about terrain is that we use it EVERY week so the time you put into making it gets to be enjoyed more frequently than an army.
That is an extremely important point.
Also, terrain is so much bigger than miniatures, thus contributes much more to the "overall looks" of a game. We should put much more effort into our terrain.
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Post by felixs on Sept 5, 2018 19:28:51 GMT
Nubians and Egyptians are finished and ready to go.
Need to decide whether I should do the Thracians or the Assyrians next...
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Post by felixs on Sept 1, 2018 15:21:12 GMT
Finally updating my New Kingdom Egyptians and my Nubians to DBA 3.
Should be fun, I like both armies and they tend to give interesting matches. Probably even more so now, with all the colourful new stuff thrown in.
About 20 minis need painting. Should be do-able.
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Post by felixs on Aug 20, 2018 7:58:34 GMT
You could also model them in different formations: Knights could be more solid, forward charging; while Cavalry could be in a looser order, riding in slightly different angles etc.
Other than that, it depends on the army in question. Sometimes Cv and Kn in the same army represent different interpretations of the same troops. Sometimes they are different in some way, which could show in more lavish colours etc, as Timurilank suggested.
In some cases, similarly equipped figures in different poses are an option. If you have a choice, I would use figures holding bows for Cv, not for Kn. Kn would get more lances etc.
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Post by felixs on Aug 14, 2018 15:15:34 GMT
They look great. I like the muted green-grey. Very good half-way solution between "classical" Tolkienesque orcs and GW style orcs.
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