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Post by jim1973 on Sept 13, 2023 13:05:32 GMT
Thanks CarlL. The French are traditional acrylics and the British almost entirely Speedpaints. Almost gave up after the French but the British almost have me interested in more!
Cheers
Jim
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Post by jim1973 on Sept 11, 2023 14:40:28 GMT
Not my era but 3Bd seems to cover what has been said about them.
Jim
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Post by jim1973 on Sept 8, 2023 4:28:44 GMT
Although you could house rule it. IF you have a Gallic army circa 50BCE AND you have a BUA in your deployment zone THEN you can use a loaded dice.
Jim
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Post by jim1973 on Sept 8, 2023 2:15:47 GMT
They used a magic potion. Drug cheats! đ
Jim
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Post by jim1973 on Sept 7, 2023 3:55:31 GMT
These two youtube videos are quite interesting. Good reminders of what we don't know, particularly at the pointy end of ancient battles. Useful for those of us that like to tinker with rules as well, lest we forget these were people with the same fears as we have. The Art of WarThe Art of BattleHope you enjoy! Jim |
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Post by jim1973 on Sept 4, 2023 23:05:21 GMT
Lovely figures!
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Post by jim1973 on Sept 3, 2023 12:06:25 GMT
I've taken the plunge and painted my first Napoleonic armies. These are AB figures. Not sure how much further I'll take this project but wanted to try DBN and DBA-HX. If I like it, I'll paint more. But they are a bit painful with all the decoration and detail!   One army was painted with acrylics and one almost completely with Speedpaints. Can you tell which is which? Cheers Jim |
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Post by jim1973 on Sept 3, 2023 7:32:06 GMT
Here are the beginnings of a small Balkan War project. These are Eureka WW1 Bulgarians and Greeks but suit the Balkan Wars perfectly. They don't have a complete range so I will flesh out the Bulgarians with some Irregular Miniatures Cavalry and some Command Elements for both armies. May also do Irregular Ottoman Army as the Eureka minis are unsuitable as they wear the kabalak rather than the fez. The Bulgarians have two patron elements and the Greeks two Evzone and one Cretan Gendarme element.   I'll start these off with Hordes in the Trenches (HITT) but may also do a Balkan War variant for DBA3. Cheers Jim PS On second thoughts, may be some Greenstuff/Milliput could turn a kabalak to a fez? |
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Post by jim1973 on Aug 28, 2023 2:34:16 GMT
Of course I would choose III/62b Southern Sung Chinse until such time as the losses started to rack up at which point I would deny ever saying this and insist (all evidence to the contrary) that I chose III/76 Konstantinian Byzantine. But as the player who has just added army No. 169 to his list of fully optioned Purple Compliant armies (what sort of idiot has 103 armies - THIS sort of idiot) I am the wrong person to ask. I'll be playing around with the spice of life (variety) for many years to coem. Cheers How do we define fully optioned? The entire entry (e.g. I/56) or the entire sublist (e.g. I/56a)? If we're claiming sublists, can you have elements do double duty? I'm just asking so that I know what target to set myself in order to catch macbeth!Cheers Jim |
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Post by jim1973 on Aug 28, 2023 0:39:42 GMT
I've been called an idiot many times, some of which I actually deserved! So I'll throw my 2c worth into the mix:
I/56a Kyrenean Greek - A chariot riding phalanx. What's not to love?
Cheers
Jim
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Post by jim1973 on Aug 23, 2023 10:48:55 GMT
...reinvented the wheel again...tha is an old idea from Triumph...
cheers Well, given what Triumph took from DBA...  Cheers Jim |
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Post by jim1973 on Aug 22, 2023 22:05:41 GMT
Done this in 6mm and it looks mighty fine đđ P Pictures? Please let there be pictures! Jim |
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Post by jim1973 on Aug 22, 2023 22:03:38 GMT
â  Itâs just something Iâve been trying out building on Brian Boruâs scouting points idea. I havenât tried it out as much as Iâd like but Stevie has forced my hand! Damn you Stevie!!!! đ€Ł Reasoning: We all know and love Littoral Landings which are magically granted to any army that ever got on a boat (unless they are Norman) and which allow troops to materialise in contact with enemy troops. It goes without saying that this is OP, unhistoric and totally disregards ancient and medieval logistics. However, my gripe is not about this! It is âwhy allow Littoral landings into immediate battle (which never happened) and not flank marches which did - frequently. SoâŠ. Flank Marching Rules [undecided thoughts in square brackets]: Each army has a scouting value which is calculated as 2 points per LH or LCam, 1 point for Cav, Cam or Ps [possibly 1/2 point for 3Ax.] If terrain is Steppe scouting points are increased by 50% (rounded down) and if terrain is Dry all Camel scouting points are doubled. After terrain deployment armies compare scouting points: If the highest has 5 or more scouting points than the lowest - disregard defender moves first. Outscouting army has the choice to move first or second. [This is quite a low threshold and is intended to reward armies that take light troops.] If the highest has 10 or more scouting points more than the lowest - it may conduct a flank march onto any table side edge declared during deployment. [In my experience this is a high threshold that happens about 10% of the time.] If the highest has 20 or more scouting points more than the lowest - it may conduct two flank marches onto both table side edges OR one flank march on ANY table edge (including rear) declared before first PIP die roll. [This is super high and only happens when LH armies fight âsolid armiesâ on Steppe terrain. However, the bonus is intentionally huge!] Flank marches have the same restrictions as littoral landings except table edge is used instead of the waterway (2-3 elements, must be touching, no El, Art etc). Obviously you canât flank march onto a waterway. Only additional restriction is that troops canât be placed within 1BW of an enemy element, BUA or camp. Iâve been toying with a simpler version (like Littoral Landings) that singles out Steppe armies or those with 7+ LH but I canât get them as neat as Iâd like as there are too many exceptions - not all LH armies are Steppe and not all Steppe armies are LH! A lot of good ideas in here. My suggestions would be to allow the army that outscouts an option to become the "defender" even if aggression made them the "invader", using the actual defender's terrain location. That way light armies with high aggression can survive. Also, adding an element of chance to the flanking move. There may not be a ready route to allow flanking. The weather may not be conducive. Tensions in command structures. Etc, etc. One of my big gripes with littoral landings (apart from the fact that they didn't happen much/at all) is that they can always occur and therefore become predictable. Why wouldn't you reserve three elements to place after the enemy has deployed, especially if it allows you to put heavy troops onto a flank? This leads to predictable deployment and "sameness" to the game. Cheers Jim |
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Post by jim1973 on Aug 22, 2023 21:49:42 GMT
Because you say sweeping flank attacks were âless commonâ than battle line attacks but then say they were common practice up to ECW and often decided the outcome of a battle and that the Romans went to some lengths to counter them - implying that they were both common and effective. Which were they - less common or a frequently used tactic? I canât find much evidence of any frontal assault on a battle line by any LH army that I know of that didnât involve either heavier cavalry, a ruse such as human shields, terrain implications (river or frozen lake) or a split in the battle line that could be broken through. Plenty of evidence of demonstrations and occupying the attention of the battle line while working the flanks. Which battles would you refer to if giving examples of a frontal assaults by LH. That was me paddy649. Classic "Parthian tactics" were to hit and run to disorder the enemy, draw out pursuers, and then envelope the flanks. That's what I'd like to see rather than sweeping rides around the flanks without any combat. Makes for a more interesting game, which can't be forgotten for history's sake. Also makes LH more viable as invaders if the flanks are guarded by terrain, a situation which currently hurts the game. Cheers Jim |
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Post by jim1973 on Aug 22, 2023 12:26:20 GMT
To voluntarily break-off, you need a PIP. But as LH have a combat factor of 2, they lose a lot of combat rolls and as they are rarely destroyed, they can break-off with outcome moves. Cheers Jim So as a combat outcome they can choose to break off instead of recoiling? No. But the recoil serves as a quasi-break off. |
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