Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 18:46:35 -0000 From: "Kerry" <zupferd3rd@...> ... posted thursday 28th (a day before the above) ''Seems a bit more 'real' too -...
The point is Bob that the guys dismounting are usually superior types- Bd or Sp (S) under DBM- I can therefore see no problem for ca. 600 of them to have the...
In a message dated 9/1/2003 2:00:05 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... I think it makes sense because the dismounting troops probably would have trained most of the...
... Hee, hee! Of course I'm reading your posts, Simon. Yours was great support, but not directly addressing my main point. That being the scale and scope of...
I read an account of the battle of Blore Heath (1459) recently and learned that the battle was started by the Lancastrians being mostly mounted. However, after...
... I think the later armies are a bit of a blunder in DBA anyhow, most of the armies were much smaller than the 9-10,000 troops represented in a DBA army. ...
So, again, where's the problem with the rules? In the 100 Years' War English, Medieval (post 1345) French etc. lists, 3Kn can dismount as 4Bd. The addition...
... The problem is that in-battle dismounting was very very rare. It happened at Arbedo, may have happened at Blore Heath and Montleherey, but that's it. All...
If one states simply that dismounting can't happen when nearer than certain distance from the enemy? (1200p seems about rigth to me). This is simple, has no...
Under DBA WOTR armies have to deploy as Kn or Bd anyway, so no dismounting problem. Kn do not recoil from an unsuccessful attack on Bw- they die. Other things...
Which is why I suggest 2 PIPs per individual element to dismount plus no dismounting in ZOC plus that it is a static move. Mick Woods ... From: Ken Blackley ...
All these suggestions are fine. Pick one and inform your players that you want to use a house rule. Personally, I think Phil just wanted to include some...
... Absolutely agreed...which was how it was handled in 1.x. And yes, it does give an advantage to dismounting armies (though nowhere near as great) during...
Phil's current model of ancient and medieval warfare postulates that certain mounted troops (those marked //) arrived on the battlefield mounted and it takes...
Or accept the fact that he is only asking that the game be played by the rules as written and get on with it. Who knows, the guy might actually feel it is...
Does anyone know why the Sea People lost their war wagons from the first army list to the current version of DBA? As far as I know war wagons still appear on...
... Wagons appear. "War Wagons" -- wagons intended by the users to be part of the fighting -- have been removed from DBA. Why? Quite simple -- the current...
... Indeed - I think the wagons now form Temporary Fortifications in DBM (don't have the books here so not sure, though). On this note they can be used with...
The Essex 15mm Sea peoples wagon features just such women and shildren and would make a nice camp follower element. Of course you could build a camp out of...
Correct. In DBA only two ranks count (and then not all the time). In DBM, 2, 3 or 4 ranks count depending on the type of pikes being dealt with. Cheers, Thomo...
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... That's correct, but you really have to keep the scale of DBA in mind. I know this analogy will not be perfectly accurate, but having one supporting...
Depends on what you mean by "any good." You will not get any more factors than the +3 the one extra rank gives you. You can move through bad going, along a...
The recent question about Pikes got me wondering Do we assume that Pikes do not get second rank support against Cav, LH, SCh, Bw, and Ps if they are in a BUA?...
Thank you all for your imput. Somehow I'm still not convinced there shouldn't be a war wagon element for the Sea People (ot just a base camp). I agree that...
