Hiya Folks, When I was getting a demo of HOTT at Beer and Pretzels, it was said that there are differences between HOTT and DBA. (that was my first experience...
... Whilst they use the same basic mechanics they are different games. An oft quoted mantra is "HOTT is not DBA" or vice versa. Having said that people do like...
There are now many differences between Hott and DBA. These are "forgetting the magic and all those monster things, and looking at the maneavring and combat...
The only difference I can tell is the movement of the bow and of course, the magic. Now in HOTTs, there is a 3 inches for the bow and in DBA 2 inches. I...
... playing ... Aha! It seems I was quoting you, except, you were playing against Andy Wils, and I was the one watching what was going on. HOTT seemed fun, and...
I love this comment The whole "Crossing an enemy element's front" rule is different in the two games. You can understand the one in HOTT2. Keep it up Bob! Si2...
... DBA is very good as a competition game, actually -- there are a very large number of players who play DBA in competitions and really enjoy it. There is...
Yeah - we argued long about the wording of that when revising HotT until we could all pretty much understand it. We have since found a loophole in it. :-( ...
Does anyone know what, if any, company makes 15mm Sarmatian minis DBA list II/26 if think. Thanks in advance NICK [Non-text portions of this message have been...
... Donnington makes nice ones, although they take a little clean-up. My Sarmies are Donnington. I wouldn't get Essex -- only one pose of mounted, and only...
... HotT until ... Wasn't the one with the wizzy diagram on the list where it was possible to show that at a particular angle of advance you could cross the...
The standard, HOTT-list approved solution for cheesy play and rules disputes: 4x2's in the car park (or 2x4's in the parking lot, for this side of the...
I seem to recall that it had to do with angles and passing right on through the Barker of one element into the next element's Barker. Cheers, Thomo the Lost ...
Which has been one of the discussions on the DBR list ... what exactly "none in contact" meant. Can't remember what it meant in a DBR context however we have...
How about the extra movements in DBA? Were they removed in DBA2.2? ie: Ps can be given any number of PIPs to move in the First Bound only? And LH can be given...
I now have problem getting wood (lumber) from my local hardware store as I ask for "2x4" and he says "ah, you mean 4x2?" - I can never remember which is the...
... No. But what you have below is incorrect. ... If you give the psiloi more than 6 pips you're probably cheating... ... LH can not begin, pass within, or...
... -- Old Glory 15's makes Sarmatians, too. Lots of variety in the Sarmatian pack, and if I remember correctly, they weren't bad looking! Seeya! -- Mike...
Thanks Bob for such a comprehensive reply. Indeed I didn't realise there was so many differences. It is a shame the commonality of the fundamentals seems to be...
... ruleset, ... I agree. In fact, I'll go further: it's a shame that DBA isn't being officially expanded into a "universal wargame." It's been house-ruled...
Ah, see, with a bit of creativeness, HotT actually produces something close to the Universal Rule Set, WITHOUT having to have add-ons and variations. With HotT...
I did not mention any rules that occur only in one rule set or the other. I was trying to get at the rules that appear to be the same but are actually...
