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18287
Thanks Matthew Any idea when you'll get to the rest of the Bk II lists? Cheers Paul...
russcat9
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Jan 1, 2005
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18288
... -- No, I haven't, yet. I'll have to check them out... By the way, I run a "Double Size" DBA tournament at Origins and Advance the Colors each year. It is...
Michael Demana
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Jan 1, 2005
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18289
... had ... they ... I just looked over the DBA24 rules and I have a couple of questions and a suggestion. Questions; 1) There are no rules covering the number...
yettie_32
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Jan 2, 2005
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18290
... I have about 15 or 20 more of them finished, but not completely typed into my list (I use MS-Word). I also have many of the Italian/Carthage/African and...
saint_sicarii
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Jan 2, 2005
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18291
... Advance the ... commands, rather ... with all the ... tourney ... in about ... That is pretty much what DBA24 is but with a MUCh wider selection of ...
saint_sicarii
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Jan 2, 2005
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18292
Great news that you have already compiled so many more. Excellent! I recently gave up painting figures (apart from touch-ups) because it cut so deeply into my...
russcat9
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Jan 2, 2005
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18293
... I thought that it was a given that it was a 24 element army taken from the mix of elements in the army lists. I may have forgotten to list the minimums for...
saint_sicarii
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Jan 2, 2005
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18294
Hello all! Thinking about how to simulate Persian infantry in DBA. Does anyone have ideas? Am considering having them melee as Aux. & shoot as Bow. Comments? ...
Francis Reed
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Jan 2, 2005
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18295
I prefer BBDBA - actually, I still play the version from DBA 1.0 with up to 36 elements per side. The battles are less contrived and allow for non matching...
Ian Croxall
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Jan 2, 2005
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18296
... anyone have ideas? Am considering having them melee as Aux. & shoot as Bow. Comments? Francis At the end of my Heretical Rules variant (in the files...
James Doty
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Jan 2, 2005
1:44 pm
18297
... simplicity of DBA, but I still use the force selection given from the 1st set of DBA that has never been re-created - not sure why. ... Not sure here if...
James Doty
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Jan 2, 2005
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18298
Here is a suggestion when you are play testing or playing the rules with your own group: Any time there is a question that calls for a ruling, note the...
Terry Griner
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Jan 2, 2005
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18299
Aside from the terrain placement phase, my least favorite thing about DBM is the plethora of troop types which causes any but the most experienced players to...
Terry Griner
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Jan 2, 2005
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18300
... Hi Bob I would say 1 or maybe 2 elements to represent the Immortals. Here's a link to some that i painted a couple of years ago... ...
Andy Bryant
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Jan 2, 2005
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18301
Hi all Have still been thinking of basing these on 40x40mm bases(as described in DBMM)and the things that this would affect... Movement...no change. Fighting...
Andy Bryant
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Jan 2, 2005
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18302
****Have to agree,the beauty of DBA is in it's simplicity. Having played loads of games of Greeks vs early persians i think the battle honours are about even....
Andy Bryant
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Jan 2, 2005
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18303
James, Thanks!@ Francis On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 13:44:44 -0000 "James Doty" <jamesd_iii@...> ... anyone have ideas? Am considering having them melee as Aux....
Francis Reed
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Jan 2, 2005
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18304
JD, I meant the flexibility of the big battle section - which essentially gave guidelines for converting historical battles to the number of elements needed -...
Ian Croxall
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Jan 2, 2005
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18305
Amen, brother. What's great about DBA is the limits of troop types. No Move like Blade and fight like Psiloi and such for all the hybrid types. I was...
Bob Beattie
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Jan 3, 2005
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18306
Hi Bob, Happy New Year to all, Just a question......you say that you were disappointed with Art having two CF's. Why? Physically, there'd be fewer people to...
melee
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Jan 3, 2005
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18307
Hi Zenobia is about to get based for my Palmyrans. In the lists it's just a standard 4xKn base of cataphracts... The best figure of Zenobia I have is the...
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Jan 3, 2005
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18308
... recoil ... Just a question, because I am not seeing any of my responses to this post anywhere on the group. Yet, you managed to reply in an e-mail to ...
saint_sicarii
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Jan 3, 2005
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18309
... types. No Move like Blade and fight like Psiloi and such for all the hybrid types. I was disappointed with the new artillery that shoots with CF of spear...
James Doty
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Jan 3, 2005
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18310
Many kids have learned to play DBA but I suspect their parents helped a great deal. All that is necessary for more to learn, those whose parents are not...
Robert Beattie
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Jan 3, 2005
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18311
... if ... column?). ... cannot ... this ... to ... *****Hi Matt All the answers from you have been going to my e-mail(Hotmail) address. Cheers Andy B...
Andy Bryant
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Jan 3, 2005
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18312
You will have a small problem whenever you have a friendly element directly in contact with the wedge's rear as it will be displaced 10mm from it's normal...
Terry Griner
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Jan 3, 2005
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18313
You will have a small problem whenever you have a friendly element directly in contact with the wedge's rear as it will be displaced 10mm from it's normal...
Robert Beattie
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Jan 3, 2005
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18314
As to the point below: DBS... I have recently begun development with a few other people for an ancients system (And Rennaisance, Napoleonics, ACW, WWI, etc)...
saint_sicarii
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Jan 3, 2005
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18315
If this is in 15's then get three more camels for your other cataphract riders. Smear some putty onto those camels and edge it up to look like armor/barding....
DMiller
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Jan 3, 2005
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18316
... My Zenobia resides in my Palmyran camp (I didn't think she was the type to be mixing it in the front line) DM...
David Manley
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