... Yes, in 2.0 it's "Enemy contacted on their rear edge by the recoiling element's rear edge or rear corner, or contacted on a side edge by its rear corner...
... So? Against Warband he is +5, +6 with psiloi support. If he lets your Warband kill anything in good going, he has made a serious mistake. Scythed...
David thanks for taking the time to answer. But never mind the Knights he also has to contend with warband and scythed chariots. Having a Psilo elelment in...
... P.11, 4th paragraph from the bottom: Enemy contacted on their rear edge by a recoiling [...] element's rear edge or rear corner, or on a side edge by its...
... Are you sure? To me, English is a secondary language, by I'd have thought that a rear edge comprises inter alia two rear corners. And while hitting an...
... Dave Schlanger and I just used Marian Roman (with Numidian ally) to win the Big Battle Doubles at Fall-In. Our three opponents all had lots of Knights: we...
... No overlap. If the front element is recoiled, it is destroyed as its recoil is blocked. If the front element is recoiled, the rear guy is NOT destroyed --...
... "support" is a technical term for aiding combat factor by giving +1 or +3; Psiloi will never do that for Warband. In the situation you describe, no...
... The way you describe it, the psiloi does nothing. If the Wb is killed (recoiled will kill it, since it has an element hitting its flank as well as front...
... "An element not in close combat to its front but in mutual right-to-right or left-to-left corner contact with an enemy element overlaps it." Clearly not...
I'm fighting a lot of BBDBA at the moment. My opponent is Polybian Roman while my army is Seleucid :) While we've had some cracking and sometimes very tense...
Sorry to ask a simple question but I think I may have been playing this wrong for years. Suppose an element is fighting to it's front but it's rear edge rests...
Hello Mark The spear verses the warband is straight forward, however the blade can actually contact one or both elements. If the blade keeps corner-to-corner...
Question 1: We had this situation arise and wondering if we did it right. Assume that you have a warband element supported by a psiloi element. It is then...
Bob Beatie or Dave K., or anyone else knowledgeable, What do you do when two units are in column (or on the edge of a larger group) and being attacked by the...
My last blog post "A Campaign For The Balkans 1370 AD" has been well received and to a couple of people asking if I'd publish their campaign systems. One such...
At long last I've got back to the King Magnus' War campaign and fought one of the preliminary battle: the battle of Stamford between Harald Hardrada and Harold...
With much ado and little-to-no fanfare, I am pleased to announce that both a date and a venue have been chosen for HOTT Wax 2010 - The Year Our Armies Make...
Howdy Yall, Here are the results from the DBA Texas Championship run at MillenniumCon XII this year. Congratulations to our DBA Texas Champion: Casey Baeslack...
Just 30 days to MAG-CON (Dec 11-13). This is a small convention, so we have to close registration at around 150 players. Register at www.MAG-CON.com If you...
You can play the game anyway you want. Many players make modifications to suit their own research and ideas. You only need to follow the letter of the rules...
... I believe that is for the 1.x version of DBA. I asked a related question on Fanaticus here: http://fanaticus.org/discussion/showthread.php?t=7683 A...
... As I have no army with war wagons the following is based on observation of others who do (well, litters, anyhow) and conjecture. You can not move war...
Are Scythed Chariots destroyed if they win a combat? In other words, are they only good for one kill, then they die in combat? Or can they keep fighting until...
Couple of questions: Are War Wagons considered to be foot or mounted? Does anyone have any advice on how to use them effectively? Mark Wall www.toysoldiers.ca...
Salutations, gentlefolk ! You haven't heard much from me lately. Been out of work, seriously short on cash and time (jobhunting is _not_ a 40-hour-per-week ...
... <Snip> AW - As Martin says, PAWS competitions are March, June, September and December for closely themed (geography and time) competitions, winners prize...
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