Thanks jack, I should have read your post first. Sometimes the Internet diversion on this list can distract.......I'm sure Brian and all would be great to...
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Robert Beattie
beattieumichedu
Feb 1, 2013 2:08 am
In 2.2 the recoiling element is destroyed if the recoil distance was greater that the distance move prior to making contact. That is you can recoil into...
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Robert Beattie
beattieumichedu
Feb 1, 2013 2:18 am
Don, I have been playing DBA since the first edition and in all that time I have been in many games where something was not exactly as written. I have played...
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John Saunders
jtstigley
Feb 1, 2013 6:13 am
Unfortuatley my rule book - 2.2 - is in the UK and I am in Australia, as a guest of Kaptain Kobbald, so I cannot check. Antigonas One Eye To:...
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John Saunders
jtstigley
Feb 1, 2013 6:21 am
I would be perfectly willing to play Brian, and would even let him use my first name "Sir". Antigonas One Eye To: DBA@yahoogroups.com From: buttridi@... ...
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falkon1313r
Feb 1, 2013 8:14 am
Thanks for the quick and detailed response! That makes it completely clear. Now if only I can keep those pesky psiloi from getting behind my archers so that...
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kilroy44
Feb 1, 2013 8:15 am
I think (at least I hope) that the extreme vocal minority here actually comprises a few vocal players who have become accustomed to disregarding certain rules...
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Drew Jarman
braunschweig...
Feb 1, 2013 8:29 am
Brian You missed out one more “pedantic” Drew From: brian.fritz1@... Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 6:51 AM To: DBA@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DBA]...
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Adrian
adriancoombs...
Feb 1, 2013 9:04 am
I'm certainly not advocating ignoring the rules, however, it is my contention that wargame figures are actually an irrelevance to the game because, as John...
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Sue Laflin-Barker
suzanlb
Feb 1, 2013 9:44 am
Sorry to hear of Bill's death. Sue ... From: Mark Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 4:14 PM To: DBA@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DBA] R.I.P. William Boyette, 1957 -...
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Phil Barker
damnbarkeragain
Feb 1, 2013 10:03 am
Ammianus says they added new garments on top of the old ones and did not discard the latter until they disintegrated and fell off in bits. I think you can...
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Phil Barker
damnbarkeragain
Feb 1, 2013 10:12 am
That should be figures per base. The number of figures per base was not relevant in 2.2 apart from helping to visually distinguish people who fought in...
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Phil Barker
damnbarkeragain
Feb 1, 2013 10:18 am
No, you need to NOT ammend your elements from those specified in 2.2 and all previous versions! Phil ... From: Donald Miller Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013...
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Phil Barker
damnbarkeragain
Feb 1, 2013 10:19 am
They are minor changes. 3Kn are just like the old Kn. 4Kn do not pursue, and recoil on equal against 3Kn. This is a lot simpler than having a separate ...
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Phil Barker
damnbarkeragain
Feb 1, 2013 10:21 am
That complete realism is impossible, does not mean that a sufficient standard of realism is impossible, or that we should not TRY. Phil ... From: Robert...
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Adrian
adriancoombs...
Feb 1, 2013 10:22 am
"That should be figures per base. The number of figures per base was not relevant in 2.2 apart from helping to visually distinguish people who fought in...
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Phil Barker
damnbarkeragain
Feb 1, 2013 10:25 am
When in pre-email days I used to get pounds weight of written rule queries on earlier sets, about half were from people wanting me to tell their opponents that...
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Phil Barker
damnbarkeragain
Feb 1, 2013 10:31 am
Not a bias. I was writing a set of rules to be played with figures. Figures have the essential advantage over bits of cardboard that they remind the player...
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Phil Barker
damnbarkeragain
Feb 1, 2013 10:43 am
Which came first, chicken or egg? Figures were available long before wargames rules were written so grown men could play with them without being too often...
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Phil Barker
damnbarkeragain
Feb 1, 2013 10:49 am
In the last British Nationals before we produced WRG 1st, I played against a man whose alleged cataphracts were plastic mounted Samurai from a cereal packet....
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Adrian
adriancoombs...
Feb 1, 2013 11:03 am
"In the last British Nationals before we produced WRG 1st, I played against a man whose alleged cataphracts were plastic mounted Samurai from a cereal packet....
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John H
jhovey11
Feb 1, 2013 4:21 pm
I have played hundreds of games of DBA going back to the original print version against perhaps 100 different opponents and have NEVER heard a comment or...
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Daniel Weitz
grognard11
Feb 1, 2013 4:33 pm
I agree. This has never been an issue in any game or tournament that I have played. We have to remember that for many this is an "entry" level historical ...
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dba_dangun
Feb 1, 2013 4:33 pm
... This forum may have plumbed new depths. We are arguing about how many figures should be on each element base. The number of figures per base clearly does...
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vincecholewa
Feb 1, 2013 5:07 pm
Hi all The "all we need are cardboard bases" argument seems contrary to the reason we play with toy soldiers. No wargaming rules actually "need" toy soldiers....
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buttridi
Feb 1, 2013 8:43 pm
Then I can firmly say there is no reason to rebase....there is precident in both dbm and dbmm in which cataphracts are modeled differently and played 3 to a...
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Daniel Weitz
grognard11
Feb 2, 2013 5:59 am
The works below are currently available for free on the Kindle! http://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Medieval-History-Eastern-ebook/dp/B009QA3RL4 ...
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Ben Lee
knowledge_is...
Feb 2, 2013 1:08 pm
Thanks for the share! Just got a kindle at Christmas and need some stuff to download for it. -Ben ________________________________ From: Daniel Weitz...
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knorrrskk
Feb 2, 2013 4:14 pm
I would not complain if a tournament opponent did not have the exact prescribed number of figures. Nor would I mind very much. We're all just there to have fun...
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Robert Beattie
beattieumichedu
Feb 2, 2013 5:21 pm
Thanks much for the heads up. These work on iPad too with kindle app. Bob Dictated and sent from my iPad Which (explains Spelling errors and weird grammar!) ...
