... Or any or all of: - Sp(S) should QK other Sp, so at least you break in panic when fighting Spartans - Sp vs Sp should be done on lower factors than Bd vs...
From: "Duncan Head" <Duncan.Head@...> ... That would be interesting, but would make them very very deadly. Would also need to be used in conjunction...
The problem here is that presumably high quality spear 8 ranks deep should be better than high quality Sp 4 ranks deep with a backup of poor quality spear....
... think the DBMM solution to Jeff's view is partially ... Never seen this claimed before. Its certainly not true at the moment IMO. If you are just stating...
... "... But the dice in DBM are not added they are all seperate actions so completly unrelated. Using this fact when you play a game you can go for what...
... [JGL] In that case, read the current Slingshots for KHR's three-part series on this subject! ... be ... [JGL] Everything you say here is highly debatable...
This e-mail is subject to the Disclaimer set out below ************************************************************* ... Well, lets see, what quick (less than...
I have been contacted by an Australian researcher working on the shields in the Notitia, who has not been able to locate a copy of AEIR in any Australian...
Howdy, This leads to the interesting question of whether RBS would then be able to publish DBM 4.0, if DBMM is a different game. Hmm, maybe he's the one I ...
Not Mike again, but no this is not correct. As dbmm was progressing he was not liking a few of the SPECIFIC interactions. Bd/Sp was the last example of this....
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... You guys are harping on a fool's hunt. the Bd v Sp issue is not a historical issue. This is, regardless of the dullness, a tournament issue where NKE...
... Duncan this was my point yesterday, but of course no one read my post or responded to it as usual. No spears fought like hoplites, yet PB's main admitted...
As much as I'm impressed with DBMM thus far, I'm confounded that participation in threads is worthless. I'm probably right in guessing that DBMM has come so...
... This is probably true (except perhaps for the overhand thrust). I have thought about hoplites-as-Wb, but I think if I were starting my own ruleset from...
own ruleset from scratch I would be looking at "phalanx" as a class, not "spears". CH: Would that be Ph(S) for true Pike and Ph(I) for DBx spears? Carl...
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... Depends if I had limited myself to S/O/I or not. D....
... break from ... new rule set… ... me, I ... another wargamer ... effectively ... in easy and ... Rather than pick up the cudgels over paces and columns...
From: "Duncan Head" <Duncan.Head@...> ... So, would that mean hoplites and pikemen would both be considered phalanx with the pikemen having a slight...
From: "Duncan Head" <Duncan.Head@...> ... So, would that mean hoplites and pikemen would both be considered phalanx with the pikemen having a slight...
... that ... Stiill have not been looking.... ***THIS HAS BEEN DONE ALREADY. PLEASE READE THE OLDER POSTS!*** Please look at all the dismounted condottiery...
... my ... class, ... Perhaps an answer is in Sp not being QK in enemy bound, but rather the opposite when confronted with Bd. Or Sp are QK if they moved into...
... encounter ... and ... Bd ... Simply define "how" these troops functioned, then extrapolate how such an interaction would mechanically proceed. Looking at...