Geoff, Any of the methods you suggest would be fine for who plays who in the second, third or fourth round. I find the idea of getting different scores for a...
Hello all, Right an example from Ronald C Finucane-"Soldiers of the Faith", ISBN 1842122630...pp86-87 "Another stratagem was for Moslems and Christains alike...
Yesterday, April 1st, GW news posted that Games Workshop have acquired the rights to DBA : http://www.workshop-news.com/ And they are going to produce figures...
... Only if (S). ... Well by this reasoning the Pike should be able to beat Bd if only 2 deep (8AP for (O))! But then this isn't their proper depth is it, and...
... acquired ... Hi I can only hope it is an April fools story! as the preview figures are Roman Monkeys I believe it could well be- if not.... something ...
Hi Guys, Back from NZ. Lovely country. Drove past the Hutt River on my way to Wellington, so gave MikeC a wave. Does the Hutt River have trout? I've become...
If a Regular CinC in a command Litter (Mound Builders and Inca's for example where the CinC was Reg WWgn(I)) get replaced as Bg(S) which by definition is...
Since one PIP dice is thrown for each Command and averaged to determine the occurence of certain weather events, the probability of these actually occuring is...
I decided to try out the DBM 100 rules. I've not played DBA with figures, but I've used DBA Online. It thought it might be good to play a DBA style game...
... The bit is on p14 under "Generals" "There is one partial exception to this rule. An Elephant or Baggage (S) general who would otherwise be regular commands...
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... as ... one ... if ... in ... This was pointed out to PB 2 years ago, and similar proof was offered then. The only small concession has been to allow dummy...
... wrote: <SNIP> ... army ... <SNIP> No - both David Thompson's Beja and my Nikephorian Byzantine were without baggage at Manchester. I think that a small &...
... And PB replied that the average score doesn't vary depending on the number of dice. Which is true, but completely misses the point that the chance of ...
Hello All, Reading a piece about Bertrand du Guesclin (14 century warlord operating in France) and noted a reference to “Froissart’s Chronicles in the...
If they were my rules, I think I would go for something like: DBMM Points Score Alternate If Victory has been awarded to one side, it is a Decisive Battle, if ...
... if ... baggage ... Mike, I think this would have the same problem as current, as a bloody but decisive battle would give the victor less points than an...
... in ... Bibliotheque ... a ... on ... and ... these ... by ... Welcome to the real middle ages (not the Hollywood version) The everyman translation of...
... 8&vid=LCCN03017190&id=exdfAELdiaEC&dq=Froissart% 27s+Chronicles+of+France+England+and+Spain&lpg=PA1&pg=PR4&printsec=0 ... There's a Penguin version that...
Chris, A couple of good points there. The baggage idea can simply be dropped if it doesn't give the right sort of game. No problem. If the Decisive battle...
Hi gang, Here is the list of people playing (part or all of the comp) at Wollongong over Easter (15-16-17th). Entries are welcome up to the start of game-1,...
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David Thompson and I have played another game using the latest version of DBMM, 15 February 2006, with equal 15mm point armies of 400AP this weekend....
... I think this is a good point. I know that QK is not always about the ability to burst through or attack ferociously. Sometimes it's just a mechanism to get...
NW: I think I might be able to help out with some of this. CJ: 4. The corner contact rule needs some clarification; a column of my Pk contacted a lone Kn on...
Intoduced a new player to the joys of DBMM last night and the cunning little fella raised a tricky question I had a bit of trouble answering. "Why are Norman...
The Breton (who I assume is as well armoured as a Norman ca. 1066) rides up and chucks a javelin, if the archers flinch he closes. The Norman goes piling in...
I have been informed by the printers that the delayed March issue of Slingshot, and incentive game, have now been posted. Some of you may already have received...