... From: "John P Kelly" <johnkelly@...> To: <DBMMlist@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 4:05 AM Subject: [DBMMlist] Side edge contacting...
I'm extending wedging to all Hellenistic Kn (F). The two crucial characteristics are: (a) Wedge. (b) No shield. Simplifying a lot, Pyrrhos swapped xyston for...
... From: "John Garvey" <john.garvey@...> To: <DBMMlist@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 5:18 AM Subject: [DBMMlist] Re: Of models and...
I have just been reading "Freakonomics" by Levitt and Dubner, which I thoroughly recommend as a guide to correlating data, and fun. £8.99 in paperback. It...
The revised DBMM has moved faster than I expected, so I will have it in files today. One outstanding thing I hope to sort out first. 1/2 ME may be too small...
... in files today. ... number of elements? ... have enough for a big multiple base. ... Or make it pro rata, say one element per complete 100 AP's? Regards, ...
... 80% of ... same ... that ... finish ... before ... 10% The range of results we are getting in tests and games might just be becasue this is inherently a...
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Thanks for the reply John, For all what I read (and try not to be too much influenced by samurai movies), I still think, that samurai warfare was a rather...
much better, but are you sure, the tarantines fought as dispersed skirmishers, as dbx thinks of them. What if the list writers define them as cv in the light...
... As the troops ahead could well temporarily jump from the road without leaving the boundary of their element I would think it more convincing to than make...
I believe, if the exp survive the inital combat from the side or back (at which they should be real bad) the driver (or leading bull) has managed to change the...
... blades ... deep. ... threw a ... Pk) ... pike. ... of ... the ... on ... John, The differences between your tests and our latest game are important to the...
Snip ... <examples of Greek Ax(S) types attacking pike Dear Phil Suggestion B by John Garvey seems very, very good thus far! I've only done a few tests, so I...
... in files today. ... number of elements? ... have enough for a big multiple base. ... 1 per command sounds right - either you have baggage or you don't. Can...
Dear Phil and members of the DBMMlist. I now have the results of 10 battles between 4 x 2 Bd(O) vs 4 x 4 Pk(O) in good going. Victory goes to either side when...
Nick, the shot were mine. I quite liked having them, even if just for novelty value. I actually thought that they did alright. They shot down one Ronin and...
Mikkel wrote: <SNIP> ... <SNIP> I did 5 tests without the -1 in enemy bound (10 Bd, 20 pike, finish at ... Pikes 3, Blades 2 Basically similar results to...
... Yeah....that would be nice....but alas we not only have baggage or don't, but we must decide if it is army baggage or command baggage, and how much to...
I notice that the 1st July draft has addressed the problem of fourth and subsequent ranks of Pike sliding across to keep keep up fourth rank minuses: "Groups...
... In most cases, no: "A group move cannot include ... any sideways or oblique movement except to move into front edge combat". It's just the change I...
JohnR (what does hic mean?) wrote: <SNIP> ... How does a group slide? Don't think it is possible!? On the other hand, you could try to do similar via expanding...
... Behalf Of Tilman Walk ... skirmishers, as dbx thinks of them. ... discussions? So what? The use of shield and javelin was not confined to "Tarantines" in...
... So what's actually wrong with this result? You've given pike the ideal position where they can't be flanked and they're on good ground all the time, and...
... How about this: Groups are temporary. If the whole of a group cannot move, some of its elements _not currently providing rear support in close combat_ may...