... No, I don't. ... But given the time and other constraints, the expert opinion of someone who knows the sources better than either of us is the best that...
In response to Tom's points, the Late Tang list already differentiates between trained and untrained militia. This can be emphasised by making the untrained an...
... Just to remind you that you'll still need to specify that WuYueh counts as a Southern state, for purposes of working out the WuYueh ally in the Sung list. ...
... DR: So if the ally is unreliable one player gets to sit and do nothing for the entire 3.5 hours? Doesn't sound like much fun to me and if somebody tried...
... snip ... me and if ... new ... Yes, this is why the BHGS mandated that ally generals in (DBM)doubles play (only) were always reliable. It isn't the case in...
... snip ... slant the ... Shouldn't there be some sort of qualifier "in Classical and Western Medieval warfare" inserted somewhere? Three commands isn't the...
... [GH] Having the choice of between one & five commands is all down to personal choice surely ? It is one of the benefits of the rules system that you have...
... DR: True. Although in DBMM you don't get the excitement of potentially becoming reliable every turn if you throw a six and actually being able to do...
... would send a single ally on a flank march though! ... actually being able to do something. And this is what I personally do not like about the DBMM ally...
... would ... I've often sent a single ally on a flank march, so that they cannot be unreliable. Your statement depends upon how the army is organised. With...
Hi Steve, I think that Phil was saying that *when playing doubles* he favoured Player 1 having 3 reg commands and player 2 having the (single) ally. In that...
I know the Poll asks about numbers of commands, but what about structures? How are people (re-)structuring their armies. For example:- 1. Do people (still)...
In DBMMlist@yahoogroups.com, "Nik Gaukroger" <nikgaukroger@...> wrote: From: "Phil Barker" <pc.barker@...> I favour 3 commands as the usual historical...
... DR: Is splitting up into small groups evidence of separate commands? When I use a nomad army each command usually splits up into bucketfulls of small...
... Snip ... very ... and ... Snip ... I'm afraid the 1,200-2,400 pace rule for roads and more importantly for rivers was one of ours. Players who favoured...
... DR: I can understand that. It is incredibly difficult to get the wording right (without using two pages) for rivers so that they aren't: a) exceedingly...
... Actually, I think there's a simpler way to resolve the issue. We can choose between two possible standard procedures: 1. All ghulams are non-dismountable...
... slant ... should ... also ... ................. Does the "Baggage" command count as a "command" for purposes of this discussion? If I have a Roman army...
... importantly ... right ... get the ... site ... This is one I'll just try to avoid getting involved with - my wife does Civ Eng drawings and can never...
... DR: Didn't Crusader knights basically refuse to dismount because of the loss of status? I understand that ta lot of these would probably be European in...
Duncan - should the Titipu town band really be restricted to untrained militia, as the 0-1 per Hd (O) currently mandates? Phil [Non-text portions of this...
... Ah, why didn't I think of that? Since the drummers come from the main source for the Bd(I) swordsmen, then, strictly, not. Unless you argue (as someone did...
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