... DR: Don't be silly. I have never seen the draw at warfare first thing in the morning... This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended...
Ian said: "Actually, I don't know why I persist. I have no opponents any more, as they have decided to throw in DBMM in disgust. DBMM has probably been the...
Gary Barr <sgt.steiner@...> wrote: That said I can see an arguement for Spears being the whipping boys of Dbmm (or at least armies based around large...
... DR: The large amount of quick kills against them is the killer. With Blade and Knights getting quick kills and the factors being largely even then they are...
Gary Thanks for the report. It's always good to read how people are trying out the rules and tactics. A couple of questions and comments: 1. Was the loss of...
G'day Dan Comments below... Cheers Peter B blathergut <falcon2@...> wrote: I was wondering if you souls out there would be willing to share ideas on...
Apologies for this being more like a magazine article in length than a forum post. Also for having posted this in the other DBMM forum too! Many years ago I...
Unfortunately my employer looks askance when i I sit there and read list books when he is billing me at over $150 per hour... such is life, back to el-tabari...
... DR: It is exactly the thing that I saw happening very often at Britcon and that Hammy commented on seeing at Rollcall. It is sad that this ahistorical...
... read list books when he is billing me at over $150 per hour... (DM) Do what Nik does, puts his lists inside the cover of "Nursing for Boys"...err,...
... DR: Are you sure? Bw(S) will blow the spear away. Sp(I) will die like dogs and with other types it is a bit of a lottery. poor mounted DR: When you say...
... that this ... rules are ... Surely most armies have always deployed from columns of march if they weren't camped on the battlefield? Cordially, John "Hic...
... DR: Quite, we all know that DBM stands for DataBase Management. DBMM stands for, erm, DataBase Mis-Management. Hmmm, more thought required. This e-mail...
... DR: Not as the battle was beginning. If one army was caught when deploying it normally resulted in a complete massacre. This e-mail and any attachments...
... I'm sure you'll see Ax(S) - mind you they can take out Sp as well ... Nik Gaukroger "Sacrificing minions: Is there any problem it can't solve?" - Xykon ...
... they ... when ... Depends what you define as the beginning of the battle though, doesn't it. If a player is in column too close to the enemy, he'll pay...
... DR: not necessarily, what we normally see with the columns is lateral movement to get to where they want to be in case they get steam rollered by the...
... steam ... deployment. ... The ability to do which is given by Clausewitz as one of the advantages of attacking. ... comment on ... medieval ... No, I'm not...
... Doesn't appear to me to be a feature of warfare in the period covered by DBMM though. Nik Gaukroger "Sacrificing minions: Is there any problem it can't...
... DR: Unfortunately, Clausewitz was commenting on Napoleonic warfare rather than ancient warfare. I am fairly certain that he wouldn't have commented along...
... DR: Not quite - there was no mention of sheep. This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the addressee and may also be...
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