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Feb 1, 2009
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... That's why you test such things ... Being surprised or deploying out of camp is probably the only time that troops on a battlefield are not in a proper...
Mike Campbell
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Feb 1, 2009
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87437
Evening Er yes exactly-well done Dave for spotting the obvious-:) Cheers Stuart ... and...
Stuart
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Feb 1, 2009
5:49 pm
87438
DR: Except in the present gradings you get a bonus if you lose..... It might help if you thought before you began typing........
dave.ruddock
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Feb 1, 2009
7:05 pm
87439
Hi 1 Feb 09 : event dates now confirmed.(7th-8th March 09) 400AP DBMM comp, Open lists, held in Dublin at the Teachers Club DBMM Event rules (except it is only...
rob brennan
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Feb 1, 2009
10:12 pm
87440
... You can always solve this as an opponent did recently - rolling all combats down a line of Cv, then doing follow-ups down the line... No, not really. Nick...
lau_hohlong
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Feb 2, 2009
12:36 am
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... helped a lot of times (the look on opponents faces when they realised they don't recoil was alone worth it). Yes, alas poor Viet Cong (whoops, ten circuit...
lau_hohlong
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Feb 2, 2009
12:42 am
87442
... A "small dent" won't be represented by an element recoiling! And most "walls" are not steel - they are wood and leather and sometimes iron. But all that...
Michael Campbell
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Feb 2, 2009
12:44 am
87443
... It's something Rabbits do. The Aztec small gods of drunkeness being termed the 400 rabbits......
lau_hohlong
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Feb 2, 2009
12:52 am
87444
I thought that was why they built the great wall, to keep the rabbits out.. certainly makes sense when you consider all those pyramids that have crystals in...
Doug Melville
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Feb 2, 2009
2:06 am
87445
I think that if you get a repulse result and have a second line this reverts to a recoil. There is no repulsing back through a line IIRC. ... On ... sometimes ...
raybriggswargames
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Feb 2, 2009
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87446
I think it depends on what is being repulsed. Psilio can repulse through any land troops for instance. ________________________________ From: raybriggswargames...
Jim Gibson
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Feb 2, 2009
9:07 am
87447
... through any land troops for instance. Sure. However I agree with the basic idea in this thread that the "repulse" result seems to: a) be fairly useless...
brennanraj
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Feb 2, 2009
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Do we need an extra game mechanic for them though. Are they not subsumed into the combat and movement already. An element having combat could easily be...
Jim Gibson
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Feb 2, 2009
10:15 am
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'Do we need an extra game mechanic for them though. Are they not subsumed into the combat and movement already. An element having combat could easily be...
adriancoombshoar
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Feb 2, 2009
10:21 am
87450
... On ... sometimes ... It was a hyperbolic metaphor....
Lawrence Greaves
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Feb 2, 2009
10:24 am
87451
Should Phrygians be allowed to continue mass chariot use to the end of the list in 676 as now? Should they continue to have Kimmerian allies throughout (or at...
Phil Barker
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Feb 2, 2009
10:37 am
87452
Which used the long shields first, the Sargonid Assyrians or the Babylonians? If the Assyrians used them first instead of copying them from the Babylonians,...
Phil Barker
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Feb 2, 2009
10:54 am
87453
... From: "same as address" <lazcapistrano@...> To: <DBMMlist@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 5:39 PM Subject: [DBMMlist] Re: Book1/4...
Phil Barker
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Feb 2, 2009
11:31 am
87454
10 minutes is not a long time to allow a charge, melee, fall back, reorder and then charge again. I doubt if more than 1 charge could be accomplished in this...
raybriggswargames
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Feb 2, 2009
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From: "Phil Barker" <pc.barker@...> ... The usual assumption appears to be that Babylonian military follow the lead of the Assyrians. However,...
Nik Gaukroger
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Feb 2, 2009
12:13 pm
87456
From: "raybriggswargames" <ray_gwgc@...> ... Indeed. I draw peoples attention to the separation of lines in the Strategikon - as pointed out by...
Nik Gaukroger
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Feb 2, 2009
12:14 pm
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As it is next to impossible to hurt (S) mounted when they charge in against foot, allowing them to have a nibble and if it doesn't work, caper off safely...
PETER HAINES
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Feb 2, 2009
12:40 pm
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... I'm not sure there is enough Babylonian evidence to be sure, but doesn't Nigel in AANE imply that the Assyrians copied the long shield from Egypt? Cf. the...
Duncan Head
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Feb 2, 2009
1:45 pm
87459
Hi folks, Just posting a shameless ad for a couple of armies I have put onto e- bay. This includes a Classical Indian and my massive, all conquering Mongols!...
Chris Robinson
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Feb 2, 2009
3:37 pm
87460
... against foot, allowing them to have a nibble and if it doesn't work, caper off safely before overlaps click in, will just further shift the game balance....
Lawrence Greaves
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Feb 2, 2009
5:55 pm
87461
The current Marching rules have, like all complex rules, simply repackaged the problem and moved it to a diffierent area. The problem is small bodies of troops...
Thomas Thomas
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Feb 2, 2009
7:14 pm
87462
I'm confused. How is this simpler than saying single elements cant stop a march? ... repackaged the problem and moved it to a diffierent area. ... troops from...
raybriggswargames
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Feb 2, 2009
7:20 pm
87463
... Yes there is - look up the interpenetration rules on pg 32 - Rg Lh & Reg Cv can repulse through Reg Cv - 2nd bullet. Also I interpret the 1st bullet to...
Michael Campbell
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Feb 2, 2009
8:09 pm
87464
... I like to bring hyperbolic metaphors down to earth with dreary realism. ...
Michael Campbell
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Feb 2, 2009
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