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971
Hi gentlemen, First - thanks to Lorenzo for the game system, and the Impetvs community for the discussions. We've played a few games or BI, but not yet full...
tommccafferty
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Sep 23, 2009
7:16 pm
972
Just curious what the main differences are between the Impetus ruleset and King David from Venexia. Thanks Joe...
Joseph
jbart127
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Sep 23, 2009
7:35 pm
973
1. better to place a chit when the chariot is stationary. Honestly it happens rarely as you get not great advantage to stop 2. yes 3. yes is still stationery ...
Lorenzo Sartori
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Sep 24, 2009
7:46 am
974
well these are different sets, though developped by the same persons. KD was developped when working at first stages of Impetus so there are many influences on...
Lorenzo Sartori
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Sep 24, 2009
8:24 am
975
... Thanks for the answers. We're looking forward to playing with chariots. The extra 1/2 move will make us think carefully about our moves - or maybe not!...
tommccafferty
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Sep 24, 2009
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976
well soon or later chariots go in contact and have a melee. Note that even if in contact they are to be considered on the move. The contact is a kind of...
Lorenzo Sartori
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Sep 24, 2009
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977
I'll not be responding to any applications or posts until this weekend. One of the assistant moderators will step up if needed. Thanks, Dan...
house_of_peers
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Sep 28, 2009
2:44 pm
978
Here the results from the Impetus tournament in Bassano del Grappa (September 27) 400pts - 15mm 1 Marco Guarnieri / French 1418-1444 / 283pts 2 Massimilano...
Lorenzo Sartori
losart67
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Sep 28, 2009
3:37 pm
979
Extra Impetus is out and available through Dadi&Piombo website direct links: (English) http://www.dadiepiombo.com/ishop.html (Spanish)...
Lorenzo Sartori
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Oct 6, 2009
1:40 pm
980
Excellent news... order placed online! Cheers, Scott...
ars_belli
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Oct 7, 2009
12:17 pm
981
With the release of Extra Impetus 2 I have started a revision of Beta Lists in order to uniform some criteria adopted by the new official lists. At the moment...
Lorenzo Sartori
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Oct 8, 2009
8:12 am
982
Anyone got any conventions on 6mm basing? How many heavy cavalry, how many light infantry, for example. I'm planning a Republic Roman Baccus 6mm army and I...
DARREN P
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Oct 13, 2009
5:31 am
983
Hi Darren, IMHO, one of the great strengths of Impetus is that players are free to be as creative or conventional as they wish in basing their figures. Here...
ars_belli
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Oct 13, 2009
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984
[ as usual, apologies for the duplication of this message across multiple newsgroups. If any group moderators object to this practice, please let me know...
Mark Watson
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Oct 15, 2009
8:07 pm
985
The tournament (300pts, 15/20mm) took place last sunday, near Como, in a wonderful location at 700m/800feet on the lake. Results and updated IWL rankings at...
Lorenzo Sartori
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Oct 20, 2009
7:59 am
986
Lorenzo, I am jealous! Gaming and Lake Como!? What more could you want! I was there in 2001. My wife and I stayed at Bellagio at the Hotel Florence. It was...
jacar@...
acarhj
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Oct 20, 2009
2:17 pm
987
I'm working on these. They are just a draft and should not be considered official, but I want to share some ideas. Playtests and opinions on these rules are...
Lorenzo Sartori
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Oct 20, 2009
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988
For a large unit with 2 bases - If the rear base is routed after resching zero on its VBU, are any spare hits transferred to the next base to the front. Eg a...
simonwilson15
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Oct 28, 2009
9:51 pm
989
Having played a few games of Impetus now I'm impressed at how few questions there are between the players about the rules, and there have been no arguments...
mark_emms
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Oct 30, 2009
12:31 am
991
... You may not fire into melee so the Hastati may not shoot at the engaged cavalry unit with the pilum. ... The rules are not 100% clear on this point but...
jacar@...
acarhj
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Oct 30, 2009
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992
... Actually, the rules are 100% clear. 1D6 if the legionaires are charging and 3D6 if the legionaires are charged. Following up is not charging....
jacar@...
acarhj
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Oct 30, 2009
4:25 pm
993
Section 7.1 specifically states that a charge "can also be the consequence of a Pursuit following a preceding melee (7.6.4)." There is currently no...
ars_belli
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Oct 30, 2009
6:41 pm
994
Folks: Historically only Roman infantry used the pilum. Cavalry was neither trained nor able to carry pila into battle on horseback. M Burton Hopkins Jr ...
M Burton Hopkins Jr
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Oct 31, 2009
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995
Hi Burton, What you say is true. However the original poster asked if his Hastati can make a Pilum attack into an existing melee or after following up an ...
jacar@...
acarhj
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Oct 31, 2009
4:07 am
996
Hi Simon, yes spare hits (or better spared casualties) go to the front base. Also, disorder belong to the whole Large Unit. ciao Lorenzo ... From:...
Lorenzo Sartori
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Nov 2, 2009
8:38 am
997
Here I'm. Well tutorial in Extra 2 clarify some points. Pilum cannot be thrown if a unit (the firer or the target) is already in melee. Following can genarate...
Lorenzo Sartori
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Nov 2, 2009
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998
... Quite right... and no one here has suggested otherwise. :) cheers, Scott...
ars_belli
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Nov 2, 2009
12:42 pm
999
The online shop of Impetus will be closed until November 11 (possibly some days before) as I'm out of stock ith many titles. Sorry for the delay, but I...
Lorenzo Sartori
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Nov 3, 2009
10:46 am
1000
What a wonderful problem to have. Congratulations on your well-deserved success, Lorenzo! Cheers, Scott...
ars_belli
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Nov 3, 2009
1:10 pm
1001
Hi Lorenzo, From a player perspective, this is bad. From a seller perspective, congratulations! Here's wishing you many years of continued success! John...
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