Hi Claudio, I realized now that I didn't answer you about armies involved. Well, one consideration is that most of the gamers were former DBA gamers and...
Hi Just discovered Basic Impetus. After skimming through the rules, one aspect that seems non-apparent to me is some element of command & control. It seems...
Welcome on board Paul, yes in Basic command and control has been kept the simplest as possible. Actually what is important is to have your general alive to get...
Thanks Lorenzo. Sounds fair. Looking forward to putting an army together! Cheers. ... possible. Actually what is important is to have your general alive to get...
any preference about period or any army list not yet published you are interested in? Lorenzo ... From: russcat9 To: IMPETVS@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday,...
Ooh yeah, lots! Samurai. Especially Sengoku. Medieval Russians, right up to Ivan IV. Medieval Poles. Wallachian. Central Asian Turks (Gok, Uighur etc). Avars,...
pheew, just a start ;-) well some of these lists are under construction. The next to be releases should be (not necessary in this order) 1) Tudor War 2)...
Excellent! I'll be keeping a close eye on those updates, especially the samurai. I have a lot of ready-to-be-painted Sengoku period samurai by Old Glory, to do...
yes the list will be similar. Theere will be also palvese and I'm thinking about (could an optional unit) a Unit with improvised town militias reinforced with...
Yes, peasants like Ikko Ikki make a good option. Also Warrior Monks. Cheers Paul ... optional unit) a Unit with improvised town militias reinforced with local...
New lists available from volumes 17 and 21. These are Teutonic Orders (2 lists), Estonians, Prussians, Later Polish, Nevskji Russians and Mongol Conquest ...
and kudo's to the latest issue of Dadi & Piombo, the slick and cool wargame mag from Italy. Thanks Lorenzo. I will be placing my order for a subscription...
A have question let`s see: I have my missile troops armed with short bows (VBU=3) and I want to fire at an unit, so my unit will use this line: SHORT BOW...
100% correct! :-) Lorenzo ... From: Iván To: IMPETVS@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 6:19 PM Subject: [IMPETVS] A question about fires A have...
Well Polish version of B.I. is now ready to be downloaded (in case if you are Polish of course ;-) It is a Word file as we had some problem in convert into a...
Hi Lorenzo, did you try to convert the Polish version into PDF with OpenOffice? This free program (which is better than Word anyway) can open Word Documents ...
Hi Marc, actually the situation is more complex. The problem is to edit the text with X-Press to give the same appearance of the other versions (with colout...
Due to unavoidable circumstances in the editors life the November issue of Slingshot will be with you a bit later than hoped. However, I anticipate that it...
Well I have get yet the rules in spanish, and in the next weeks I will try it. But How can I make balanced battles? Is possible established a point system? ...
Well, another question, Have anybody thought about a Fantasy Version of Impetus? I think that it could work very good, my idea is base it in HOTT (Fantastic ...
Hi Iván, thinking about it yes, but not much more than that for the moment... anyway if someone wanted to work on this we may sponsor it, as long as it's...
Hi Ivan, yes I am convinced too that a Fantasy version of BI could work. It could be ideal for large fantasy battles. There are some gamers in Italy that are...
Amrmie in Basic Impetus are somewhat balanced but of course there is not a point system so not a perfect balancing. The total of VBUs should be around 35...
I am new to this rules but found them very well done. I would like to ask is there a point system I can use for XVI centuri Samurai armies and is there a plan...
Hi Felix, contrary to Impetus, in Basic Impetus there is not a true point system, though there are some criteria 1) Number of Units must be between 7 and 10 2)...
Here, as promised, an unofficial list for Samurai for about 1550-1600. JAPANESE 1550-1600 (VDT=17/9) 1 Mounted Samurai CM, M=10; VBU=5; I=4; VD=3; 2 Foot...
Well done Lorenzo, we were waiting for this list:-) Some comments: Mounted samurai: they were armed with long spears (yari) and where the elite of samurai. I...
Hi Yuri, sounds good, the army has been improved and the total of VBU (36) is still within criteria. In the forum has been also proposed that Samurai can be 3...
Thank you for advice. I am looking forward to see the progress of this rules. They apper ease, elegant, and produce historical results. Agein thank you. Felix....
