Yesterday, I had some friends from Chicago try out MOA with 1,000 points each. Kraig had the Britons and Steve the Romans. They both enjoyed the system...
Very nice AAR. Thanks! You inspired me to copy the pics from our "local clubs yahoo group" over to the MoA's pic section. They are in the folder "MoA ...
Thoroughly enjoyable battle report! I'm tempted to pull my Marian Romans out of their box and see if there's some twisted way we can incorporate an invasion of...
OK, with a game (all too rare) coming up, soon, I want to be sure I understand where we are with intentions towards the obstructed flank rule and _frontal_...
... to ... Sorry for the late reply, I've been away. I depict a Landsknecht unit as 6 stands, 4 of Pike, 1 of Double-Pay men with halberd or 2-handed sword and...
R.J. I will take a stab at your question if no one else will… I don't see anything in this tactic that violates the rules. And, personally I don't have a...
Michael, Thanks for the reply. Right on target since I'm working on French of the Italian Wars and Late Imperialist for late Ancients, basically the core of...
I'm curious as well (thinking the answer will/should be "no" considering the scale). ... of ... about ... the ... <wpmchenry@> ... Xbow; "convert ... ...
I am retiring to run a bed and breakfast in Costa Rica. I have built a 1000 square foot miniatures gaming room there where I will run wargames using the rules...
Congratualtions on a great way to retire and still have fun. I hope everything goes well for you but foreign residence is hazardous these days, even in what...
Ah and my 15th anni. is coming up! The wife hates wargames. She practically kills me every other Sunday when I get back from games... But, I can dream,...
... Absolutely. All six stands count as pike, with the Swiss Square rule applying. The first time we played with the Swiss Square rule I had a fellow come...
... I agree with you ... Ah, but the arquebus stand represents the men who surge forward at the last minute, firing and then trying to get under the enemy...
A typical tabletop battlefield represents something like 1.5 miles (give or take). Even on a battlefield described in history as a plain suitable for cavalary...
I agree that terrain in ancients games should be far more varied than it often is. in most ancient games I have seen people rarely include hills and often only...
... it ... hills and often ... I will usually include stands of trees, groves and orchards, which affect movement, and fields of crops that have no effect. I...
... <snip> ... <snip> I am not sure how you mean this... I take this as meaning one of two possible... 1.) "Terrain Features" as outlined in the rules should...
... (give or take). Even on a battlefield described in history as a plainsuitable for cavalary movements, you would expect that over more than a mile to...
Very often many ancient players do not add much if any terrain and therein lies the problem. For some reason these guys have got it into their heads that there...
Howdy, We had a good game and it piqued few questions... Question #1 p15 "Placing Terrain" 8th (last) paragraph states (in part): "Terrain pieces may be placed...
On a 9x5 foot table, there are 45 square feet, giving BOTH (each) players 9 pieces of terrain in 25mm! One third d of steep hills will remain, and two thirds...
... I design the scenarios so I've never used this rule. I just throw down lots of terrain and let the Generals figure out how to use it. ... One or the...
My problem and observations were more generalisations regarding ancients players, particularly those who use DBM at my local club and, from what I have seen of...
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