All, Last nights game was a typical Roman Civil War action with Caesar and Pompey leading the way. This wasn't a big action game as planned, but there was...
Thanks, I try to go the easy rout with photobucket...I'll just post on the groups page. Greg P. iowa_grognard <jwertj@...> wrote: Thanks for the AAR. ...
I search though the messages and couldn't find a clear answer; Looking at my game chart, first page at the bottom right, ther is a guideline for "Attached...
Simple,any roll less than three is considered a three. John ... From: Greg P. To: Might-of-Arms@yahoogroups.com Sent: 7/22/2007 10:48:34 PM Subject: [MOA]...
... "Minimum die roll is 3 (melee only)". What does that mean? Second question; rule booklet, page 47, second paragraph, second sentence; "If a leader is...
Ok, understood the three, but what does that die roll mean or work in melee? I know this probably sounds dumb, but I'm not getting it. Thanks for your...
Normally if units are in melee, they determine their combat factors, any modifiers, and add the roll of a six sided die to find their melee total. The general...
Ahhhhhh! Now I get it. That make pefect sense with the three's. I play different periods in waves thoughout the year...obviously I'm doing the Ancient thing...
... melee? I know this probably sounds dumb, but I'm not getting it. Thanks for your patience. The procedure for melee is to 1) Declare a charge 2) Take a...
Again, thanks to both of you guys for your insight. Will see how things flow tonight...another big MoA game. Greg P. ... reply also; as usual he explains...
And what projects have you been up to, Mike? I've had a bit of a break but have just started doing a campaign in the HarnMaster roleplaying world with some...
... Samurai. I've been doing a great deal of research, which includes taking up Iaido and Kendo to learn how the weapons really work. Nothing like learning...
Glad to hear your project has reached the play testing stage. You certainly don't muck about when you get into a project, do you? A bloke I know is collecting...
... certainly don't muck about when you get into a project, do you? I've just printed and bound Playtest Version 3. It's missing the scenarios, background and...
A question came up last Tuesday during the game about using a Roman Turtle or Testudo. Might of Arms doesn't say anything about it, but I'm looking for any...
... Let me preface my responce with the admission that I know little about this formation and how it was historically used (not that this will stop me...) But,...
GG, Agreed. I was trying to figure out when to use this formation in one of my games. Brainstorming - A good scenario would be a Roman invasion of a...
Did I once read about horse archers (Parthians?) harrassing a Roman army on the march (under Trajan?) who tried to protect themselves by quickly forming...
Just in case anyone wonders, as I understand it, there no copyright issues whatever in Mike's using ideas from MOA for his samurai rules. Copyright for written...
Anybody out there have any old (preferably unpainted) Ral Partha, RAFM, Grenadier or Citadel (the early ones that were compatible with Partha) Dark Ages foot...
I've been playing MOA for only about a dozen games. My Mongols have been going up against Hvy Knights. A factor of "1" seems a little weak for a composite bow...
... I have only faced Mongols in a single game and that was with Heavy Foot (Hoplites to be exact) and I was slaughtered. The bows were not "killers" mind...
... been going up against Hvy Knights. A factor of "1" seems a little weak for a composite bow even against plate. With it's rate of fire and it's penetration...
Mike, It sort of turned out that way. Our group isn't using any of the optional rules yet. Late medieval Italians can have quite a few hvy knights. A little...
... I don't know specifically where I read this some time ago, but during the Crusades there were cases of chain armoured knights being likened to walking...
Since the subject of shooting has come up, I'll ask a question. Considering the necessity to balance shooting across three millenia with all sorts of armies,...
... Considering the necessity to balance shooting across three millenia with all sorts of armies, is shooting too effective? Should it be less effective? About...