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Hi I am John, creator of this group, although Robert Avery should now be joint owner by now - assuming I got the settings right! I live in Canterbury, Kent,...
mawaliuk
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May 2, 2003
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Just a quick note to say welcome to the group and my thanks to John for setting it up. I look forward to seeing what you all have to say about the rules. R ...
Robert Avery
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May 3, 2003
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Hi All For those of you who haven't had time to visit the Gallery on the Vis Bellica site recently (www.visbellica.com), I've posted some pictures in the...
Robert Avery
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May 4, 2003
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Hi Unfortunately I did not manage to get to play at the weekend - vomitting kids and DIY saw to that :-( However, I have been reading the rules and tinkering...
John Hills
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May 7, 2003
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Hi While making up a Wars of the Roses list for my first game (to happen THIS weekend with any luck) I noticed how slow EHI are. What is the thinking here? I...
John Hills
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May 8, 2003
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John Do remember that dismounted Knights also change their Order - Close to Open, and Open to Skirmish - and that this increases their movement rate and, I...
Robert Avery
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May 8, 2003
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John Yup: charge into an existing melee and you fight all the enemy bases already in that melee. Do remember that casualties you do would be split between the...
Robert Avery
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May 8, 2003
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On Thu, 08 May 2003 16:21:06 -0000 Robert Avery ... HAH! Missed that obvious modifier! Thanks for pointing out that one, it all seems to work well now, again!...
John Hills
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May 8, 2003
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just a hello we play VB in Enfield, North London, using 15mm figures rebased onto 80x40 bases, and play on 6'x4' tables moving in cm's our starting forces are...
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May 12, 2003
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On Mon, 12 May 2003 07:25:23 -0000 shaun_mac_uk <shaunmctague@...> ... This is pretty much how we will play, once we get going. I have tinkered with some...
John Hills
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May 12, 2003
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On Mon, 12 May 2003 07:25:23 -0000 shaun_mac_uk <shaunmctague@...> ... Once the rot starts... also getting head around oo ... Could you explain this more?...
John Hills
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May 12, 2003
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hi john i also have 25mm romans (some were used in unleash hell, we also built the ramparts, both of which is uncredited) we find the 80x40 bases okay, just...
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May 12, 2003
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On Mon, 12 May 2003 14:38:41 -0000 shaun_mac_uk <shaunmctague@...> ... It was all very impressive - earthworks were great! ... I will have to see how my...
John Hills
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May 12, 2003
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Shaun The Romans are indeed a difficult nut to crack, but remember that shielded Celts are only at a -3 disadvantage in normal melee: it's the -7 disadvantage...
Robert Avery
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May 13, 2003
6:54 am
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Hi Last night I did some messing around with Wars of the Roses infantry. I came up with the following: Retinue Foot: OO HI, Veterans, half PO, half LB. Can...
John Hills
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May 13, 2003
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surely front rank knights on foot rear rank retainers with coconut halves lol shaun ... infantry. ... be CO. ... of ... though ... by...
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May 13, 2003
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On Tue, 13 May 2003 09:32:27 -0000 shaun_mac_uk <shaunmctague@...> ... Of course, how silly of me! I am now going to have to resist the urge to slip a...
John Hills
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May 13, 2003
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... okay so both sides charge so german oo inf 10+3charging+3 ls/hs-4nmeSH-3nmeHI= 2d6+9 so 1to5 casualties usually 2 Romans co HI 14+3ch+3vet+6hw-4nmeSH=...
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May 13, 2003
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Hi Has thought been given to how to represent pike columns in these rules? I guess the easiest way is to have them as a series of units, one behind the other,...
John Hills
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May 13, 2003
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Hi This rather resembles a discussion on the Armati group recently. There it was decided that the secret to beating Romans with Germans was not to slam in the...
John Hills
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May 13, 2003
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As is meet and right! R ... Problem solved, though it does conjure up the image of a Knight being pick-a-backed around by his retainers! :-)...
Robert Avery
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May 13, 2003
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Shaun You've missed nothing: but that is the Germans walking right into the mincing machine...and getting minced! R ... it's ... pila) ... GErmans ... in...
Robert Avery
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May 13, 2003
1:24 pm
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I figured I'd be bringing up an old topic, but as there are only 22 messages in the group I guess not. Anyway, let me say that I like VB as a concept for...
John L. Martin
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May 15, 2003
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Hi Welcome to the group - we only started up a little while ago, so not much in the way of indepth discussion yet - hopefully this will change! Base sizes -...
John Hills
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May 15, 2003
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As close order bases can move backwards at half pace, could they not 'shuffle' sideways at half pace while retaining their facing?...
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On Tue, 20 May 2003 13:01:33 -0000 nja222 <n.ashton@...> ... I sincerely hope not. Retiring in the face of the enemy is something that can be seen...
John Hills
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May 20, 2003
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Hi I have almost finished drawing up the first draft of my (unofficial) Wars of the Roses army list. I decided to approach the list from the angle that eadh...
John Hills
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May 20, 2003
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John The question of the base sizes for Vis Bellica is indeed a thorny one: illustrated, for example, by your use of the phrase "standard base widths". ...
Robert Avery
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May 21, 2003
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On Wed, 21 May 2003 08:32:30 -0000 Robert Avery ... (A different John chipping in here) No-one objects, but among my friends at least, the fact that Johnny Reb...
John Hills
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May 21, 2003
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... From: "Robert Avery" <webmaster@...> ... I think you hit the nail on the head with your comment "base sizing may be a barrier to people...
John L. Martin
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