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 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". ...
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...
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 -...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
... 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=...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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?...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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,...
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