Hi guys In one of the examples it mentions that you can have an overlap of one base on either side of a melee. However I cannot find how they contribute to...
Nick It's under Charges Involving Multiple Bases on page 38 of the rules (section b: one side has more bases than the other). Although this is a logical...
Sean Thanks for the battle report...now also appearing on the VB main site! R PS Keep them coming! ... but ... The ... followed ... horse. ... giving ... ...
Hi Robert, The wesbsite report looks good! You cleaned up my rather purple prose nicely. I'll be tangling with Roger's Carthaginian horde soon, so all the ...
Hi Planning my game for tomorrow night. It will be 500 points, French Ordnance (Veteran Knights, mounted archers, trashy foot) vs Early Burgundian (trashy...
Sean Historically the Romans dealt with the Carthaginian light horse by recruiting their own - but that advice probably isn't very helpful to you, is it?! I...
On Thu, 05 Jun 2003 07:12:37 -0000 Robert Avery ... Sounds like Chariot Minis Lizardmen to me! I have several 15mm fantasy armies (built for Chipco's Fantasy...
Hi Here are the armies we will be using tonight: French Ordnance Sub General Leader 1 2 x Gendarmes (veteran CO Knights) 1 x Archers (veteran CO HI LB and 2H) ...
Yes, first of all I want to say "HELLO"! My name is Thomas and I'm a gamer from germany. Till now I played Warhammer Ancient Battles - but now I look for the...
... Hello! ... Welcome Thomas. I am John. I started up this group because I like VB so much. The author of the rules is here too, so I am sure he will reply...
Hi me again. What armies do you have? I have mainly late medieval, plus some Hoplite Greeks and Biblical Sumerians and Zagros Highlanders (all 15mm). When I...
John Yup: Chariot Miniatures levened with some Tin Soldier giant lizards (behemoths); Games Workshop lizardmen (25mm WHAB figures make light giants and the...
Thomas Welcome to the Group. As John has already said, you'll find that all the things that you mention are covered by Vis Bellica: especially command and...
On Thu, 05 Jun 2003 14:08:28 -0000 Robert Avery ... So magic modifies the abilities of other units rather than being of the "bang you're dead" type? Sounds...
Thanks Robert, We shall see. I'll let everyone know. VB Fantasy sounds very cool. I look forward to seeing it. Good luck. Lizard men make everything better. ...
Hello! Thanks for the warm welcome!!! My armies: In our group we play with 20mm plastic figures from manufactures like hät and zvezda. If you want to see...
Greetings All Apologies if I offend any strictly historical gamers, but thought you might be interested in the results of the dwarf vs lizardmen VM playtest...
Just in case you hadn't spotted it, there's a Vis Bellica scenario for Idistaviso (Germans vs Romans, AD16) in the latest issue of the excellent on-line...
Once again, the Evil French were trying to force the wayward Duke of Burgundy to toe the line. The French deployed with great skill (ie I did it), with...
John Sounds like the Burgundians got sliced and diced! The report is now also up on the site. R ... of ... skirmishing ... to ... centre ... the ... their ... ...
any general suggestions re table sizes for non historical battles-say for 300pts 400pts 500 pts etc BY THE WAY ADORE THE RULESET.I have been playing ancients...
#what about shield sizes eg hoplons, spara etc as against bucklers etc #should the thracians have the option of 2H weapons-romphoi?? #should the ach persians...
I want to play this game where one 15mm scale DBx element is substituted for a VB base, so this will mean that all my bases are 40mm wide. Since 40mm is 2/3...
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 16:57:35 -0000 grecian1959 <grecian1959@...> ... Not sure this is necessary, really. maybe you could class those with bucklers as...
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 17:53:55 -0000 Clay Cooper <coopman827@...> ... I suppose you could play either way, but we like to keep things in the open. John ......
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 18:05:57 -0000 Clay Cooper <coopman827@...> ... I would do this if I were you. We use 4 DBx bases per unit with normal distances,...