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4704
Hi Folks Probably some dumb questions here but hey, that never stopped me before! We have played a handful battles with Vis Bellica at "the club" and the rules...
Ian Coleman
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Jun 1, 2005
2:39 pm
4705
... Good man - where would we be without dumb questions? All playing games wrong from my experience! ... No. For example, a Babylonian Leader in a chariot ... ...
John Hills
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Jun 1, 2005
2:47 pm
4706
Gentlemen, I am thinking of doing a second Not a Tournament affair. Would people be interested? Would the worthy gents of the HDWS be interested in letting us...
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thurlac2003
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Jun 1, 2005
5:32 pm
4707
Of course for a specific scenario, if you want leaders to be vulnerable / able to take part in the battle, you could always classify them as heroes from the...
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thurlac2003
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Jun 1, 2005
5:33 pm
4708
... Oh, I expect we could be persuaded :-) As it happens I am, on behalf of the HDWS committee, currently making enquiries of our new home about weekend games....
Steve Austin
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Jun 1, 2005
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4709
We play that at least isolated leaders can be shot at. Peter ... -- It is not the ruleset that makes the game, it's the people....
Peter Schulein
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Jun 1, 2005
6:05 pm
4710
Count me in Mike - the last one was a great day's gaming! R ... their...
Robert Avery
visbellica
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Jun 1, 2005
8:39 pm
4711
Ian Good to have you on board! John is right on the button with his responses! R PS How about some battle results and reports for the main website? ... with...
Robert Avery
visbellica
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Jun 1, 2005
8:41 pm
4712
... Would people be interested?< Hi Mike, very interested! I hope to have several armies finished to choose from by October. James...
James
smashyfatness
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Jun 2, 2005
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4713
Hi I would love to come - under the proviso that I might have to bale out at the last minute if my daughter takes another bad turn. John ...
John Hills
mawaliuk
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Jun 2, 2005
8:26 am
4714
Greetings I would certainly be interested. Of course I'd have to paint up an army first ... Edward...
Edward Sturges
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Jun 4, 2005
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4715
nah, there will be loads of spare ones there. but on the other hand don't let me discourage you from painting up loads of lead for VB Chris...
Chris Lowe
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Jun 7, 2005
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4716
Hi all, just got a sample of the Irregular orcs through the post, along with some of their 15mm Zulu wars British. The orcs were interesting, large (which I...
James
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Jun 7, 2005
5:47 pm
4717
... Irregular are amazingly varied in this aspect - I think they run their moulds too long before replacing them - that is the only explanation I can think of....
John Hills
mawaliuk
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Jun 8, 2005
8:25 am
4718
James, if you like I could send you a few samples of demonworld orcs for comparison? As the packs are fairly expensive (at least in the stores as opposed to...
Derk Groeneveld
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Jun 8, 2005
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4719
... if you like I could send you a few samples of demonworld orcs for comparison?< Thanks Derk, that is very kind of you I would really appreciate that. Also I...
James
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Jun 8, 2005
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4720
... think they run their moulds too long before replacing them - that is the only explanation I can think of. I have had both incredibly clean and incredibly...
James
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Jun 8, 2005
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4721
... VIETNORC! I like that! Hope to finish assembling the Catachans tonight (the kids are enjoying helping me choose what bits go on them) and then painting...
John Hills
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Jun 8, 2005
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4722
... It seemed to roll off the brain easily......... I had a quick look for that article, but it's eluding me at the moment. I will find it though. You have to...
James
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Jun 8, 2005
9:31 am
4723
I've just uploaded seven pictures to a folder titled "Jim's 15mm Medievals" showing a VB medieval battle we recently had. The battle report is not yet...
colcampbell50
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Jun 8, 2005
1:28 pm
4724
... This I find is probably the 1 big issue with VB. The speed units move at can make the initial deployment quite significant to the overall battle. when...
Chris Lowe
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Jun 8, 2005
1:35 pm
4725
Hi Nice battle. If the Normans were not aggressive they should automatically be declared the losers! Cautious was not a work that the Normans had ever heard...
John Hills
mawaliuk
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Jun 8, 2005
2:20 pm
4726
But then again, deployment was often a decisive factor in Ancient and Medieval battles... Cheers, Koen ... Koen De Smedt...
Koen De Smedt
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Jun 8, 2005
2:42 pm
4727
when setting up a standard me vs you fight its not a major problem, the issues tend to arise when setting up a scenario where the two sides are not simply...
Chris Lowe
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Jun 8, 2005
2:57 pm
4728
... In this battle that was my error as gamemaster. You want to give the opponents some maneuver room before they go at it with hammer and tongs, but you...
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colcampbell50
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Jun 8, 2005
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4729
... Yes, too true. Next time it might be worth giving the Norman players a pep talk about how good they are and what a bunch of girls the Byzantines are. Have...
John Hills
mawaliuk
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Jun 8, 2005
3:59 pm
4730
Nice pictures! If you send the battle report to me direct, I'll bang it up on the VB website as well. I like the bases and the unit labels as well. R ... ...
Robert Avery
visbellica
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Jun 9, 2005
6:42 am
4731
Robert, ... Since I won't actually create the report (our webmaster does that), I'll post the link to this discussion group. You are then free to use it on...
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colcampbell50
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Jun 9, 2005
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4732
I've had VM for about a month now, but haven't got in a game until this week. We liked it so much we've played 4 times (fiance was out of town). We had...
Eric Schmitz
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Jun 12, 2005
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4733
Eric That seems right to me! How about some battle results or maybe even a report? R ... this ... except ... his ... around." On ... own ... up ... per...
Robert Avery
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