... Looks good. Thanks for making my gibberish more readable! John ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do...
... Hi Good to see we are all thinking along the same lines! I seem to spend a lot of time thinking about wargaming at the moment, without actually managing to...
Hi A question for you guys out there - where ever you may be - are you all on holiday? :-) I am starting work on a scenario for Towton. Now at full size this...
... And your brain is younger and more agile than mine! more ... Good point - but a Wars of the Roses army is never going to have more than 4 brigades anyway,...
Hi I am about to head off for a 3 week break - might get the odd email in, but not many. I have returned to my 1460-61 Wars of the Roses scenarios and they are...
All those who have commented on VB's basing system are advised to check out the following thread on TMP: http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=50957 R...
Hi Everyone It amazes me that there are not many more people playing VB!! I have played so many ancient rule sets and non of them really give me the realism I...
Hi Petrus, ... In our club every player notes which charges he wants to make. So no initiative is needed. Usually each player tells the other how many charges...
Hi guys, Long time no visit. Been a bit busy, sadly not wargames related. I notice with satisfaction that there is another topic about VB on the TMP ancients...
Hi everyone Samnite infantry liked to pour javelins into Roman infantry and avoid hand to hand fighting untill the last, most oppertune, moment. I assume they...
We had a VB bash this afternoon with Ancient Spanish taking on the invading Republican Romans. I made the Legionaries and velites ordinary instead of veteran...
Hi Petrus, ... We always count a unit as shielded regardless of the direction of the attack. The +5 and +10 for flank and rear attacks usually make up for ...
... we normally say yes as the flank/read bonus is big enough ... the rule say foot and cav are disordered by difficult terrain I think but we use a sliding...
Hi On the subject of how difficult it is to really routing units, I think this is good. if your troops have a lot of table to cover before the reach the edge,...
... I think the tactic here is for the Spanish to try to concentrate on breaking a section of the Roman line, by hitting individual Roman units repeatedly. OK...
... Thanks for all the replies guys, all of this will be very helpfull!!! I think that it is probably more realistic for a routed unit to flee and keep on...
... Thanks for all the replies guys, all of this will be very helpfull!!! I think that it is probably more realistic for a routed unit to flee and keep on...
... I sometimes treat commanders as being a grade better than they really are, eg give a Leader the stats and effect of a Sub General, to represent more...
Early Republican Roman bases have a 1st line with heavy throwing weapons (Hastati)and the 2nd line with heavy thrusting spears (Principes). In milee how do you...
... The first melee you use the weapon of the first line at full strength. So in this case it would be the Pilum of the Hastati. So you get a +6 No division. ...
We also found it useful for scenarios where limited ammunition might be of use. The Romans start with only a certain number of pila and after their first ...
Why are the Hastati, Pricepes and Triarii abstracted in the rules onto a single base??? I am referring specifically to the Camilan reforms during the Pyrrhic...
... I have to say my republican Romans are based as separate bases of Hastati, Pricepes and Triarii on a ratio of 2:2:1 with 2 or 3 velites per "legion". this...
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