Raphia Lite DBA 3.0
For this game I bent the rules a bit. There is no terrain on this board. I wanted to see how maneuver worked in the new rules. I pitted Ptolomy against Antiochus the Great (Seleucid). Note: I made...
View ArticleVikings Invade Normandy
This is an extreme case to show how powerful knights can be. I used the 2.2 lists because I do not have a copy of 3.0 Book III lists. The Vikings were the high roller with their AG 4 vs the Norman AG...
View ArticleDBA Without Supporting Ranks
The author has stated over and over again how DBA is a much more abstracted game than DBM(M). Slowly, the supporting ranks have been dwindled down to just pikes at this point. At this level, I...
View ArticlePyrrhus invades Italy!
This battle pitted a Pyrrhic army vs a Polybian Roman army. For the battle, I had no support rules. The only modification was to have Pike be +6 vs foot or mounted. Pyrrhus invaded so Rome put out...
View ArticleMagnesia!
Here is my standard DBA 3.0 battle of Magnesia. I have the Romans as the invader and the battlefield being a flat plane with a river on the Roman left. The forces are as follows. Seleucid 1xKn Gen...
View ArticleThoughts on DBA 3.0 so far…
I like DBA. I do. I don’t play in competitions and many games I’ve played lately have been solo. Most of what the author has done have been positive improvements in my opinion. Here are my...
View ArticleTesting some modifications for DBA 3.0
Well, if I am going with 3.0, at least I am going to put it in to a form which I can live with. Not being a fan of side support, I tested out some possible modifications of the rules. The “battles”...
View ArticleThe Blade vs Spear “fix”
I played out two battles with Mid Anglo-Saxon (b) vs Viking (b). With the old rules, it seemed that the (a) version of Anglo Saxons had more of a chance since it had a few Wb which could Qk Bd....
View ArticlePikes, DBA, Campaigns…Does this count as a Grab Bag?
It’s been a while since I’ve said anything about DBA. I own the v3 rules and like them quite well. The one thing that bugs me is how Pikes are handled. Pikes, by the reckoning of several primary...
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Friday Grab Bag a day early
It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these posts but I do rather like writing them. Mainly, it’s been time, life ad the complete lack of energy that’s been keeping me from writing these as well as...
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