tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post2375655800804895433..comments2024-03-28T03:31:19.790-07:00Comments on Archduke Piccolo: Thirty Years War figures...Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-86476372026098761292010-03-22T03:42:13.353-07:002010-03-22T03:42:13.353-07:00My thanks to 'Mycenius' (Hi John!) and TWR...My thanks to 'Mycenius' (Hi John!) and TWR. I have now (well, several weeks ago by this date)included the links to your respective websites.<br />Cheers,<br />IonArchduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-22116191551635558972010-02-21T22:21:24.308-08:002010-02-21T22:21:24.308-08:00DBR can provide games that are very similiar in si...DBR can provide games that are very similiar in size to DBA. These 100 pt games can be played on a table of similiar size to DBA and in a similiar time frame. Locally there is in fact a small event in a couple of weeks here in Christchurch. <br /><br />When you have a moment have a look at my website where you will find plenty on DBR and DBA.<br />http://thewargamesroom.blogspot.comTWRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17980598327408683598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-56623709406539020532010-02-19T17:44:31.332-08:002010-02-19T17:44:31.332-08:00Hey Ion - Great Blog - only just seen it as Robin ...Hey Ion - Great Blog - only just seen it as Robin Sutton pointed it out to me a couple of weeks ago - I've added your Feed List to the AWC Website at http://awc.wargaming.info/ - Cheers, John.Myceniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08953750748303074391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-6105484799320411582010-02-17T16:36:53.897-08:002010-02-17T16:36:53.897-08:00DBR is more like DBM, in that at 400AP the armies ...DBR is more like DBM, in that at 400AP the armies will comprise upwards of 30 elements (60+ is not uncommon for some armies. <br /><br />You can play 100AP, 200AP or 300AP games (I never have, but I did have a project in mind - that died because I could not find the single box of Conquistadors I needed - 'The Conquest of Tenochtitlan", with 200AP armies plus a 25-AP 'naval' add-on), the smallest of these might go about as quickly as DBA.<br />For some armies, though, I formed the impression that 500AP would give better balanced forces and hence a better game.<br /><br />On the whole I tend to think of the DBx rulesets as 'free form' board games with figures. Quite abstract. They aren't really 'my thing', but conceptually they seem fine. In the early days the battles looked like battles, a surprising outcome of making each element a tactical unit. <br /><br />Somehow over the years all that was lost. The rules lawyers and gamesmen exploited the slightest loophole, amendments were as ill-thought-out as they were voluminous (DBM) and I don't think DBR was ever sufficiently developed (which, of course, will mean more ... well, when you want an epithet for amendments, think gondolas). <br /><br />I haven't played DBM for maybe 5 years now, and the few DBR games I've had haven't been very satisfactory. <br /><br />I used to think the DBx sets were designed exclusively for competitions (the comprehensibility of which events quite passes me by). However, a remarkably long-lived campaign I think under the title 'Condotta' was run about 10 years ago in Christchurch. Had one of the players not violated the spirit of the thing by insisting on commanding alone in each battle (thereby handicapping everyone else - a warning if ever you want to run a DBx campaign) this would have been much more thoughly enjoyable and fun than it was. <br /><br />Sorry if I've told you more anout penguins - I mean DBx - than you really wanted to know...<br />Cheers,<br />IonArchduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-48603199658200976572010-02-17T15:02:09.522-08:002010-02-17T15:02:09.522-08:00I'd certainly like to see them.
Is DBR more ...I'd certainly like to see them. <br /><br />Is DBR more like DBA or DBM ? I've played DBM a few times and loathed it, while I quite liked DBA. Mainly because it was short.Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.com