tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post3235003418251453266..comments2024-03-28T14:11:47.247-07:00Comments on Archduke Piccolo: Soldiers of Byzantium - A Proposed Portable Wargames Army ListArchduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-67122696984181871252018-07-28T20:33:17.030-07:002018-07-28T20:33:17.030-07:00Thanks for this comment, Son of York!Thanks for this comment, Son of York!Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-74151458825248870332018-07-27T03:15:44.289-07:002018-07-27T03:15:44.289-07:00Great post. I hoping it will inspire me to create...Great post. I hoping it will inspire me to create my own Nikephorian Byzantine army using these Tin Soldier figures I've just acquired. http://onesidedminiaturewargamingdiscourse.blogspot.com/2018/07/almost-nikephorian-byzantine-army.htmlSun of Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07315805432481558574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-48879899412669413242017-09-07T15:40:29.056-07:002017-09-07T15:40:29.056-07:00No apology necessary, Bob. I realised you were en...No apology necessary, Bob. I realised you were engaged for the time being elsewhere! Thanks for responding. <br />Probably later today I will post a 50SP Byzantine Army, and suggest the types of numbers one might look at for one's own. An all-cavalry army, for example, is quite plausible (historically) and feasible.<br /><br />I have also worked out a 50SP Bulgar army contemporaneous with the Byzantine. I'm wondering whether to add 1 to the D6 die roll for their mounted troops shooting, as they were double-armed rather than mixed. I might suggest it as an optional rule.<br /><br />That could make things interesting, because I would not be adding any impact bonuses for 'shock' action as I do the Byzantines.<br />Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-72977848612745856422017-09-07T13:21:06.449-07:002017-09-07T13:21:06.449-07:00Archduke Piccolo,
Sorry not to have commented ear...Archduke Piccolo,<br /><br />Sorry not to have commented earlier, but I've been at Connections UK 2017 for the past three days, and I am only just beginning to catch up with other people's blogs.<br /><br />I am very impressed with your Army List, and I will be writing a blog entry that will link to this particular blog entry in the very near future.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-42196695122503311322017-09-06T20:57:40.788-07:002017-09-06T20:57:40.788-07:00I was once told that the sculptor for Tin Soldier ...I was once told that the sculptor for Tin Soldier was a bit of Hellenistic nut. They were some of his best figures (I quite like chunky!). His Aztecs were pretty good too. As were his Pechenegs, but IIRC there was but one figure. I ended up modifying mine (Byzantine allies, not a whole army), adding shields (plastic chads) and bending the right arm and adding javelins. <br /><br />I quite liked DBM as a rule set more accessible than the earlier WRG sets. In fact I was very impressed with the concept, earl on. But they faffed around with them too much I think, and, as with a lot of WRG rule sets, you got your rules lawyers, gamesmen and suchlike. <br /><br />But then, I've never understood the attraction of the 'competition' or tournament war games. To each his own I guess...Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-59648299578119559092017-09-06T19:23:54.288-07:002017-09-06T19:23:54.288-07:00I have fond memories of Tin Soldier minis. I paint...I have fond memories of Tin Soldier minis. I painted a 7th edition Greek hoplite army for a buddy of mine. They were a little chunky, but they painted up well. <br /><br />My friends and I tried DBA, but for some reason, we weren't too crazy about them. I bought DBM, but never used them.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03436658698932425918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-10214922014220978902017-09-06T13:34:33.000-07:002017-09-06T13:34:33.000-07:00Thanks! The Tin Soldier figures are quite a large...Thanks! The Tin Soldier figures are quite a large '15mm', being more like 16mm. Nice enough, but I found myself modifying them, especially replacing lances and sometimes shields. All my javelin light infantry were originally slingers.<br />Although my Byzantines saw some action in WRG7, I always found that with that rule set the margin for knowledge of the system was too big to overcome, especially for one for whom this was very much a war games sideline. The much more playable DBM was not so bad in that respect, though it still existed. What particularly troubled me with DBM though, was the constant changing of the rules, and factors, and army lists. Couldn't keep up! games tended to become stereotyped anyway. Still, my Byzantines won more often than they lost!<br /><br />Based for DBM as they are, I'll not be doing any further modifications on that army. They seem to 'fit' the Portable Wargames system pretty well as they are. Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-40105377626281062342017-09-06T06:40:31.331-07:002017-09-06T06:40:31.331-07:00Very nice models! I started a Byzantine army back ...Very nice models! I started a Byzantine army back when I played WRG 6th and 7th editions, but never finished it. I always had a soft spot for Tagmatic heavy cavalry, and imagined they were what the Riders of Rohan looked like. <br /><br />I look forward to some AARs. I recently got both Portable Wargame books and will be interested in seeing how they play.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03436658698932425918noreply@blogger.com