Addicted? Moi?

[Plasticoutsider]

Okay.  This wasn't meant to happen.  I just ordered enough figures to fight The Wars of the Roses with DBA by mistake.  I don't even own DBA.  Stupid quality service, nice castings, and friendly forum. 

I feel like I'm hijacking this forum.  Apologies for all the posts.

Oh, I just ordered DBA as well.  It's not even supposed to be very good.  Oh dear.

[fred.]

The only sensible approach is to give in, relax, and order some more.

[fsn]

Hijacking!

Nah!

Fill yer boots!

[fred.]

yes, hijacking would perhaps look like posting 900 times begging for a single new tank model, perhaps?

[fsn]

 

[Ric]

Would it help if we all started insulting you?  'war of the Roses eh? More like war of the pansies'

;-)

[toxicpixie]

DBA might be a bit long in the tooth now, and have under gone a few to many rewrites for my taste but it's core is still good

Or try Basic Impetus. It's a good lead in to Impetus proper with many more troops

Or Bloody Barons - Peter Pigs WoR offering - feels very in keeping with the period.

[Plasticoutsider]

DBA might be a bit long in the tooth now, and have under gone a few to many rewrites for my taste but it's core is still good

Or try Basic Impetus. It's a good lead in to Impetus proper with many more troops

Or Bloody Barons - Peter Pigs WoR offering - feels very in keeping with the period.

DBA appealed due to the slightly abstract nature of the game, and the 2' board.  I'm usually drawn to more leisurely rules like Pike and Shotte, though.  I'm sure to give Impetus a try in the very near future as well.

[Plasticoutsider]

Update: just downloaded Basic Impetus.  Bedtime reading sorted!

[Leman]

I have tried DBA on 60mm frontage bases on a 4'square table. It works remarkably well and the twelve elements actually look like armies. Bloody Barons is an excellent set of rules. I see no reason why they would not work with DBA frontages, as both sides would be based the same. Each battle becomes part of a mini-campaign - you cannot guarantee who has made it to the battle. Furthermore all the main battles of the WOR are presented as BB scenarios at the back of the book.

[Plasticoutsider]

I have tried DBA on 60mm frontage bases on a 4'square table. It works remarkably well and the twelve elements actually look like armies. Bloody Barons is an excellent set of rules. I see no reason why they would not work with DBA frontages, as both sides would be based the same. Each battle becomes part of a mini-campaign - you cannot guarantee who has made it to the battle. Furthermore all the main battles of the WOR are presented as BB scenarios at the back of the book.

Thanks for that.  Space and time are both hindrances for me in terms of regular games (I can devote whole days to large games only every now and then) so DBA, or Basic Impetus now I've read the rules(!), look promising.
Is 'Dour Puritan' an indication of a devotion to all things Mid-Seventeenth Century?

[Techno]

I feel like I'm hijacking this forum.  Apologies for all the posts.

Post as much as you like 'Plastic'....That's what the forum's all about. 
Cheers - Phil

[Hertsblue]

Hijacking the forum's a bit like drinking the North Sea....

[Fenton]

Hijacking the forum's a bit like drinking the North Sea....

Talking of the North Sea I have been thinking of doing some ww1 naval recently, does hallmark do WW1 ships?

[FierceKitty]

Funny you should mention naval. I seem to have developed an annoying itch about my middle midriff during my time in Hanoi.