Thursday 4 July 2013

Going Back to the Source

I thought that I would take a look at the original site for 'DBA in the New World' - Steven's Balagan:

http://balagan.org.uk/war/dbx/dba/new-world/index.htm

...and what did I find:

Element Type Abbreviation Cost
(AP)
Official
DBA equivalents
Suggested
Base Size (mm)
Suggested
No. Figures
Lancer aka Knight Ln 15 3Kn 40 x 40 3
Shooters European ShE 7 3Bw, 4Bw, CB 40 x 20 3-4
Superior ShS 5 4Ax, 3Bw, 4Bw 40 x 40 5-8
Ordinary ShO 3 3Ax, 3Bw 40 x 40 5-8
Blades European BdE 7 3Bd, 4Bd 40 x 20 3-4
Superior BdS 5 4Bd, 3Wb, 4Wb 40 x 40 5-8
Ordinary BdO 3 3Ax, 4Bd, 5Wb 40 x 40 5-8
Skirmishers
(i.e. Psiloi)
Sk 2 2Ps 40 x 20 2
Artillery Art 15 Art 40 x 40 1 gun + crew
Litter
(i.e. WWg (I) )
Lit 3 Lit 40 x 40 1 litter + crew
Pike Pk 3 4Pk 40 x 20 4
Spear Sp 4 3Sp, 4Sp 40 x 20 4
War dogs (i.e. Warband) Wb 3 3Wb 40 x 40


I also searched for photos - Will McNally's blog provided Conquistadores, Aztec & Maya:

http://willwarweb.blogspot.co.uk/

Conquistadores -  standard bases - Shooters & Blades (3), Lancers (2), War dogs (3), Artillery (1)
Aztecs - all on squared bases - Shooters & Blades (5), Skirmishers (3)
Maya - all on squared bases - Blades (4), Skirmishers (3)

The squared bases follow the ideas of Michael Fischer:

http://fanaticus.org/DBA/variants/squarebases.html

Now I need to sit down and compare the evidence before me.






















































































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