DBA v3...and all that!

Saturday 11th November 2017 - Gt.Houghton

3 games of DBA v3.0:

(1) Abbasid Arabs - 1 x Cv(g), 3 x Cv, 1 x Lh, 3 x 4 Sp, 2 x 4 Bw, 1 x Wb & 1 x 7 Hd
     Thematic Byzantines - 1 x Cv(g), 3 x 3 Cv, 3 x Lh, 2 x 6 Cv, 2 x 4 Sp & 1 x 2 Ps

Awful movement dice handed me a 5:1 victory.

(2)  Fatimid Egyptians - 1 x Cv(g), 2 x Cv, 1 x Kn, 1 x Lh, 1 x 7 Hd, 1 x 3 Bw, 3 x 4 Bd & 2 x 4 Sp.
      Early Crusader - 1 x Kn(g), 3 x Kn, 1 x Lh, 4 x 4 Sp, 2 x 4 Xb & 1 x 3 Bw

Still poor movement dice meant another win (4:1).  I managed to shoot off a double-based element then captured the enemy camp.

(3)  Pre-Islamic Arabs - 1 x Cv(g), 1 x Lh, 1 x LCm, 4 x Cm, 2 x 4 Bd, 2 x 3 Bw & 1 x Ps
      Early Imperial Roman - 1 x Cv(g), 1 x Cv, 1 x Lh, 4 x 4 Bd, 3 x 4 Ax, 1 x 4 Bw & 1 x Art

The dice gods swapped sides.  I had the enemy general sandwiched, on even terms, but Ian six-oned me followed by a 5:1 to kill another Cm.  Game over with a 1:5 Loss.

I learned a couple of lessons -
(a) Don't put your troops in a column anywhere near the enemy - if the front element is pushed back it dies.  It's in the diagram section - not the main rules.
(b)  Camels are pretty awful with a factor of 3 against foot and horse plus only a 3 BW movement. 
Note to self - take my camera next time.

Elsewhere....... Another display at Horbury library - Sci-Fi tanks - some interest shown.


 Sunday 12th November 2017

Finished another Dr Who book:

A good yarn about degenerates fighting over a ball of metal.  Just goes to show what blind obedience to a religion can do.


Monday 13th November 2017 - WDW

Sparsely attended night. 

Impetus - Wars of the Roses
Honours of War - more 7YW action - Austrians & Russians v Revolutionary French
DBA v2.1 & HotT - players swapped between tables.  Byzantines fought Crusaders and the pseudo-Samurai were up against the pseudo-Medieval.