Thursday, August 26, 2004
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Saturday, August 14, 2004
For such a simple set of rules, DBA sure can be complicated. Here’s the latest version of the cheatsheet described in this earlier post.
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Tuesday, August 03, 2004
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Sunday, August 01, 2004
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Wednesday, July 21, 2004
William Boyette writes:
My old friend markind and I have spent the last 6 weeks or so translating DBA Barkerese into English.
In the process we have created several cheat sheets including a CRT (Combat results table), a chart outlining rear support factors, and a chart summarizing terrain effects and movement.
We would like to share the results of our efforts with the DBA gaming community, perhaps you could post it on your web site.
Done.
These are nice charts in the Excel .xls format. You’re still going to need the DBA rules set, though. There are so many nuances in the rules that no set of charts could possibly explain them.
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Wednesday, July 14, 2004
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Poll #1:
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Miniature Wargaming is part of the "adventure games" hobby, which includes r ole p laying and board games. Wargamers recreate battles on the tabletop with toy soldiers, like a more complicated game of chess. Models range in height from 6mm to 28mm tall, with 15mm and 25mm being the most popular. There also is a growing interest in toy soldiers and military models, such as the 1/32 and 1/35 scale plastic soldiers from Conte, and Marx.
The most popular miniature wargames are fantasy and science fiction based, such as Warhammer, Warhammer 40K, Warmachine and The Lord of the Rings. World War II games such as Flames of War and Axis and Allies are new favorites. Other favorite historical periods include Napoleonics, the American Civil War, and ancients, such as Romans or Greeks. Other gamers enjoy miniature naval wargames, recreating battles like Trafalgar, Jutland and the Coral Sea.
Hobbyists research historical periods and paint their tiny soldiers in accurate uniforms. Others develop "historically realistic" rules sets or build scale battlefield terrain using model railroad techniques.
For pictures, visit the gallery.
Some of the bigger hobby companies are Games Workshop, which produces Warhammer, Wargames Foundry and Old Glory Miniatures. Wizards of the Coast produces several lines of pre-painted miniatures games, such as the Star Wars and Dungeons and Dragons miniatures games, and a historical game with pre-painted miniatures: The new Axis and Allies game. Wizkids produces a fantasy collectable miniatures game, such as the Mage Knight and Heroclick fantasy games, the science fiction games MechWarrior and Rocketmen, as well as the quasi-historical Pirates of the Spanish Main.
