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The Command sizes are based on the way PIP dice are allocated for Regular armies in DBMM, highest, middle and lowest. The highest dice here is for the mounted command, so it can manoevre to get the match-ups it needs to use its great variety of unit types best. The lowest dice command only gets 1-2 PIPs on avergae, so it is a "PIP dump", smaller size, used as a reserve command while the other 2 front up. Scythed chariots, as in most historical battles are a gimmick, will force your opponent to look up the rules, but 9 times out of 10 fizzle out. At least the Seleucid ones are Regular, makes them a little easier to control. Carthaginians are interesting, lots of options but hard to make a good list. As you say, early Romans are very limited in choices!

@@ChrisMusic2468 Yes I’m aware how the pip dice allocation works. Often though I’ve seen folks try to balance the ME sizes of the commands so they are all roughly equal, even to the point of saying that’s the best way. I can see that working quite well with Romans and other armies with almost identical troop types across the board, and all Regular, I don’t see the equal size ME approach working here though (e.g. trying to get each command to 28).

@@Edward-Plantagenet I usually do balanced commands for irregulars, but weight them for regulars. Of course some troop types don’t need many pips, like a pike phalanx, but in general give the highest pips to your big commands that have to do the heavy lifting.

You’ve got it, treating RG as DG is the main difference between chariots and cavalry. Also they are 40mm deep, not 30, so they can’t turn into flank if they punch a 1 element wide hole in the line, because their rear edge can’t touch an enemy unit. Worth it for the 1 pt discount, I take as many as I can get. War dogs are treated a IWbF, the only difference is they don’t get rear rank support. In general, you point them at the enemy and let them go impetuous,hoping they cause some trouble. I am currently building the Ancient British Panzer division, lots of chariots that can dismount as WbS. Scary and flexible.

@@ChrisMusic2468 Brilliant, simple and thorough thank you. Still in the blood, Brits loved their cruiser tanks. Hope you have a lot of fun with yours.

Sorry, don't know anyone. Know several in Thailand, Many in Australia/NZ. You can come to Hong Kong, we are enough to have many games in a DBMM vacation!

@@ChrisMusic2468 As it happens I'm going to be in HK quite a bit from now on. Will be there 5th, 6th, 7th but I'll be busy. I will be returning though.

@@craigcollings5568 If you can give us a few days notice, there are DBMM games here most Friday/Saturdays. If you have any time free to drop by on the 6th, we have 8 players playing a mini DBMM-100 competition.

@@ChrisMusic2468 Thanks for the kind invitation! Let's see if I can.

Yes, all figures 15mm

Welcome, it is great to have new players! I always take Baggage to boost break points, I where possible, S even better. F is better than O since it can set up in the flank sector and flees on a lost combat. Regular Baggage is worth protecting, I leave Irregular Baggage open, if the opponent uses PIPs to take it out, hopefully I can win elsewhere

Many thanks, the credit should go to Tony for his magnificent armies……sheer dedication to paint 1,000 points when most of us stop at 400…..

I'm a fan of the Athenian Hellenistic Greek list, with IAxS and RKnF. Aggression of 0 means you can pack terrain, swarm it and position the Knights for a decisive strike. I like Spartans too, but in the RSpS, RSpO combo, maxing out Ps

Now I've finished 1066 army, maybe I have to start on the Hautvilles.......you can never have too many Norman Knights!

No, they were inside 1BW difficult terrain of the BUA. The 3D nature of the BUA just slide them in a way that they looked like to be in the 0.5BW open edge of the BUA.

It was very close. I also had to check the rules, move is reduced when you enter or end in the terrain, so I could not move through to the clear terrain behind. I expected worst case they would flee into BUA after a flank hit, had not realised that they could be hit front and back

When we write battle reports in Hong Kong, we usually will add movement arrows and the Destroyed Boom symbols when we have the time to do so.

You are right, I missed this. Makes the army even more flexible, I think RCvO@7 and RKnF@10 points are good value. With only a few chariots, I would make them all KnF, with the general in the middle, but if you are fighting an army tough for your knights and pikes (not many in book 1- eg Spartan?) bringing some CvO would make sense

Also, museum have just revamped their minoan range to their new "Z" scupts

@@ChrisMusic2468 Yep I ordered a few to see them. Still need a good clue how to make generals for them though. Anyway it is a 2022 project.

You are right, I missed that! Will have to lose 4 of the RAxS to accommodate.....

Thats interesting! I never thought about the video being watched by someone who did not like the DBMM rules, next time I'll see if it can appeal to a wider audience