tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654358191889198506.post3471463111340008619..comments2024-03-01T15:09:19.824+00:00Comments on doctorphalanx: L'Art de la Guerredoctorphalanxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11805618584243510174noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654358191889198506.post-54718859053887736992018-11-30T15:34:56.222+00:002018-11-30T15:34:56.222+00:00Hi Steven
The big bases were/are probably the mos...Hi Steven<br /><br />The big bases were/are probably the most innovative and appealing thing about Impetus. If you’re not playing in a competition I guess you could fiddle round with the factors. I like DBA and with your BBDBA you have the best of both worlds in comparison with Impetus. <br /><br />Locally DBA has had its supporters and detractors. Some feel that it is too universal and lacks period flavour, but I’m not sure how real those aspects are once you start deconstructing rules and exposing the mathematical matrices that lie beneath all of them.<br /><br />Conforming (and displacement of third parties) is another issue which draws criticism, though I think that squaring up is a pretty inevitable (and desirable) mechanic in a game where combat is essentially simplified to 1:1 base pairings.<br /><br />Richarddoctorphalanxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11805618584243510174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654358191889198506.post-8807922726169922062018-11-30T13:51:24.352+00:002018-11-30T13:51:24.352+00:00ADLG is on my bookshelf. You've inspired me t...ADLG is on my bookshelf. You've inspired me to get it down again. <br /><br />I played Impetus for Italian Wars but lost interest when French Gendarmes broke a pike block at first contact with average dice. Didn't happen historically. Not ever. I did like the Big Bases and I've stuck with those. <br /><br />Personally I'm content (content not happy) with Big Base DBA. Lots of figures. Simple rules without being simple minded. Resolution in an hour. Okay, not great on simulation for certain periods/armies but you can't have everything. And don't get me started on the DBA troop types and army lists ... Hittite Pikemen, bah humbug. <br /><br />Balaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03333480235302616245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654358191889198506.post-64169079265619033982018-11-23T20:37:32.353+00:002018-11-23T20:37:32.353+00:00Impetus remains my ‘Rules of choice’ for my circa ...Impetus remains my ‘Rules of choice’ for my circa 1525 French-Italian Wars armies in the absence of anything else but I find the melee process too long-winded. I was also not impressed by a game in which some Ancient British chariots charged through skirmishers to defeat my Legionaries. This seemed gamey and unhistorical.<br /><br />Sword and Spear is a very smooth-running set of rules but arbitrarily allows you to hand out bonuses at unit level. I was left wondering what this was supposed to represent.<br /><br />I also bought FoG but it looked too like DBMM. I like the army list books, although the lists themselves look unnecessarily complex.<br /><br />DBA is a good game but too like chess.<br /><br />ADLG has been criticised for not having push-backs which means that it won’t model certain historical battles in which push-backs were a feature.<br /><br />None of them are perfect. You pays your money and you takes your choice.doctorphalanxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11805618584243510174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654358191889198506.post-26486785449146279102018-11-23T19:41:20.660+00:002018-11-23T19:41:20.660+00:00Interesting as I have Impetus and Sword & Spea...Interesting as I have Impetus and Sword & Spear waiting in the wings to demonstrate their suitability as 'go to' rules, though I don't think I have ever come across a criticism of ADLG.<br />Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.com