tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558350314928035506.post9077192018987173958..comments2024-03-28T09:43:25.952+00:00Comments on Heretical Gaming: The Battle of Brunanburh 937AD - A DBA RefightUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558350314928035506.post-20991360174986973292017-08-07T16:53:30.791+01:002017-08-07T16:53:30.791+01:00Thanks very much Oswald. The 6mm mass effect does...Thanks very much Oswald. The 6mm mass effect does work quite well visually: a 24-base BB DBA army will have around 700 figures in it, so about 1500 on the table. That 1:10-1:15 ratio combined with the bird's eye view of 6mm does trick the eye into thinking "this is something a little like a battle line might have looked like".JWHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01637785437909299947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558350314928035506.post-92194814437178604652017-08-07T14:47:17.856+01:002017-08-07T14:47:17.856+01:00Excellent - just stumbled across your great report...Excellent - just stumbled across your great report and you've got me excited in BB DBA and this period again! Thanks - really like the massed 6mm effect. Always wanted to give that a go ... hmmm. Yes, hard to effect grand tactical moves in this period - but love it nonetheless. Cheers AlanOswaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216846942285637102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558350314928035506.post-35158819964715378642017-08-02T10:51:23.778+01:002017-08-02T10:51:23.778+01:00Thanks Stew, I appreciate it.Thanks Stew, I appreciate it.JWHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01637785437909299947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558350314928035506.post-90679084711252923902017-08-02T03:08:44.499+01:002017-08-02T03:08:44.499+01:00Thanks Norm. You should be able to proxy the armi...Thanks Norm. You should be able to proxy the armies just fine with troops for 1066. The scenario definitely does have its points, as does, and I should have mentioned this in the text, the actual details of the deployment. The decision for the Anglo-Saxon player as to where to put his non-Spearmen troops to best support the shieldwall is pretty key, as does a solid understanding (that I am only just getting) of how spearmen kill "blades" (in this context, Vikings).JWHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01637785437909299947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558350314928035506.post-87613004610878417902017-08-02T03:06:53.717+01:002017-08-02T03:06:53.717+01:00Nice dark age bash up. Nice dark age bash up. Stewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340930167419307092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558350314928035506.post-85618766532821435472017-08-01T19:19:40.482+01:002017-08-01T19:19:40.482+01:00An interesting battle and account and an option pe...An interesting battle and account and an option perhaps for using my 1066 armies as proxies.<br /><br />Your game notes show the game to be quite nuanced, despite a head on clash. Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.com