This book introduces the fascinating subject of ancient wargaming using the latest edition of dba version 3. The brainchild of wellknown wargame designer phil barker and his wife sue laflinbarker, the simple dba rule system combines fast play play with historical realism to produce a visually. Welcome to our campaign rules for the period 50 1400. Of the wars of the multitude is a ruleset for tabletop miniatures wargames for the period 3000 bc to 1485 ad. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. The rules are easy to learn, but the finer details of tactics are hard to.
If desired, a campaign can be played to a conclusion in a few months. The guide is very comprehensive, but keep in mind that it is one interpretation of the rules, and is not intended as a replacement for the official rules plus the rulebook. These rules derive from an experimental set for battles between romans and celts demonstrated by phil barker at the 1988 society of ancients conference. I found a game guide published by wadbag and apparently based on the 2. An army consists of 12 units called elements, classified as blades, warband, knights and so forth. These rules allow entire armies to be represented by 12 bases and.
The rules themselves include many enhancements designed to streamline play, reduce gamesmanship and to ensure dba both produces a. Quick play wargame rules with army lists for ancient and medieval battles don hartings deployment guide card for dba3. Shield painting for turcopoles in teutonic knights service. Free downloadable wargame rules wargaming miscellany. Phil barker has been active on the dba forum on yahoo, field questions and addressing concerns although some still do not like the answers they have. Our intent is to provide the simplest possible set of wargames rules that retain the feel and generalship requirements of ancient or medieval battle. This short description will, i hope, explain a few aspects of the rule book and be useful for those that are new.
The booklet also includes rules for big and giant battles. Of the wars of antiquity is a fast play set of rules for the hobby of historical miniature wargaming, particularly ancient and medieval wargaming in the period 3000 bc to. It chiefly differs in being intended as a direct competitor for current mainstream wargames rules for the ancient and medieval period, such as our own. Includes new unit types and morale levels, army lists, and four scenarios. Pdf sue laflin barker s start ancient wargaming using. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. This is my blog chronicling my gaming adventures with the ancient wargames rule set. This page provides a small selection of resources and amendments for player use. The rules are very simple and can actually fit on one sheet. This page provides a small selection of resources and. Learning dba with gauls vs warband make sure to download a player aid to help understand the battles and how they playout. It is available as a fifty page download of quite densely typed text. While the dba rules are a complete gaming system as with most rules some additional tools and guides invariably are produced by players.
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