1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - L'Art de la Guerre
2) What armies were confronted? - Wars of the Roses
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes.  While we're still learning, they seem intuitive, and as we have a background in DBx and FoG they LADLG ("laggledaggle"?!) feels very familiar.
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No, but its been a while since we tried them and so this revisit means for us they're still new.
5) How many players were in the game? - 6.  Go big or go home.

You're right in one sense Toxic. However, the people of Kleine Hoysee (think Lichtenstein) feel they have much more in common with Hoysee (Austria) than they do with Keller (Prussia).

Ah well, guess an inept and stagnant empire is better than nothing

Oh the Empire does exist, It's called the Empire. The Hoysee troops look like Austrians but they are not Austrians. Hoysee is about the size of modern Austria but is not controlled by the Empire.

I do like a bit of Imagination'ing

Quote from: Leman on 03 December 2016, 11:15:30 AM
Oh the Empire does exist, It's called the Empire. The Hoysee troops look like Austrians but they are not Austrians. Hoysee is about the size of modern Austria but is not controlled by the Empire.

I am sure there is a saying regarding looking like, waddling like, and quacking like something or other, which might be relevant here, but I can't quite bring it to mind!? 

Mollinary

Think I will 'duck' behind a chair ! 😈

The rule set I used in our last game was Havelock.
The armies were the Honorable East India Company and Queen's Regiment verses Sepoys.

This was not the first time we have used the rules and there were five players.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - DBA 3.0
2) What armies were confronted? - Early Crusader v
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes, still carefully double checking so I don't carry over any of my previous DBx rules that don't apply
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No, but yet to play against an opponent
5) How many players were in the game? - Solo

I decided a brief break from painting the Seljuq Turks would lift my enthusiasm for the project

So I pitted the last winners, the Cilician Armenians, against the 'newly' completed Early Crusaders. Much to the surprise of all the Armenians were the invaders (on the right).

The Crusaders deployed in the ploughed fields with Crossbows on the left, Spear in the centre and the right covered by bowmen in the scrubby area. Their Knights were in column ready to move to the left. The supporting Byzantine light horse were on the right eyeing up a sweep around the right to loot the Armenian camp.

In response the Armernians anchoured their left with bowmen on the gentle hill, their spearmen were in the centre. The Bedouin light horse on the right were to delay the Frankish knights and support the outnumbered Armenian knights.



Both sides were limited by some poor PIP dice in the early turns but fortunately the ploughed fields turned out to be good going. The Byzantine light horse didn't swing wide enough and were destroyed by bow fire when the Armenian bowmen advanced on the hill.



Some great shooting from the Crusader crossbows recoiled one of the Armenian spear units and destroyed another as the Crusader line closed on the Armenians.
I have just realised this was a mistake, Bows can not shoot if they moved more than one base width, they had moved two base widths to maintain the line. They had the range just wouldn't have been in line with the spear.



The Armenians again had limited PIPs, they managed to pull the bow on the hill back to the spear line and to move the right most spear onto the end of the spear line. They were unable to withdraw the Bedouin light horse or commit their knights.

The Crusaders charged all along the line. On the hill the spear facing the Armenian bowmen pushed them back and this allowed the Crusader bow and spear to push back their opponents. Unfortunately for the crusaders the next spear unit was pushed back, this left one Crusader spear unit facing three Armenian spear
A 5-1 was enough to push the Armenians back 

The Bedouin light horse was overwhelmed by the Crusader knights.



The Armenian spear counter attacked destroying the crusader spear. The fighting on the hill continued and the Crusader bow managed to destroy one of the Armenian bow units.

The Crusader knights charged the outnumbered Armenian knights pushing them back but their pursuit outdistanced their supporting knights on the left flank.

The Armenian knights fought back in their turn on even terms but their general was unhorsed (6-1'ed). With 4 elements destroyed the Armenians lost the battle.

Great looking game!

Lovely looking game and figures

I like your cunning "table edge" corner markers! Nice idea

Good game, look forward to seeing the campaign pan out.

Ditto!

I don't know DBA at all. I was trying to decide if in the last picture was a range/movement stick done up like the corner markers.
But since there a four ("elements" is it?) placed with it, it must be a close up of the corner? Anyway this has giving me an idea! I love this forum.

Fancy them as a free download - go to the Washington Area De Bellis Antiquitatis Gamers, who  produce a free downloadable guide up to v2.2+ which gives an excellent game. If you find you like them you could then invest in the official v3. Unlike the official rules, the Wadbag  are written in non-legalese English with lots of illustrated examples of play, and they come with a QRS which is invaluable.