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Post by zedeyejoe on Jun 28, 2012 21:12:51 GMT
Promote them, as I did a unit of 9 Pict skirmishers, who were charged by Gothic cavalry who scored no hits. The Picts scored one hit, broke the cavalry, pursued into the Gothic general, killed him and then half the Gothic army ran away. Not bad for a unit that cost 36 points.
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Post by Simon Robinson on Jun 29, 2012 9:03:11 GMT
That's a heck of a result!
It's prpbably better than my favourite moment when my Levy Hoplites (minor city-state Early Hoplite Greek) beat a unit of Spartan Hoplites.
OK the Spartans passed their break test but the look on my opponents face was priceless, and the delay this created (the levy didbn't survive the next round of combat) was crucial in allowing me to win the game.
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Post by zedeyejoe on Jun 29, 2012 10:19:05 GMT
Yes my opponent was a regular tourny player and was as astonished as I was. But roll enough dice and one day it will happen.
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Post by Simon Robinson on Jun 29, 2012 13:00:33 GMT
That is the beauty of dice - roll them enough times and unlikely events will occur
;D
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Post by zedeyejoe on Jun 29, 2012 20:30:41 GMT
And good things, lets not forget the good things. I think my best was 6 dice rolled and 5 of them were 6's (and I needed 6's to wound).
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Post by tiger1 (Paul) on Jun 29, 2012 21:54:18 GMT
And who would dare say WAB is Dead, what fun - a truely tried and tested rule set.
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Post by zedeyejoe on Jun 30, 2012 9:52:48 GMT
Well Martin G is quite bitter about it, lots of effort from him and very little to show for it. But I (and others) did offer to take it off their hands to keep it going (without Warhammer being mentioned in it).
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Post by wstevens on Jun 30, 2012 21:32:36 GMT
So what is the upshot of this then are they trying to bury it or what? Are you negotiating with them currently or have they just said a flat no?
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Post by zedeyejoe on Jul 1, 2012 7:40:00 GMT
They said:
"I am writing to let you know that several years ago we made a strategic decision that we would never license the Warhammer Historical rules/brand etc to any third party. Whether branded Warhammer or not, everyone would clearly see what was going on, and we feel it is simply too close to what we do for a living – tabletop wargames with model soldiers. As it happens, thankfully we do not see Warhammer Historical as a burden in any case! Many thanks for your interest in this regard."
And with the closure of WHH another bunch of people asked the same question and I gather got the same reply.
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james
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Post by james on Aug 19, 2012 10:02:11 GMT
Could someone ask if it is an oversight that Saxon heroes in a of a can count as riding horses for +1 point but no troops can. Thanks. P.134/5
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Post by Simon Robinson on Aug 30, 2012 9:11:45 GMT
Question is on the WAB Forum - but so far no reply from anybody
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james
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Post by james on Aug 30, 2012 14:47:51 GMT
Thanks
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Post by zedeyejoe on Aug 30, 2012 16:05:33 GMT
Certainly the Thegns and Huscarles should be allowed the Riding Horses rule - after all they did historically. Fyrd, I would say no to that.
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Post by Simon Robinson on Aug 30, 2012 16:08:48 GMT
That's what I figure too - but it's always nice to get an official ruling or even better get the correction added to the errata when Martin next releases one
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Post by zedeyejoe on Aug 30, 2012 20:27:00 GMT
There are no official rulings any more (that project has been terminated) and I am afraid Martin does not make for a very good WAB player. I had to get the Galatian list changed myself and lots of other peoples work on AoA went on behind the scenes, Mark Muslek and Tim Haslam being important in the development. Mark (like me) was a member of the Northern Warlords but has dropped WAB in favour of GWs WHFB. Tim lost faith in WAB and favours Clash of Empires now.
Where to go with WAB? I suppose the WAB forum would be the way but they split (it is now Wargaming Ancient Battles) into lots of different rule sets. Olaf (Leondegrande) seems to be the only person pushing to keep WAB alive but his bit seems to be administration, rather than game play. Paul Scrivens-Smith is really keeping the flame of WAB alive with tournaments, perhaps he is the one to run with it?
We know that the thegns and huscarles did use horses to move rapidly on the march - there even is evidence that they fought on horseback when fighting the Welsh. So the sensible thing is to allow them to use the Riding Horses rule.
Now the other thing would be to go through the AoA book and question each and every mistake that could be found. Then it could be errataed in one fell swoop.
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