Greetings…
As everyone clearly knows I am very focused in my collecting… so this distraction will certainly surprise most of you…
Honest…😜
Last Friday I had a fun game of DBA with three chums from work… Alessandro, Israel and Steven.
Alessandro had played before as had I (although a long time ago)…Israel and Steven were newbie’s.
As it was a first game we had two aside… Alessandro and Steve and Israel and me.
The figures were supplied by Alessandro (The Romans) and Israel (The Germans).
Here are a few pictures…randomly rearranged by Google… but they should give a good impression of the affair…
The Germans were victorious …
We had a lot of fun and will certainly do it again….
Have I purchased a Dacian army…. Of course not…that would be so out of character 🤣.
Okay I will get back to basing my 40 mm Spanish now…
All the best. Aly
Happy Christmas matey! Hope you continue to entertain us all next year with that hobby butterfly of yours!
ReplyDeleteThank you JBM…
DeleteI will endeavour to do my best…
All the best. Aly
Good to see you getting in a game with friends, Aly.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan…
DeleteIt was great fun.
All the best. Aly
That random distribution is a pain, especially asit didn't used to happen. You used to be able to deselect them, then reselect in the order you wanted them to download...easy! Now...
ReplyDeleteIt is somewhat frustrating…
DeleteI suppose it doesn’t matter so much if you are only posting one or two photos at a time but if it is a long battle report it is to say the least tiresome…
All the best. Aly
A cha ge is as good as a rest, so rhey say?
ReplyDeleteVery true Ray
DeleteAll the best. Aly
DBA now there's a blast from the past.
ReplyDeleteIndeed… and still being played.
DeleteIt’s on version 3 now.
All the best. Aly
Nice looking little game there Aly...were you German or Roman?! I only ever have the photo shuffling if I mess with the images in the middle of the process ....in other words, as long as I select the images,wait till they are all "loaded" bar the last one, then click on the last one so it is also loaded and then select them all, they all turm up in the order they were in when I saved them to my laptop. Any cock ups though eg if I accidentally deselect one image then reselect it, mayhem ensues! It's only happened occasionally, but it's certainly a pain when it does happen!
ReplyDeleteI was on the German side Keith…
DeleteI never had any problems with my laptop but I am now using an IPad…
I will see how things go when I get a new PC in the sales.
All the best. Aly
The smaller games are often the most fun to play. Lovely figures. What scale are they?
DeleteThey are 15mm Bob
DeleteAll the best. Aly
Always glad to see DBA played...Superb!
ReplyDeleteHopefully we will get more games played next year…
DeleteAll the best. Aly
Looks great!
ReplyDeleteAlessandro and Israeli did a fine job with their armies…
DeleteAll the best. Aly
Wow I still have very fond memories of DBA when it first came out. Excellent Aly - Merry Christmas.
ReplyDeleteIt was a bit of a trip down memory lane for me to Carlo…
DeleteMerry Xmas to you too…
All the best. Aly
Long ago I used to play quite a bit of DBA/DBM. Have since donated those figs and moved on, but have retained the rules and find it an excellent system for one-offs and filler games like this--when getting toys on the table and gathering with a few chums is the aim (then again, ain't that always the aim?).
ReplyDeleteIt’s quite a nice entry level into historical wargaming.
DeleteAll the best. Aly
Looks very pretty...WAIT did you say you were with the Germans? and they won?....mymy...
ReplyDeleteYup!… I was on the winning side.
DeleteMind you it was mostly down to Israel’s amazing dice 😁
All the best. Aly
Love it 😁 I play Big Battle DBA most weeks at the club a great game and even with 36 elements to an army isn’t onerous to play. Enjoy the gaming, get more 15mm painted and seasons greetings Aly.
ReplyDeleteWe fully intend to get more games in next year… and have some bigger games.
DeleteAll the best and seasonal greetings to you too. Aly
As others have said a nice little game. I have never played DBA always seemed a bit competitive, but a wargame is a wargame is a wargame and now I am even enjoying hexes who knows what next
ReplyDeleteIt’s one of those games that can get competitive if you play with competitive people.
DeleteComing second so often I have long given up any thoughts of being competitive 😁
All the best. Aly
I remember DBA, just about! Happy Christmas Aly!
ReplyDeleteLike you and I…it is still going 😁
DeleteAll the best. Aly
Cute battle! We didn't know DBA, so we took the opportunity to retrieve some information about these rules...
ReplyDeleteWe too would like to know the scale of the minis (10 or 15 mm?).
As for the random arrangement of the photos, you could offer readers a puzzle pastime for the Christmas holidays: "rearrange the sequences of the battle in the right chronological order and make sense of it". What would be the reward for those who succeed?
The miniatures are 15mm…
DeleteI think if it happens when I play against Mharaid tomorrow it will be far to easy to work out what happened….I come second/ get thrashed/get massacred 😂…
All the best. Aly
Still one of my favorite games to play, especially the Napoleonic variant by Alex Testo, DBN. Have a great holiday!
ReplyDeleteWe were talking about trying out DBN sometime next year.
DeleteAll the best. Aly
DBA always a good bit of fun and seen quite a renaissance at my local club (if I can only get time to attend!).
ReplyDeleteI imagine it’s popular at clubs because you can get a few games in over an evening…and doesn’t involve carrying lots of metal/plastic around.
DeleteAll the best. Aly