"WW2 using DBA variants" Topic

Anyone regularly use a DBA variant for WW2? I've tried many rules and find I prefer a large scale games. I've looked at WWII DBA by Damond Crump and HOTT WWII and like them both. I have hundreds of WW2 vehicles and thousands of troops languishing in my basement. They've served under Spearhead, CD, Blitzkrieg Commander, Panzer Korps, High Command, etc, etc, etc. I know some gamers hate DBA and some players hate it even more if DBA is even mentioned for periods other than ancients, so please none of that. I've never played a game of DBA and not enjoyed it. I like the idea of each player pushing a division and seeing a large scale game through to the end. DBA also seems to work well with friends who aren't full time gamers. So, any DBA WWII players out there? What do you think? Groups? Photos of games? Very interested to hear if any of this is going on out there.

Thanks for pointing this out. I had no idea that a WW2 variant of DBA existed. I will give it a try.

Mark

Variants of DBA covering all eras are available. Most can be found on Fanaticus.

We have a variant for near future and Scifi called Distant World Battles. Many humanoid and none humanoid army lists are included. This allows virtually every Scifi genre to be played.

@ RudyNelson.

Hi Rudy,

Where can I find your DWB rules? Checked Time Portal Hobbies and the entry there does not work. Any chance of getting a copy of DWB?

Thanks,

Al

Send me a email at scottnelson@bellsouth.net
I will send you an exile. I have 9 hard copies left but it would be cheaper on you just to send an exile.

Hi Somua,

I have been play testing the McFarlaine HOTT Modern rules that also have a WW2 variant.

Here is the link to the WW2 rules.You need a set of HOTT to really follow them but the DBA stats are pretty much the same I think.

link

From what you said above I guess you know about them.

Anyway, my experience of using HOTT to do WW3 has been generally good, but it takes a mind-set shift to get your head around them.

In a nut shell you might have 12 stands, perhaps 3 tanks, 4 APCs (with 4 dismount infantry), 2 Artillery ,1 ATGM vehicle,1 Anti-aircraft and 1 aircraft.The infantry stands might be just infantry or support weapons perhaps.

This looks pretty small with 1 to 3 vehicles on each 60mm frontage stand, but together it gives a pleasing combined force.

But, when fighting using HOTT WW3 rules the force feels like it is a battalion or a regiment. By this I mean that ranges and movement are massively reduced and the stands act like, for want of a better phrase, counters in a hex-less boardgame. So you have units retreating, standing head to head or being eliminated rather than the more large scale 15mm or 28mm battles where every nuance of terrain and individual vehicles is evident.So I guess each stand represents a company or a troop or a battery.

I try to think of this like any DBA/HOTT player probably does: that the battle frontage I have on a 3ft by 3ft board is probably about a mile or two in HOTT/DBA scale. I hope this all makes sense.

The good thing about the battles that I have played so far is that neither the NATO or WARPAC forces are over-powered as each type of unit is generalised.

For WW2 I imagine it is the same.

Heavy tanks, medium tanks, light tanks. It's up to you where you fit them in.

T34/76 = Panther
JS2= King tiger perhaps

That is up to you.

So try the DBA/HOTT variants out. I'm still figuring it myself, but I only started this WW3 thing a shortish while ago.

Hope this helps.

Sent the files, (3)
One for traditional land combat, and two Space combat (traditional and count hits in SFB style but without the super large hit tracks).

You will notice a scenario and army list for near future earth.

So many WW2 ones out there, we had a system but never developed it in a playtest format.