"DBA 3 0 Polybian Rome v Thrace - YouTube Movie of Battle" Topic

Hi Folks!

I occasionally make video journals of my solo wargames and thought I would upload some of them to a YouTube channel for others to see.

I recently uploaded ‘DBA 3 0 Polybian Rome v Thrace' here…

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"A solo game of De Bellis Antiquitatis v 3.0. There are sure to be some mistakes made in my implementation of the rules – please let me know in the comments if you find anything and mention the time at which the mistake occurred, so that I can make notes here so folks will get the most out of the video. Enjoy!"

I am no expert – just sharing the fun I had playing the battle. I hope you enjoy it.

Cheers!

- Jeff

Well done! The only thing lacking is a quiet soundtrack behind you!

Joe Collins

@Joe Collins – thanks for your very kind words of encouragement Joe!

Very nice layout and figures.
Leave the PIP dice on the table so we can remember what they were. Why did the Psiloi come off the hill. They are hard to destroy there. But then, not easy in the open either. Psiloi are not overlapped corner to corner. Difficult to follow when you change point of view from behind Thracian to behind Romans . Psiloi fleeing pass through Friends, see page 9 for details. Blades do not pursue Psiloi. If they do pursue it is 1/2 Base Width, not Base Depth. The pursue is 20mm not 15mm which is your Bd depth, I think. The Thracian general was overlapped in second combat. Knight vs Bd do not need flank attack, Bd destroyed if beaten anyway. Roman blade vs Aux on hill start at 5, -2 for bad going and -2 for double overlap. Thus 4 vs 1.

All in all an excellent game to watch! I stayed up to 3am watching :) Just little glitches but nothing changing the outcome. I liked your throwing both dice of different colors to see immediate outcome. By the way, glad there was no music to distract from the commentary. Thanks. Do more.

Have been missing my DBA3 during lockdown. So thanks for posting!

@Durban Gamer – many thanks for your encouragement!
@Bobgnar – thanks so much for the detailed analysis – this helps everyone. Can I post your comments onto the YouTube page so that viewers will get the most benefit from the movie?