| Atheling | 25 Oct 2021 10:27 a.m. PST |
Hi, We're planning on putting on The Battle of Dara Dara 530 to go along with Solachon we put on at Claymore one year (pics below) but I have a few questions about the rules before I make a purchase.
My question is this; would the rules be able to accommodate the base sizes of the units below?
-120mm frontage for Infantry (posibly up to 160mm frontage with some units) and 120mm deep?
-150mm frontage for Cavalry and 100mm deep? Both painters and ultimately the players in the game are very much into the aesthetics of the game and we're just not willing to budge on size of the units we have chosen to go for. images below of our unit sizes:
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Stew art  | 25 Oct 2021 12:39 p.m. PST |
I don't know about Commitas as I've never read it or played. But I imagine that any game where a unit size is whatever you want it to be would work fine. Rules like Hail Caesar and Sword and Spear spring to mind. Triumph! wants units to have different depths for identifying unit types but could be played I think with units the same size with minimal affects on game play. |
| David Grech | 25 Oct 2021 1:12 p.m. PST |
For 25mm the recommended bases are 60mm
If your bases àre larger cònsider it as multiple bases in a unit añd keep recòrd of the casualties |
| Marcus Brutus | 25 Oct 2021 4:07 p.m. PST |
Atheling, I think Impetus does a decent job for this particular period so I am curious about why you are looking at another set. |
| Legionarius | 25 Oct 2021 6:35 p.m. PST |
My favorite rule set is To the Strongest. Unit size and basing is entirely up to the players. You can even use a mix of different types of bases and it does not affect game play. |
| Atheling | 26 Oct 2021 2:27 a.m. PST |
Marcus Brutus
Atheling, I think Impetus does a decent job for this particular period so I am curious about why you are looking at another set. I'm not a fan of Impetus for display games. We ran the Battle of Verneuil 1424 at Salute 2011 and I really wasn't happy with the Impetus rule system for that game. Pic right at bottom of the page. Don't get me wrong, I like Impetus, its a very good system, but I think it missed out of some of the tactical subtleties of the time period. Stew art
Triumph! wants units to have different depths for identifying unit types but could be played I think with units the same size with minimal affects on game play. Legionarius
My favorite rule set is To the Strongest. Unit size and basing is entirely up to the players. You can even use a mix of different types of bases and it does not affect game play. Same as for Impetus. I love TtS but it again, missed out of some of the tactical subtleties of the time period. I will have a chat with Simon about that and see what he thinks. For anyone interested in the standards that we set for display games please take a look at the image below and if you feel like it pop over to my Just Add Water Blog for more pics of the Verneuil 1424 Display Game:
justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.com/search/label/Battle%20of%20Verneuil%201424
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| Atheling | 26 Oct 2021 2:31 a.m. PST |
Just to add to the above. I'm waiting for Simon MacDowell to email me back on how we could re-jig Comitatus to fit the base size of the units in my first post. |
| Johnp4000 | 26 Oct 2021 5:00 a.m. PST |
Atheling, knowing your constant search for the best medieval rules, I think Comitatus would more suit your requirements as they are full of period favour. TTs is a good fast system but can't think of anything particularly that creates anything medieval in the game. I am sure this is the system where dismounted knights seemed to be rather OP. |
| Marcus Brutus | 26 Oct 2021 5:34 a.m. PST |
Can you remind me Atheling what exactly a display game is? This is not a term we use in North America. |
Puster  | 27 Oct 2021 12:24 a.m. PST |
The minis look fantastic, but imho the overall impression would profit if you would make the banners a bit more lively. missed out of some of the tactical subtleties If you are into tactical subtleties I would go for DBMM. Steep learning curve, but fantastic games with an authentic feeling. It usually plays 28mm on 6cm bases, which look a bit cramped (though a base is not a unit), so I play it on 8cm bases just doubling its 4cm version. Sorry that I cannot comment on Commitatus, though. |
| Atheling | 29 Oct 2022 3:39 a.m. PST |
Marcus Brutus
Can you remind me Atheling what exactly a display game is? This is not a term we use in North America. Apologies for being extremely late on this! By display game I am referring to a game, where all the miniatures are painted to my highest standard, all the terrain is tip top and is meant for demonstration purposes rather than participation games. My Just Add Water Miniature Painting Blog:
justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.com |
| Marcus Brutus | 29 Oct 2022 5:13 a.m. PST |
Do guest players participate in demonstration games? Could I sign up for your game? Or is the game more a diorama that sits there for people to look at? |
| smacdowall | 01 Nov 2022 9:02 a.m. PST |
With Comitatus you can use any base sizes you wish. With 120mm base widths you may wish to consider treating each base as 2 for shooting and combat. As the author of the rules I am always happy to answer questions smacdowall@hotmail.com. So yes you can use the basing arrangement you have. BTW they are wonderful figures.
Simon |
| Atheling | 06 Jun 2024 5:04 a.m. PST |
Marcus Brutus
Do guest players participate in demonstration games? Could I sign up for your game? Or is the game more a diorama that sits there for people to look at? I'm afraid it is a display game- I have put many hours into painting the miniatures up for the game. We will be playing the game at The Other Partizan on October 13th this year. If you would like to pop along to see it, I'm sure you will enjoy seeing the game in action. MY BLOG:
Just Add Water Miniature Painting and Wargaming Blog:
justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.com |
begins his series on how to paint a 15mm DBA army well, in a reasonable time frame.
