"Dux Bellorum at the NWA" Topic

I haven't had a game of DB in ages but I had great fun showing a chum at the Nunawading Wargames Association the ropes the other day.

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Thanks for the photos and report. I have played a dozen or so games by now of DB and I really enjoy it. Our group is in the midst of an Aurthurian "Winter King" campaign.

Nice write up.

Learning that 'skirmishers' in DB are really 'levy' troops is one of the lessons a warlord needs to pick up on quickly.

In terms of the aesthetics, I use individual figures for command points, and a single dice for cohesion, colour-coded to identify companions, nobles, wariors and skirmishers.

I can't get past how ugly the game looks with all the markers \ dice.
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Have to agree Scotty. It is the one thing putting me off, I have the rules, but the markers are a killer for me.

You should really try to overlook them long enough to play a game or two. They are very fun. I originally felt the same way, but the LPs and placement there of are really a fun part of the game and seeing where they are actually makes you forget about the aeshetics of it. I know that makes little sense, but after you play you might understand what I mean.

Allen

I've played two games thus far. Not bad rules but like I said, it isn't very pleasing to the eye

You can easily use more pleasing markers. As I said, I used individual figures for leadership points, and single dice on the base of each unit for Cohesion. Thie latter varies from 1 to 6; it should be possible to come up with a non-dice solution (but my bases already have a dice frame on them). I'll try and come up with a picture soon.