WRG OFFICIAL AMENDMENTS TO DBA - JULY 1999 (DBA 1.2)

The following amendments are to further harmonise the battle rules of DBA with those of DBM, increase the scope for generalship and improve play imbalances in games between non-historical opponents in the absence of a points cost system. This sheet may be freely photo copied or reproduced in Journals.

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Page 7.

DEPLOYMENT

Line 6. After "then", insert "the high scorer".

SEQUENCE OP PLAY

Line 1. Delete "that", substitute "whose front edges"

TACTICAL MOVES

Para 2. Line 1. Delete "touching"., substitute "in edge and/or corner contact with".

Line 6. After "degrees", insert ", moving up to half an element width sideways to line up

with enemy ".

Para 6. Line 5. Delete "The", substitute "An element can always move from overlapping an

enemy element to front edge contact with its flank. Otherwise, the".

Lines 6-7. Delete ", unless added to by unused movement die points,".

400p line. After "cavalry," insert "camelry.Delete ", war wagons or artillery and".

300p line. Delete " ,elephants or camelry", substitute "or elephants ". Delete ", bows".

Delete " or if war wagons or artillery and moving by road"

Last Para. Delete and substitute:

"Second or (unless warband) subsequent moves can be made only by:

(a) Light horse not ending that move within 600p of enemy.

(b) Psiloi in their side's first bound.

(c) Warband ending that move in close combat.

(d) Any troops by road."

Page 8.

INTERPENETRATING FRIENDLY TROOPS

Line 1. After "can", insert "always".

Line 2. Delete "M", substitute "In addition, m". Delete "also", substitute "similarly".

DISTANT SHOOTING

Para 1. Lines 4-5. Delete "in…only". After "move", insert "or". Delete "or recoil…own".

CLOSE COMBAT

Para 3. Line 1. After "spears", insert " fighting spears +l".

Line 3. Delete "contact with", substitute "front edge contact with enemy ".

Line 4. Delete "or blades ". Substitute ", blades or auxilia". After "troops", insert "or

warband".

Para 4. -l line. Before "contact"., insert "front edge".

-2 line. After "auxilia", insert .", bows".

Page 9.

COMBAT OUTCOME

Para 3. Knights. Delete "destroyed by elephants,". Substitute "Flee 600p from elephants.

Destroyed by".

Other mounted. Delete "Destroyed", substitute "Flee 600p from scythed chariots or".

Bows. Delete "in contact".

Psiloi. After "knights ", insert "or cavalry ".

Artillery line. Delete "in contact", substitute "if in close combat".

Para 4.

New line. "Cavalry. Flee600p from pikes or spears in good going. If not, destroyed."

Psiloi. After "cavalry", insert ", camelry". Before "auxilia", insert "bows".

Para 5. Line 4. After "with enemy ", insert "front edges".

Delete " meets enemy ", substitute " meets an enemy front edge".

Para 7. Line 1. After "elements", insert ", not including scythed chariots".

If elements double-based for DBM are used for DBA, a knight, cavalry or bows double-base counts as a single element, a warband base as a two-element group. Horde (S) are treated as warband. Horde (O) are treated as spears.