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Monday 18 March 2024

DBA Army Design Tool - Update

Late last year I released the first version of this tool.  It was a nice data project that I thought would fill a rainy afternoon and be of benefit to others.   Earlier this month Chris Laudermilk left a comment that lead to a significantly improved v1.0.

Via email, Chris contributed a couple of neat formulae.  One parsed the options text removing the need for users to enter the number of elements.   The other selected the troop type where there was only one option; once again reducing user input.  Very efficient.

What's new and what's changed?
Unfortunately, there's a drawback with the second formula.  When a user selects an army and enters an option it overwrites the formula.  Repeated use would remove more of the formulae eventually removing them altogether.

Monday 4 March 2024

28 mm Commanders (Essex Miniatures)

When I placed my last order with Essex I decided to buy a few extra figures to add some variety to the long slog of painting a 15 mm Hellenistic army.  I ended up with commanders for three of my Art de la Guerre (ADLG) collections: Hellenistic, Arab Empire, & Ilkhanid Mongol.

The figure is based on a magnetised 40 mm plywood base which is the same size as my 15 mm ADLG command bases. My plan is to use them as CinCs during competitions. Afterwards they will be retired and placed in my display cabinet.

Friday 1 March 2024

Revisiting The ADLG Mega Table: Redux

In April last year I posted a second article about the Art de la Guerre (ADLG) Mega Table (or the table on page 22 as it's otherwise known).  In it I described my reverse engineering of the combat factors in an attempt to hammer them into my head.

This afternoon I was musing on how complex the first round of combat is compared to the subsequent rounds.  Whilst using my reworked table of combat factors to check a few things I spotted something amiss.

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