De Bellis Antiquitatis or DBA is a fast play set of rules for the hobby of historical miniature wargaming, particularly medieval and ancient wargaming in the period 3000 BC to 1485 AD. These rules allow entire armies to be represented by less than 50 figures. The rules also includes a campaign system, and over 200 army lists. DBA is produced by the Wargames Research Group and was the first game in the DBx series, which now includes DBM (a more complex version of DBA), Hordes of the Things (a fantasy version), and DBR (a renaissance version). Wargaming is the play of simulated military operations in the form of games known as war games. ... Hordes of the Things (HOTT) is a popular fantasy miniature wargame, from the DBx series of rulesets. ...
Scale: Each figure represents an unstated number of actual combatants. Each army is composed of 12 elements (stands). Ground scale is 1" = 100 paces (when using 15mm figures or smaller; double for 25mm figures). One turn represents 15 minutes. Can be used with 25mm, 15mm, 6mm, or 2mm figures.
Basing: The width of the base depends upon the scale of figures being used; the depth depends upon both figure scale and type. The number of figures per base also depends upon the figure's type. For instance, an element of 15mm swordsmen is composed of 4 figures mounted on a 40mm (frontage) x 15mm (depth) base; a 15mm elephant is mounted alone on a 40mm x 40mm base.
Designed by: Phil Barker, Richard Bodley Scott, Sue Laflin Barker
DBA was the first game in the DBx series, which now includes DBM (a more complex version of DBA), HOTT (a fantasy version), and DBR (a renaissance version).
The downside to DBA is that all of the armies have exactly the same number of elements - 12.
I've been playing DBA for some time now, and feel that the basic system is excellent for an hour's enjoyment that does not result in the interminable arguments that seem to mar so many other, more complicated, rulesets.
The English DBA Open is just around the corner, set for Oct. 15 and hosted by PAWS at the Southsea Community Centre in Portsmouth.
Victor also sends word that the Unofficial Guide to DBA is now available in Spanish translation thanks to the efforts of the La Armada, a Spanish gamers forum about all kind of wargames which is giving its best to expand DBA among the Spanish speakers in Spain and South America.
I'm pleased to announce the 2d annual DeBellis Vasingtonium (Wars of Washington) DBA open tournament is set for Sept.
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