By Lance Gamble[]
Introduction[]
Point systems can be used in a number of ways, including creation of non-standard or Big Battle DBA armies using points allowances to assure game balance and use of points to determine maintenance and replacement costs of elements lost in campaign games. The following point system was developed by Lance Gamble for DBA 1.1 and updated for DBA 2.1. To calculate the point cost, double the CF's then add and delete numbers based on special skills and divide the total by 2. For example, the Warband is 5x2 =10 plus 3 then -2 for a total of 11 divided in two.
Combat Other Other Terr- Points Element Factor QKB QKO Flee Good Bad ain Speed Range QKB QKO 8.5 Blades 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0 Blades 3 1 8.0 Spear 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0 Spear 5 1 6.5 Pikes 7 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -1 0 Pikes 5 1 6.5 Warband 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 -1 0 Warband 3 5 6.5 Auxilla 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Auxilla 1 2 5.5 Psiloi 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 Psiloi 3 2 6.5 Bow 6 -1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1 Bow 6 2 7.0 Artillery 8 -1 1 0 0 -2 -1 -1 2 Artillery 14 3 6.0 Litter 8 -1 1 0 0 -2 -1 -1 0 Litter 14 3 7.0 War Wagons 7 0 0 0 1 -1 0 -1 1 War Wagons 2 1 4.5 Hordes 5 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -1 0 Hordes 4 1 0.5 Camp Foll 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -1 0 Camp Foll 14 1 8.0 Knights* 7 0 3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 Knights 4 10 9.5 Elephants 9 0 2 0 1 -1 -1 0 0 Elephants 4 8 7.5 Cavalry** 6 1 1 1 0 0 -1 1 0 Cavalry 0 4 6.5 Lt Horse 4 1 2 2 0 0 -1 1 0 Light Hors 0 7 7.5 Scy Chariot 8 -1 2 0 0 -2 -1 1 0 Scy Chariot 14 9 7.0 Camelry 6 1 1 1 0 -1 -1 1 0 Camelry 0 4 * Also Heavy Chariots ** Also Light Chariots
Other Modifiers (Good and Bad):[]
Blades | Ps support |
Spear | Ps support , Spear v spear n knights |
Pikes | Pikes +3 |
Warband | Warband +1, charge |
Auxilla | Ps Support |
Psiloi | Pikes n warband sup negated , support ability, Flee alot |
Bow | Pikes n warband sup negated |
Artillery | Shoot other bounds, can not move to contact, +1 pip |
Litter | Can not move to contact, +1 pip |
War Wagons | No recoil , can not move to contact |
Hordes | No Recoil |
Camp Foll | NA |
Knights | NA |
Elephants | +1 pip |
Cavalry | Pikes n warband sup negated, Flee from spear, pikes, hordes, Art |
Light Horse | Pikes n warband sup negated , Flee from alot, Double Move |
Scythed Chariot | Pikes n warband sup negated, +1 pip |
Camelry | Pikes n warband sup negated |
I have put together a quick 3.0 points approx. Not as useful now that troop types are way more balanced.
CF Foot | CF Shot | CF Mnts | +1 pip | Terrain | Shoots | QKB | QKA | Flees | Support | Sp | Misc | |||||
Bl | 5 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |||||||
Sp | 4 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23 | |||||||
Pk | 3 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20 | |||||||
Ax | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||
Wb | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||
Hd | 3 | 3 | 2 | -2 | -2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | ignores recoils | |||||
Bw | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 | can support shooter | |||||
Ps | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 19 | Ignore Overlaps | ||||||
Ar | 4 | 4 | 4 | -2 | -2 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | Pick Target | ||
wwg | 3 | 3 | 4 | -2 | -2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | no recoils | ||
Kn | 3 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |||||||
Cv | 3 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 | ||||||
Lh | 2 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 21 | ||||||
Cm | 3 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | Dunes | ||||
Sch | 3 | 3 | 4 | -2 | -2 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 15 | Expendable overlaps |