"official" rules updates - ?

This website is VERY nice, but is there another website that has "official" rules expansions, clarifications, or faqs for DBA/DBM? If so, please post the link.

Blackcompany

[Chris Brantley]

There are no "offical" rules expansions or variants for DBA. The rules author, Phil Barker, does not believe in them.

Fanaticus is the best source for FAQs and commentary on the rules. It links to all the resources such as Bob Beattie's commentaries, that have been developed, including any rules interpretations that have been okayed by Barker.

As for DBM, I would refer you to Richard Bodley-Scott's website (see http://fanaticus.org/DBA/gamers.html for a link.

See here for some explanations
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~beatt.../bobcmts3.html

These are "official" for the North American Society of Ancient and Medieval Wargamers (NASAMW). Not from the authors or their publisher - Wargames Research Group. NASAMW runs tournaments at many conventions in the USA.

Originally posted by Chris Brantley:
There are no "offical" rules expansions or variants for DBA. The rules author, Phil Barker, does not believe in them.

I am a recent refugee from Games Workshop gaming where there are constant rules updates and clarifications, so a policy of no updates seems more than a little strange to me. Does the author really think that the rules couldn't benefit from a touch up when the inevitable problems are discovered? Not to mention posting some sort of dictionary to help decipher whatever language the rules appear to be written in! IMHO the 12 pages of rules should probably be 24; that way there could be several individual complete sentences, as opposed to run on sentences! Dare I dream for a nice chart or two? [img]smile.gif[/img]

So the DBx community just makes their own clarifications and continues to "game on"...do you come up with the "official" NASAMW rules via discussion on this website, or is it just up to a couple of people in charge of the NASAMW who make the decisions? Like most gamers, I'd like to put in my $0.02 as well!

Thanks for the info.

Blackcompany

Originally posted by blackcompany:
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So the DBx community just makes their own clarifications and continues to "game on"...

do you come up with the "official" NASAMW rules via discussion on this website, or

is it just up to a couple of people in charge of the NASAMW who make the decisions? Like most gamers, I'd like to put in my $0.02 as well!

Blackcompany

Yes, yes and no (just one makes the final decision). My tin cup is out for a donation, $0.02 or more welcome. Start a thread in the rules questions section

Originally posted by blackcompany:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Chris Brantley:
There are no "offical" rules expansions or variants for DBA. The rules author, Phil Barker, does not believe in them.

... so a policy of no updates seems more than a little strange to me. Does the author really think that the rules couldn't benefit from a touch up when the inevitable problems are discovered? </font>[/QUOTE]Chris referred to expansions and variants, i.e.optional changes or additions to the rules. An example might be weather rules for DBA. Phil Barker has (almost) never done rules with optional sections.

This is not the same as corrections and clarifications. Phil does these at a reasonable (IMO) rate, though it can be hard to convince him that it needs to be done for a specific item. And occasionally, the cure turns out to be worse than the disease

Greetings
Karl Heinz

Originally posted by blackcompany:
So the DBx community just makes their own clarifications and continues to "game on"...do you come up with the "official" NASAMW rules via discussion on this website, or is it just up to a couple of people in charge of the NASAMW who make the decisions? Like most gamers, I'd like to put in my $0.02 as well!

Since you live in the Twin Cities, you live in one of the hot beds of house rules. What you do in a tournament is up to you.... Otherwise, got a problem? Trot out a fix and we'll give it a shot.