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• What is DBA? (Spanish ver.)
• Play DBA! - A Guide to Getting Started in DBA (by Mike Porter)
• DBA 2.0 to 2.1 Amendments
• DBA Glossary (Spanish ver.)
• DBA Etiquette
• Game Tools
• Dice Box
• Mastering DBA Game Mechanics
• NASAMW DBA Rules Clarifications
  (for NASAMW tournament play)
• Unofficial Guide to DBA (c/o WADBAG)
• Rules Questions Forum
• DBA Mentors
• Ask the Imperator a Question
• Beginner's Intro to DBA (c/o Bob Beattie)
• DBA Commentaries, a collection of rules clarifications by author Phil Barker collected by Bob Beattie, Chief DBA Umpire of the North American Society of Ancient and Medieval Wargamers.
• Tactical Movement in DBA 2.0: An Interpretation on the Rules for Moving Elements by Jerboa (500Kb PDF file)
• Frequently Asked Questions About DBA
• Choosing A DBA Army
• Fielding Your First DBA Army
• Unique Troop Elements in DBA
• Totally Useless Facts About DBA 2.0 Armies
• The Classic Matched Pairs
• The Popularity of Hellenistic Armies
• Most Difficult DBA Army to Beat
• Most Pathetic DBA Army
• Quickest and/or Easiest DBA Army to Paint
• Eight Roman Armies for the Price of Two
• Getting More for Less (Armies That Is)
• Morphing Pharoah (Five Ancient Egyptian Armies
• "Dark Ages" Barbarian & Steppe Nomad Morphs
• DBA-BBDBA "Bang for the Buck"
• Carausius Britain "Bang for the Buck"
• Obtaining Historical Miniatures
• Picking a Figure Scale
• Buying Wargame Miniatures
• 15mm Figures Depicting Historical Personalities
• Ordering Wargame Supplies by Web and Mail (c/o Ed Allen)
• De Bellis Minisculis (guide to DBA in 2mm).
• Ancient/Medieval Miniature Manufacturers
• DBA Gaming Without Miniatures
• Painting Your Miniatures
• Enhancing Your Miniatures
• Shield Transfers or Decals (c/o David Kuijt)
• Paper Flags and Banners
• Figure Conversions (also see David Kuijt on Figure Conversions and Modifications.)
• Basing Your Miniature Figures
• Basing Materials
• Adhering Miniatures to Their Bases
• Basing Texture
• Flocking Bases
• Ted Willcock on Flocking Bases
• Modelling Snow
• Painting Stone
• Temporary Bases
• Special Elements and Table-Top Terrain
• Generals
• Creating DBA Camp Elements
• BUA's in DBA
• Fashioning a Game Board
• Canvas Game Boards
• Scratch-Building Forum
• Scratch-Building Wargames Terrain
• Scratch-Building Roads
• Scratch-Building Waterways
• Scratch-Building With Floral Foam
• Sealing Wargames Terrain
• Finding DBA Opponents
• DBA Events/Tournament Notices
• Opponent's Wanted
• Playing DBA By Mail, E-mail or Chat
• Big Battle DBA
• Running DBA Tournaments

DBA TACTICAL MANUAL

• Tactical Essays (mostly outdated)
  • A Newbie's Guide to DBA Strategy
  • Terrain Selection and Placement
  • Using Artillery
  • Auxilia
  • The Truth About Blades
  • The Long and Short of Bows
  • The Point About Pikes
  • The Ballad of the Lone Psiloi
  • Elephants in DBA - A Grey Area?
  • Slowly But Surely -- The Spear in DBA 2.0
  • War Wagons
  • Much Ado About Knights
  • Using Cavalry
  • My Kingdom for a (Light) Horse
  • Making an Impact With Warband
  • A Crash Course on Scythed Chariots
• DBA By the Numbers
  • To Kill or Be Killed
  • The Mathematics of DBA Combat
  • DBA Combat Odds
• Tips from DBA Masters
• Lars Boye on Blades vs. Warbands
• Eric Lindberg on Flank Attacks
• Jeff Preston's DBA Pointers
• David Kuijt on using Blades and Bow Together
• David Kuijt on Using Light Horse to Threaten the Flanks
• NWA's Beginner's Guide to DBA Tactics
• The DBA Virtual Seminar
• The Tactics of Deployment (closed)
• Defensive Deployment and Battle Plans (closed)
• Deployment Problem: Facing the Ming

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Last Updated: 27 July 2008

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