I have heaps of armies and instead of getting deeper, I have decided to take my hobby broader. This looking at all the game forums on wargamerau.. here leads my problem.... what it DBx???? I have been looking for the past week with no real answer and a lot of pretty rubbish websites...

please help....

e.g. Rules, Minitures, etc

anything would be awesome!

Hi,

DBx is the unofficial name given to a bunch of games rules with various names;

DBA - Original quick play ancients
DBM - the expansion of the above into a big game system
DBR - the renaissance version of DBM

and probably a few others. Hordes of the Things (HOTT) is a fantasy version based on DBA. I think there is also DBF.

If you want a Warhammer type game where every figures fights, then look the other way. If you like an abstract system using blocks of troops as the basis, that fits a wide range of eras and like rules lawyering then have a look.

I don't like them but the DBx series does have a large international following.

Oh and scales; 15mm and 28mm are probably the most common but there are also people that play in 1-72 plastics.

They're made by WRG:

http://www.wrg.me.uk/WRG/wrgindex.html

Under products..

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huh?

In my experience there is significantly less rules lawyering in DBA than in, eg, 40K or WHFB. The rules are much simpler with many fewer game breaking special effects so it's easier to actually come up with a strategy and implement it.

HOTT is much more clearly written than DBA, but there is a DBA guide available for free published by WADBAG that is very easy to follow - it just doesn't have the army lists in it. However I think that the lists are now available on the wrg site for free now too. HOTT is definitely up there for free.

Agree... 40k has way more 'rules lawyer' moments....