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Miniatures Adventure => Age of Myths, Gods and Empires => Topic started by: Kaiphranos on August 03, 2021, 04:25:18 PM

Title: The Great DBA Army Census!
Post by: Kaiphranos on August 03, 2021, 04:25:18 PM
Hello folks! I am curious what DBA armies people have collected. This survey form lists all the DBA 3.0 army lists: https://forms.gle/UhfSjiBXJNkVTGZB9 (https://forms.gle/UhfSjiBXJNkVTGZB9)

If you have a chance, please fill it out! I will report back at some point with the results.
Title: Re: The Great DBA Army Census!
Post by: vodkafan on August 04, 2021, 12:18:00 AM
Done.
Title: Re: The Great DBA Army Census!
Post by: pws on August 04, 2021, 11:43:00 AM
Done, but I think I'm out of range, counting main armies and expansions/variations.  ;)
Title: Re: The Great DBA Army Census!
Post by: danmer on August 04, 2021, 11:54:09 AM
Done.
Title: Re: The Great DBA Army Census!
Post by: has.been on August 04, 2021, 03:48:01 PM
Done.
A short list now, but had you asked a few years ago it
would have been over FIFTY DBA armies. All but two
gone to other (better?) homes.
Title: Re: The Great DBA Army Census!
Post by: Cat on August 04, 2021, 04:22:10 PM
Hmm, survey said collected, not painted!

46 armies fully painted, another 58 in various stages from untrimmed metal to very nearly done; and with morphing capabilities (Greek Hoplites adding considerably), that yields 166 on the collected checklist.  Plus or minus a smidge for new variations in 3rd ed sublists — our gang is still playing 2.2+ here; we'll happily use armies from any edition, but my army notes are all for 2nd.

Heavy on Book I and Book II, Pictish was no. 100.  A number of armies in multiple quantities for big battle games which we play a lot in every time period.
Title: Re: The Great DBA Army Census!
Post by: Kaiphranos on August 27, 2021, 09:11:52 PM
For anyone who is curious, the results are now in: https://junkyardplanet.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-great-dba-census.html (https://junkyardplanet.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-great-dba-census.html)

The ten most popular armies overall were as follows:
   
    1. II/11 Gallic - 83 armies
    2. II/33 Polybian Roman - 77 armies
    3. II/56 Early Imperial Roman - 75 armies
    4. II/49 Marian Roman - 73 armies
    5. II/32a Later Carthaginian 275-202 BC - 71 armies
    6. II/5b Later Hoplite Greek (Athenian) 448-278 BC - 66 armies
    7. II/53 Ancient British - 65 armies
    8. II/12 Alexandrian Macedonian - 64 armies
    9. (tie) III/40b Viking 850-1280 AD / II/78a Late Imperial Roman (Western) - 61 armies
Title: Re: The Great DBA Army Census!
Post by: has.been on August 27, 2021, 11:06:45 PM
Some surprises in the order, but interesting.
Thanks for taking the time to do this.
Title: Re: The Great DBA Army Census!
Post by: Codsticker on August 28, 2021, 03:01:12 AM
Just Normans and Sassanids for me. :D Never played a game with either... :'(
Title: Re: The Great DBA Army Census!
Post by: Inkpaduta on August 28, 2021, 03:18:00 AM
Teutonic Knights
Prussians
Estonians
War of the Roses
French Religious Wars
Battle of Flodden