Basic DBA/HOTT question

[Inkpaduta]

movement is by paces. I can't find what this is based on.
So how many inches or mm is one pace?  Thanks.

[sukhe_bator]

1 inch or 25mm = 100p when using 15mm figs or smaller or 50p if using 25mm. The rules recommend using a 600p long template in 100p graduations for measuring distances.

[Inkpaduta]

Excellent! Thank You.

[sukhe_bator]

The intention at the time the DB* rules were devised was to add a degree of 'realism' by referring to distances in a more realistic manner moving away from quoting inches etc... Rather than quoting the numerous other ancient measures of distance
 stadion/stades (Greek equiv. to 600 feet) the Roman mile (Miles = Latin for soldier) was based around the range and pace of roman legionaries. A pace was considered to be a more universal unit based upon the stride of the average man.

[Hobgoblin]

The most recent version of DBA simplifies this by having all movement (including recoils) in base widths or half base widths. It's a nice, intuitive change.

Tom Thomas, who's on this forum, has combined DBA 3.0 with HOTT 2.0 to make D3H2, which is excellent (and ports the base-width stuff over to HOTT in the process). You need both DBA and HOTT to play it, but if you have those, it's well worth contacting him to get the rules, which also allow you to have 'fast' and 'slow' versions of all the troop types.

[Inkpaduta]

Thanks Hobgoblin that is go to know.