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. We finished far enough down the table to be able to make an early getaway which was also lucky because by the time we got to the Watford Gap the snow was beginning to settle on the M1.Phil and Tony used:daveallen wrote:Many thanks to BADw for organising another excellent event in wonderfull Burton upon Trent, and congratulations to the winners.
Gordon and I had four fun games against opponents who took our laughter at their pathetic dice with good grace
By the way, what flavour of Sarmatian were Phil and Tony using? I've looked at the list and just can't see how you'd make a decent army from it, let alone one capable of getting a place.
Dave Allen
Well Justin and I had 19 BGs and Dave Handley had 20.nikgaukroger wrote:Volunteers to start the Dom-Rom analysis ?
Clearly the (swarm) Dom Roms are among the top tournament armies when used by excellent players.hammy wrote:Well Justin and I had 19 BGs and Dave Handley had 20.nikgaukroger wrote:Volunteers to start the Dom-Rom analysis ?
That said both Dave and I have won the odd FoG tournament or three between us in the past
I have managed to lose with them in a club game against Phil Powell's Picts but I do take your point that they aren't that easy to actually beat.madaxeman wrote:They may be a glass hammer, but they are very hard to play against and actually beat (by breaking the army) - when used in swarm mode.
True, we had more than enough BGs of medium foot to be able to not use 1/3 to 1/2 of them in most of our games.You have the ability to choose when and where you hit things with a large number of glass hammers, and even if a few shatter in the process you have so many more still to use that its not that problematic, especially when allied to the tourney scoring system.
Not quite, Dailami are better (Impact foot) as are Roman Legionarii Lanciarii (skilled swordsmen) both are or can be superior as well.And they are the best troops possible in woods.
I agree, it does seem to take more effort than it is worth to force LH off the table and normally when you do so the troops you used to do it are just as out of the game as the ones you have forced off table. They are a bit too slippy although in our last game we did get one BG and were about to get a second and a BG of LF as Robbo was clinging on to the baseline.Likewise, LH fleeing off table in droves seems to be a very cute tactic in tandem with the scoring system.
Since Britcon last year an "excellent player" using this army in the swarm format has won almost every UK competition where it's been eligible to be used. The only time the swarm hasn't placed was at Roll Call where Graham instead won an Immortal Fire theme using Thracians... which I'm guessing was the romanized version with lots of BG's of 4 regular MF.rbodleyscott wrote:
Clearly the (swarm) Dom Roms are among the top tournament armies when used by excellent players. However, The fact the Dom Roms only managed 1st and joint 4th place (both by champion players) while several other Dom Roms did not do nearly so well and the other 3 armies in the placings are competely different in character, suggests to me that Dom Roms are not overpowered. (Although the other Dom Roms may not have been configured similarly). If the Dom Roms had made 1st and 2nd place there would be cause for concern.
