This is the next battle I am playing using the LEGION wargame. This was and is going to be an epic battle
Showing posts with label Society of Ancients (SoA). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Society of Ancients (SoA). Show all posts
Sunday, 19 October 2014
Friday, 10 October 2014
Slingshot issue 295
The latest issue arrived today. Damn good magazine and looking forward to reading it.
Monday, 6 October 2014
Legion
I have been learning the rules to LEGION by the Society of Ancients. It is a forerunner to Lost Battles and certainly feels more detailed than it. The picture is from the quick play game it suggest you play first, which is the battle ZAMA.
I have now started using the proper historical rules and I am playing the battle Marathon - but I have had to restart Marathon after making a few important mistakes!
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
Saturday, 10 May 2014
Monday, 10 February 2014
Lost Battles
I have been a bit quiet on here because I have trying to learn how to play Lost Battles, designed by Prof. P. Sabin and published by Fifth Column Games
I am onto my second battle and I must admit it is a brilliant game to play.
The best way to describe this game is a cross-over wargame, as it has aspects found in tabletop wargaming, mixed with a bit of hex and counter wargames, with a splash of area movement, but it works really well.
The games comes with loads of 4" square terrain tiles (different terrain types) which are laid out in a 5x4 grid, using the correct terrain as per the scenario you are playing, along with the cardboard counters. (there are over 30 scenarios!)
Each army is limited in how many command points it gets at the start of their turn, which is dependent on how many units they have left on the field, and these can be used to do various actions with individual units or groups. Movement and attack are from tile to tile, and each scenario games last 9 turns, or 10 turns if using the deployment option.
At the end of the game, victory points are calculated, where they have a unique handicap formula so as not to make it impossible for a smaller army to lose all the time.
Although the game plays in a slightly abstract way, this allows the game to demonstrate the difficulties these armies had and the differences with fighting with different classes of soldiers (veteran, average or levy) and the different types (legion, hoplite, cavalry, elephants etc).
I really enjoyed playing this game. It has loads of replay value, games can be played in an evening, and gives me a good chance to really analyze these actual battles in detail, as the game has been designed to express a high degree of historical accuracy and feel (if you know what I mean). Although a 2 player game, it is well suited for solo play.
It also contains an additional game called Empire, which is more of a campaign game around the great clashes of the Ancient World, and is a reprint of the original which can still be bought from the Society of Ancients website.
If you like your ancient battles, this is a must (in my opinion), but they are hard to come buy and can be expensive to buy second hand.
I am onto my second battle and I must admit it is a brilliant game to play.
The best way to describe this game is a cross-over wargame, as it has aspects found in tabletop wargaming, mixed with a bit of hex and counter wargames, with a splash of area movement, but it works really well.
The games comes with loads of 4" square terrain tiles (different terrain types) which are laid out in a 5x4 grid, using the correct terrain as per the scenario you are playing, along with the cardboard counters. (there are over 30 scenarios!)
Each army is limited in how many command points it gets at the start of their turn, which is dependent on how many units they have left on the field, and these can be used to do various actions with individual units or groups. Movement and attack are from tile to tile, and each scenario games last 9 turns, or 10 turns if using the deployment option.
At the end of the game, victory points are calculated, where they have a unique handicap formula so as not to make it impossible for a smaller army to lose all the time.
Although the game plays in a slightly abstract way, this allows the game to demonstrate the difficulties these armies had and the differences with fighting with different classes of soldiers (veteran, average or levy) and the different types (legion, hoplite, cavalry, elephants etc).
I really enjoyed playing this game. It has loads of replay value, games can be played in an evening, and gives me a good chance to really analyze these actual battles in detail, as the game has been designed to express a high degree of historical accuracy and feel (if you know what I mean). Although a 2 player game, it is well suited for solo play.
It also contains an additional game called Empire, which is more of a campaign game around the great clashes of the Ancient World, and is a reprint of the original which can still be bought from the Society of Ancients website.
If you like your ancient battles, this is a must (in my opinion), but they are hard to come buy and can be expensive to buy second hand.
Tuesday, 24 December 2013
Slingshot 289
Slingshot 289 arrived this morning, which was a nice surprise. Now I have something juicy to read over the Christmas holidays
Friday, 16 November 2012
Aquitaine - society of ancients
Here are a few pictures I took of the map. I bought this game from ebay and it does look rather interesting
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