We had a good game Saturday, with eight people showing up for the game. Five played, two observed and Bill officiated. Three including myself were locals to...
I have been trying to place my finger on exactly why I am not overly enthusiastic about Warmaster. The funny thing is, I really WANT to like the game. I like...
Well, he certainly had a major impact on my life. I look back at all that time I spent playing D&D. But for D&D I never would have become interested in...
I just want to point out that this goes back to Is it a game? or Is it a simulation? I play toy soldiers because I want the game to be closer to a simulation. ...
It actually is a decent game. I can have fun with it. However, I put it in the category of "goofy" game. It has the pretense of being historical, but it...
There seem to be two styles of miniature rules -- particularly with ancients. "Top down" and "Ground Up" The "Top Down" games approach the battle fromt he...
Doug, I never looked at it like that before, but I think you are right. FoG actually claims to be a top-down design. When I designed Spear Thrust I started...
Field of Glory just arrived from my distributor. I don't know if you have played it yet. But it occurred to me that my Mons Graupius scenario from last...
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Doug, Do you need me to bring any of my troops? I have Gauls, Germans, and Romans (but not LRR). larry...
I think I should be O.K. I will make a few more terrain tiles (I changed my mind about the configuration of the board.) Do you have a partially completed...
Hi Larry, I have attached the army list for the Romans. It consists of 8 units of regular legionaries, 2 units of elite legionaries (the X and XII), and 2...
I think I will put the Gallic and German warbands 3 to a base and have 8 bases per warband. (Alternatively, I could do 4 figures per base.) Which do you...
Doug, Thanks for setting up and hosting the Sambre River game. It was a good game. Though the Belgae lost, I think if luck had been a little different or the...
Thanks for moderating the game. In many ways, I just prefer to set up the table and let someone else actually run the game. I was quite happy with the...
By the way, a couple ideas occurred to me that you might want to play with. When a general's card comes up he does not order one unit, but issues a command....
It occurs to me that the Mons Graupius table is already set up, and I will probably leave it up for a while as a display. (Although I will move the table away...
Doug, I would like to try some other battles as well. I will try to remember my card shuffler. Or perhaps you should pick one up at Walmart so you have one...
Doug, What you state is what Piquet does, which I do not like. I, also, want to be distinctive. Being a variable length bound game, the cards represent when a...
I was thinking of Piquet. The difference is that with Piquet your card lists an order. What I was proposing was the general would choose the order. You...
Doug, The 'follow-me' also includes charge and retreat. BTW - The morale test to charge is analogous to the Fire and Fury follow orders test. I don't require...
Hi Larry, I get it about Doug's suggestion for a general order to be executed by a whole command. And I agree the Initiative card is that function. How about...
Those who were here last Saturday know that I set up a second table with the Mons Graupius layout. (Yes, Bill, the hill is not nearly as steep this time!) I...
In some cases, it just makes sense that an order can cover several units. Fighting a round of melee is one (and particularly in a multi-unit combat) and...
Doug, If a general opts to fight a melee, then all the units involved in a multi-unit melee will fight. That is in the rulebook. Larry ... units. Fighting a...
This Saturday, April 19, 2008, we will be re-running the Mons Graupius scenario, this time using the Warhammer Ancient Battles rules. The scenario actually...
Doug, Darn! I actually would like to try this one, but I can't make it this Saturday. I have to work on Saturday to catch up on some projects. Larry...
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