Early Republican Roman bases have a 1st line with heavy throwing weapons (Hastati)and the 2nd line with heavy thrusting spears (Principes). In milee how do you...
... The first melee you use the weapon of the first line at full strength. So in this case it would be the Pilum of the Hastati. So you get a +6 No division. ...
We also found it useful for scenarios where limited ammunition might be of use. The Romans start with only a certain number of pila and after their first ...
Why are the Hastati, Pricepes and Triarii abstracted in the rules onto a single base??? I am referring specifically to the Camilan reforms during the Pyrrhic...
... I have to say my republican Romans are based as separate bases of Hastati, Pricepes and Triarii on a ratio of 2:2:1 with 2 or 3 velites per "legion". this...
Petrus In playtesting I found that the abstraction worked better than the reality. I needed to represent four lines of Romans: the Velites, Hastati, Princeps...
I meant to add that you can use either basing system as it suits you. I think I shall add the option to the Army Lists section of the website. R ... to, ... ...
... Sorry Robert, Me neither. I have used all my holidays now for this year, and Saturday is our busy day. Please say hello to Nik and the 2 Richards? James...
Hi Robert Thanks for replying. I have to aggree with you, I thougth of the same thing! In DBM I also experienced that nobody used their Roman army historically...
Petrus I thought long and hard about how to grade Velites before finally plumping for OO. My reasons? Well, IMHO they were not true skirmishers in the same way...
The past few weeks we had 2 games of Early Republican Romans vs Ancient Spanish. The first game the Spanish had a good win by barely holding in the centre with...
... Sure has. I am getting back to wargaming now. Hppe to get in a game or 2 of VB in the next couple of weeks, so will post reports and comments I go. Must...
The 40th anniversary issue of Slingshot is out. Contents: David Edwards writes about representing the Society of Ancients at shows Robert Richardson tells of...
A final reminder that tomorrow (Saturday) is the SoA Open Day in Harpenden. Details from the SoA website www.soa.org.uk. I shall be there with troops enough to...
... You might have to sit there singing "Lonely, I am so lonely" :-) BTW, did you notice my VB Edington game in Slingshot? Also my suggestions for converting...
I thought about reprising Bridget Jones' "All by myself..." At least I can get drunk then! R ... new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com...
Hi I am going through the pleasure of building a 28mm Pyrrhic army for VB! Now it seems like my 15mm figures are slowly becoming redundant! How many people out...
Yeah, especially now with the sale at Old Glory. I keep trying to limit myself to $150 worth of stuff, but keep wanting to order more. I started out doing...
... < Hi Petrus, I've bought the first units of 28mm Romans for a VB army. Not ready to paint yet though. Holger's 28mm stuff is on the VB website and is very ...
Hi I love the look of VB in 15mm, but have had 28mm Romans and Dacians (about 400 points each) in the works for a long time. Once I get back to painting I ...
This afternoon almost 600 points of Early Republican Romans took on the strength and might (and glamour) of the Seleucid empire. The Romans under Maxocephalus...
Just back from the SoA Games Day and AGM in Harpenden: and a great day it was too! As last year, I brought enough terrain and figures to run two games ...
... Hi Petrus, I enjoyed your battle report, it is in the entertaining style made famous on this group by Peter Schulein...... Having gone to an English...
... Glad you had fun. I've been busy reading my Slingshot, I think this is the best issue so far (I've had 4), maybe because it brings back memories of this...
... They do look wonderful ... Hi John, From memory your bases ARE rather huge, (you brought one to the Battle day) are they bigger than the specified 120 X...
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