"Grand Manoeuvre ancient rules" Topic

I`ve just sent my ancient rules Barbarus Bellorum to a friend via email to be checked to see how they read… Photo-illustrations (mostly of Roman battle arrays and tactical formations) will come later – I`ve left spaces on the pages for them to be inserted. My friend (also called Michael) will have pretty much the whole package to read through: the rule booklet, army list booklet with victory condition rules, terrain generation rules and stratagem cards. Some game rules examples need to be added afterwards, and then I think I`ll be nearly all there, apart from eight historical battle scenarios, one from each of the wars covered in the rules.
I`m looking at publishing sometime around April this year.

New ideas and new rules are allways wellcome. I wish you good luck, and fun for everybody.

Are these rules intended for any specific scale?

Would love to hear a bit more. – it's always great to see a new rules set come to life.

How many figures on average per side? Element-based?

And I take it that they are fairly Roman-specific?

Thanks Dschebe!

insomniac,
No specific scale, I`ll be providing QRS`s with a range of base sizes (30, 40, & 60mm base widths) and modified ranges and movement rates to suit different scales. For clarity, the main rules booklet will probably just have one size or base scale referred to; the 60mm element frontage.

Lucius,
The rules are element based.
Yes, they`re specific to Rome`s wars with barbarians from 100 BC – 100 AD, but I have already tested a hoplite version and have rules in place for pikes etc. but that`ll come later :)

previous posts here:

TMP link

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and a FB page:

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Oh and in more detail, I have historical army lists for the following:

Cimbrian Wars:
102 BC Aquae Sextae Campaign
102 BC The Po & Adige Rivers Campaign
101 BC Vercellae Campaign

The Thracian Rebellions 86 – 29 BC

Third Servile War – Spartacus` Revolt 73 – 71 BC

Caesar`s Conquest of Gaul 58 – 51 BC

German Campaigns and Wars 58 BC – 50 AD
58 BC The Battle of Vosges Campaign.
38 BC Marcus Vispanius Agrippa against the Chatti
16 BC Clades Lolliana Campaign
11-9 BC Drusus` Campaigns
9 AD Teutoberg Forest Campaign
16 AD Germanicus (The Idistaviso Campaign)
28 AD Battle of Baduhenna Wood Campaign
50 AD Publius Pomponius Secundus against the Chatti

British Invasions and Rebellions 55 BC – 84 AD
55 BC Caesar's first invasion of Britain
54 BC Caesar's second invasion of Britain
43 AD Medway Campaign
51 AD Cefn Carnedd Campaign against the Silures and Ordovices
52 AD & 69-74 AD Venutius v. Cartimanudua
61 AD Boudican Revolt Romans
83-84 AD Mons Graupius Campaign

Dacian Wars 85 – 102 AD
85-86 AD Fuscus Campaign
101 AD The First Battle of Tapae Campaign
101 AD The Second Battle of Tapae & Adamclissi Campaigns

To follow: lists for the Bellum Batonianum (6 – 9 AD)

I`ve been adding a few more campaigns to my ancient rules – now to be called: Bella Cum Barbaris
These will appear in the rule`s army lists and the terrain generator.
These are in Germany: 39 AD Caligula`s campaign on the east bank of the Rhine, 41 AD, Servius Sulpicius Galba against the Chatti, and Publius Gabinius Secundus against the Chauci (where one of Varus`s legionary eagles was recovered). Also in Germany, the Chattan War of 83-85 AD, in which Emperor Domitian was in command.
Publius Silius Nerva`s campaign in Cisapline Gaul in 17-16 BC.
And lastly in 61 BC, the Allobroges revolt led by Chief Catugnatus.

Just a little update here as to progress on the rules.

I`m just over half way through writing an historical battle scenario booklet. There will be 8 battle scenarios in the booklet from the major wars covered in the rules.

I`ve got the basics for the following battles sketched out:
Vercellae 101BC
Mutina 72BC
Histria 61BC
Sabis River 57BC
Volcaean Marshes 7AD.

And I`ve yet to make first draughts for:
Lupia 11BC
Mon Graupius 83AD
First Tapae 87AD.

I`m also in the process of painting a 1/72nd Spartacus Revolt army too.

Spartacus Revolt Warbands – heavily armed slaves + some gladiators!

Advice on Latin has resulted in a new title:

bella contra barbaros

(wars against the barbarians)

So, I`ll post new discussion threads with that title from now on…

I`ve almost completed my Spartacus Slave Revolt army – just some details to complete on a few infantry and some cavalry…

Spartacus cavalry – I figure that they would have had the best of captured Roman equipment – maybe early on they may have looked less military?

Some HaT figures for Spartacus` skirmishers and hordes – the heavier armed figures posted earlier would be in warbands…

A mix of various figures – Spanish, Christians, Numidians, Robin Hood`s men, and even some galdiators too for the hordes bases…

Working out the basing for my Roman (Scorpion) artillery…