"Neil Thomas Wargaming: An Intro - Ancients Scenario" Topic
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| Whirlwind | 22 Nov 2017 9:58 a.m. PST |
Please see here link for a battle report of an Ancients battle, fought using a scenario by Steve Jones published in Miniature Wargames 361 with the Ancient period rules in Neil Thomas' Wargaming: An Introduction book.
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| davbenbak | 25 Nov 2017 8:10 a.m. PST |
On your bog you mention a lack of scenarios for ancients. I would recommend Sabin's "Lost Battles". |
| Whirlwind | 25 Nov 2017 9:55 p.m. PST |
Thanks. I do actually have a copy so will look. IIRC though, most of the scenarios in there are pretty big, with the Lost Battles rules then specifically designed to cope with that (which is ideal). My whinge was more that back in the 80s and 90s scenarios would be published in magazines which didn't really seem to be that playable, and little or no comment would be made in the article about how one would actually go about the business of getting a game set up and played. And scenarios for ancients seemed particularly bad in this regard (although certainly not exclusively!). |
| davbenbak | 26 Nov 2017 4:40 a.m. PST |
The OB's in "Lost Battles" can usually be condensed down to about 12-15 units per side for NT. I've never tried Sabin's rules but find the maps and OB's invaluable. Another option I have used for pick-up type games is to have each side roll a D6. They can add that many units to their army list. The player with the lower number can use the difference of the dice to place that many terrain features. |
Trebian  | 26 Nov 2017 5:27 a.m. PST |
I've done quite a few refights using NT's Ancient Rules and Lost Battles. You can comfortably ignore the 8 unit limit and just get on with it. They play quickly for big games. If you want some samples: Crimisus 341BC: link Gaugamela: link Magnesia: link Asculum: link Sentinum: link Metaurus: link Paraitakene: link Heraclea: link Hydaspes: link Some of the games have blogs before and after, discussing the armies and also any changes that were made/should be made. I also wrote a few articles for Slingshot, where I did 8 unit scenarios for some battles, – Marathon and Cannae I think. But I found the unit limit too…err…limiting. Trebian |
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