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Bolingar07 Apr 2024 8:12 a.m. PST

Optio is an Ancients system designed for miniatures (but also with a VASSAL module) that I've been testing and refining over the last few years. It's already been playtested quite a bit but you can never get enough of that.

It's core features are on-field bookkeeping using counters/cubes, (nearly) diceless combat and movement and adaption of army lists of other rulesets to Optio mechanisms – the player of course must already possess those lists.

I'm happy to offer the ruleset, ref sheets, player aids and anything else a playtester needs, for tabletop or online gaming. Besides fame and riches I'm looking for player input on gameplay and their feel about historicity.

Anyone interested can email me at: justinswanton[at]gmail[dot]com.

I have a blog here and a forum here. They give a good idea of how Optio works.

Some pics from games:


A campaign terrain map (used to set up battlefield terrain):

Personal logo Extra Crispy Sponsoring Member of TMP07 Apr 2024 9:21 a.m. PST

I would love to see a copy.

mark@scalecreep.com

Bolingar07 Apr 2024 9:34 a.m. PST

Great Mark, I'll email you a copy of the rules plus the goodies you'll need.

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