"Optio diceless Ancients gaming system" Topic
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| Bolingar | 07 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):
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 Extra Crispy  | 07 Apr 2024 9:21 a.m. PST |
I would love to see a copy. mark@scalecreep.com |
| Bolingar | 07 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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