"Battalion: War of the Ancients" Topic
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Tango01  | 24 Sep 2024 5:11 p.m. PST |
"Osprey Games is set to release a new tile-based wargame titled Battalion: War of the Ancients in Autumn 2024. The game is a creation of designers Paolo Mori, known for Pandemic: Fall of Rome and Libertalia, and Francesco Sirocchi, associated with Pocket Battles. The artwork for the game is provided by Roland MacDonald, who has contributed to Shogun 2: Total War, Undaunted, and Final Girl.
Battalion: War of the Ancients is designed as a dynamic tile-based wargame that draws inspiration from ancient history's epic battles. It offers players the opportunity to command armies from notable periods and regions, such as the Roman legions, the crossbowmen of the Han dynasty, the Greco-Bactrian cavalry, and the forces led by Hannibal, including mercenaries, elephants, and the Sacred Band of Carthage…!
Tabletop Gaming News link Armand |
| Eumelus | 24 Sep 2024 6:28 p.m. PST |
The game sounds intriguing, but what a stupid name for an ancients game. |
| Frederick | 25 Sep 2024 6:11 a.m. PST |
Agree with Eumelus – battalion as I recall originated in the 16th century as battlia – would have been more suitable, one thinks, to use "Cohort" or some other more ancient name |
| Tango01 | 25 Sep 2024 3:51 p.m. PST |
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| Red Dragon 44 | 26 Sep 2024 4:05 a.m. PST |
Just four different factions. I would have liked to have seen more. Greco-Bactrian is also an unusual choice. |
| The Last Conformist | 26 Sep 2024 4:52 a.m. PST |
"Battalion" is surely just a more Romance version of "battle" in the sense of a division of a medieval army? (Still not Ancient, it's true.) |
| Tango01 | 27 Sep 2024 4:00 p.m. PST |
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