Last Updated
Mon Nov 15 19:47:46 PST 1999
Voters = 9

ANCIENTS VOTING RESULTS:
Voters, By Scale - 6mm

Favorite Rules
rulespercentage
Archon33%
Tactica33%
Armati22%
De Bellis Multitudinis11%

Rules Regularly Played
rules played regularlypercentage
De Bellis Antiquitatis56%
Armati44%
Archon33%
Tactica33%
De Bellis Multitudinis11%
WRG Ancients11%
Warhammer Ancient Battles11%

Number of Rules Regularly Played
number of rules played regularlypercentage
1 rules played56%
3 rules played22%
2 rules played11%
5 rules played11%

Rules Tried
rules played at least oncepercentage
De Bellis Antiquitatis89%
WRG Ancients78%
Armati67%
De Bellis Multitudinis56%
Tactica56%
Archon44%
Wargame Rules 1420-170022%
Classical Hack11%
Fast Play Rules For Ancient Warfare11%
Irregular Ancient Rule Box11%
Rudis11%
Shock of Impact11%
Warhammer Ancient Battles11%

Number of Rules Tried
number of rules playedpercentage
3 rules played22%
6 rules played22%
7 rules played22%
2 rules played11%
4 rules played11%
5 rules played11%

Voters, By Experience
level of experiencepercentage
Up To Twenty Years44%
Twenty Years or More22%
Up To Ten Years22%
Two to Three Years11%

Voters, By Region
regionpercentage
North America88%
Europe13%

Voters, By Setting
usual game settingpercentage
With a friend or two56%
At the local club22%
At the local game store11%
Solitaire11%

Number of Armies
number of armies owned or usedpercentage
2 army/armies38%
1 army/armies13%
17 army/armies13%
18 army/armies13%
35 army/armies13%
4 army/armies13%

Armies Owned/Used
armies owned or usedpercentage
Early Imperial Roman50%
Gallic50%
Marian Roman50%
Middle Imperial Roman50%
Alexandrian Macedonian38%
Early Sassanid38%
Later Hoplite Greek38%
Parthian38%
Pontic38%
Antigonid25%
Hellenistic Greek25%
Late-Roman East25%
Late-Roman West25%
Later Achaemenid Persian25%
Later Sassanid25%
Later Seleucid25%
Macedonian Early Successor25%
African Vandal13%
Alexandrian Imperial13%
Ancient British13%
Ancient Spanish13%
Camillan Roman13%
Dacian13%
Early Achaemenid Persian13%
Early Armenian13%
Early Byzantine13%
Early Frankish13%
Early German13%
Early Gothic/Vandal13%
Early Hoplite Greek13%
Early North Greek13%
Early Roman13%
Early Seleucid13%
Early Spartan13%
Eumenid13%
Galatian13%
Gepid/Lombard13%
Hittite13%
Hunnic13%
Italian Ostrogothic13%
Later Carthaginian13%
Later Macedonian13%
Later Visigothic13%
Lysamachid13%
New Babylonian13%
New Kingdom Egyptian13%
Palmyran13%
Polybian Roman13%
Pyrrhic13%
Syracusan13%
Thracian13%

Periods Played
periodpercentage
Rome89%
Decline of Rome67%
Greece67%
Persia33%
Hittite22%
Assyria11%
Egypt11%
What-If11%

Number of Periods Played
number of genres/periods playedpercentage
3 periods33%
1 periods22%
4 periods22%
2 periods11%
7 periods11%

Scales Used
figure scalepercentage
6mm100%
15mm67%
25mm33%

Number of Scales
number of figure scale(s) used
(per person)		percentage
1 figure scale(s) used33%
2 figure scale(s) used33%
3 figure scale(s) used33%

RECENT BATTLE REPORTS
Alex Macris

It was a fiercely fought battle between Hannibal's Carthaginians and the Roman legions, using Tactica. As Carthaginian commander, I blundered badly in my deployment of both skirmishers and my African veterans. My opponent, Steve Weiss, allowed no room for error... A painful defeat. [14 May 1999]

Rick Peterson

Archon: Rome vs Gauls. Got me interested in Ancients again after being "turned " off for many years by the ahistorical matchups and c competition styles of play. Not the way I like to play historicals. [14 May 1999]

K. T.

I fought an ahistorical contest between an Early Imperial Roman force and Porus Indians. The battle was fought using the Archon rules and actually turned out to be rather exciting. The Indian cavalry nearly enveloped the Roman infantry, but failed to pass their courage tests at a most inopportune time. The Roman infantry then crushed the Indian infantry in the center resulting in the Indian army routing. [12 May 99]

Bob Slaughter

Most recently was a game of DBA. A close game, played nicely and was quick enough not to take up the whole day. [6 Apr 99]

Mitch Berdinka

We played an eastern Roman Legion against a western Legion using DBA rules. The more numerous cavalry in the eastern army was a definite advantage enabling an easy win, though not before the other side had wiped out one of the cohorts by some really hoy die rolls. [3 Apr 99]

Rob Dean

Two days ago. I took my 6mm travelling DBA set (everything in a small toolbox) to visit a sick wargaming friend in the hospital. I'm sure the docs must have thought we were insane. Anyway, we laid it out on two hospital patient tables side by side and had a couple of rounds of Romans (Middle Imperials, but masquerading as Eastern Later Imperials) against the Sassanids, since I haven't had much of a chance to use the little elephants. I'm afraid that I couldn't manage to lose, though, even for a sick friend. [1 Apr 99]

Daniele Varelli

Early Germans vs. Traianic Romans, using Armati rules. After a lot of skirmishing, Roman cavalry managed to override my warbands... :( [31 Mar 99]

Bill Hawkes

Hittites vs Egyptians, 15mm Tactica rules (home-brew Hittite list). I altered the existing Egyptian list to a more New Kingdom style: no cavalry, added one unit of Shardana Guard HI (24 figs, FV 5-6, +2 morale, swords). Hittites attacked on left and Egyptians withdrew slowly. The Pharaoh tried to counterattack too late on his own left, while the Hittite numbers overwhelmed the Egyptian right wing. [31 Mar 99]

Mike Doolittle

Armati with 6mm figures. Gauls vs. Republican Romans. The Gauls hung back, trying to develop a left flank hooking manuever, but I was unused to how fast the Roman Triarii could redeploy themselves, and the flanking move failed miserably. Nevertheless, the brave Gallic charge nearly carried the day anyway. Better luck next time!

I'm more interested in results than processes, so for me games like Armati & DBM are superior to WRG 7th. Your mileage may vary. [30 Mar 99]