"IMPETUS and Basic Impetus. Any following here in Oz?" Topic

Hi Guys
I've played ancients (either DBX, Amarti 2nd Edition or FoG; even WAB) but was looking at IMPETUS recently. I like the look of it. Any comments or views from the Aussie Ancients Fraternity?
Cheers

We have been playing them here in Victoria for a few months now and are really impressed with the system. Its fast , its elegant and its fun.

Any links? I like the LOOK of the game. Great bases.

There's myself and another bloke playing them in Brisbane. I really enjoy the game. It's fairly fast – 2-3 hours once you've got the rules under your belt. Many interesting choices along the way.

Hi Custine
Where in VIC?
I'm at Broadford (Kilmore / Puckapunyal /Seymour area).
I'd like to see a game in action before I purchase the "full" version of the rules.
Cheers

If you look at the Impetus Forum Trailape, you will find under gamers wabted a few listed for Melbourne, though I have only had a go at Solo BI at the moment, its impressive

It's played at EMIRS in Sydney on occasion, I believe.

Hi..Other bloke from Brisbane here…Bill and myself have been playing them for the past few months..just putting the finishing touches to 2 500pt armies on the big bases..Parthians and Sassanid persians(yes Bill,those cataphract camels are finished and ready to take on the Persian hordes!!!)..i've been playing Ancients for many years and can say in all honesty that they are the best i've ever played.

If you want to be in total charge of your army all the time then these might not be the rules for you as there are alot of unexpected things that happen during the game to keep you on your toes!!!!

You start off the game with a plan and then watch your command and control dissappear out the window as the game goes on and various troops get stuck in combat or ride around the flank for a decisive manouvere(!) only to find them being a bit unwilling to charge in!!!…all in all they are great fun..a thing that is missing in alot of rulesets…..

Got another guy in Brizzy interested(he's got the rules and should be joining us down the club for his first game next club meet)..also am trying to convert a few of the jaded FoG players too…we'll see.

Buy 'em..you won't regret it…

Cheers Andy

Hi Guys

Of what I've seen they look pretty good. I do like the basing system very much.
Do the rules come with Army Lists?
If so, do they have lists coving the Trojan Wars and Late Roman / Artharian period, (my two favourite)?

I assume they do, but are they organic to the rules, or do you need to buy ARMY BOOKS (ala DBM and FoG)
Cheers

Trailape…the rules do have 15 army lists in them….

15 army lists
(points system)
Alexander Macedonians
Later Achemenid Persians
2nd Punic War Romans
Hannibal Carthaginians
Gauls
Marian Roman
Parthians
Later Crusaders
Saladin Ayyubids
Teutonic Order
Mongols
100 Years War French
100 Years War English
Francis I French
Charles V Imperials

Extra impetus 1 has………

30 OFFICIAL ARMY LISTS

PHARAOHS WARS
(New Kingdom Egyptians and enemies)
Later Hyksos
New Kingdom Egyptian
Syro-Cananite
Mitannic
Beduins
Hittite Empire
Sea Peoples

THE 100 YEARS WAR
French 1330-1417
French 1418-1444
French 1445-1453
English 1330-1453
Navarrese 1350-1378
Aragonese 1330-1455
Castillan 1350-1378
Jacquerie 1358
Burgundians 1420-1435
Scots 1418-1429

THE GREAT ITALIAN WARS
Spanish-Neapolitan 1494-1499
Italian Coalition 1494-1495
Duchy of Milan 1494-1500
Papal 1494-1429
Venice 1494-1529
Florence 1494-1529
Italian Minor States 1494-1529
Swiss Confederation 1499-1515
Maximilian Imperial 1499-1516
Spanish 1499-1516
French 1494-1516
French 1521-1529
Charles V Imperial 1521-1529

2 CAMPAIGN GAMES
Chevauchée (for 2 players)
Pavia 1525 (for up to 8 players)

Game tutorials, flags, pictures and errata from the rule book.

Extra impetus 2 has…..

50 OFFICIAL ARMY LISTS

THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Early Imperial Romans
Early Germans
Jewish Revolt
Dacians
Later Sarmatians
Alans
Middle Imperial Romans
Sassanid Persians
Palmyra
Arab-Aramaic Kingdoms
Pre-Islamic Arabs
Armenians
Ancient Britons
Caledonians
Early Irish
Picts
Alamanni
Late Imperial Romans (East)
Late Imperial Romans (West)
Early Visoghots or Thervingi
Moors

THE YEAR 1000
Normans in Normandy
Anglo Danish
Danish or Norwegians (Vikings)
Norse Irish
Early Welsh
Normans in Sicily
Arabs in Sicily
Nikephorian Byzantines
Early French
Western Franks and Ottonians
Papal States
Magyars
Later Lombards

THE CRUSADES IN THE HOLY LAND
Fatimids (2 lists)
Seljuck Turks
Sultanate of Rum
Comnenan Byzantines (2 lists)
Cilician Armenian
Syrian States
Ayyubids
Early Crusaders
Later Crusaders
Latin Empire
Empire of Nicea
Despotate of Epirus
Second Bulgar Empire

1 CAMPAIGN GAME
Saladin at the Gate!

Game tutorials, clarifications ands pictures

And also there are numerous (un)official(until they are published in a supplement) army lists here….

dadiepiombo.com/beta0e.html

And a thriving forum here….

impetus.forumsland.com

And a Yahoo group here….

link

There you go…that should keep you busy for a while…..

Cheers Andy

Hi Andy
That will keep me busy!
Many Thanks.
UBIQUE

In Brisbane,have had the rules since they came out. A couple of friends and I intermittently play Armati over the last 10 years. Looking for something different and Impetus is great (one game of Basic Impetus with some add-ons from the full set). I like it but my friends (but one) do not like rolling lots of dice. Also we are used to Intro Armati which plays on a 2'x3' table – Impetus 300pts is larger than we would be used to. Currently trialling Warrior Kings with cm rather than inches which is producing a very fun game. Likely to get back into more gaming in the next few years and back to the club – haven't been for about 14 years but I think went to every meeting in the 1980s. If someone in Brisbane is looking for a game or two this year I could manage that as I have read the rules lots over the last 20 months. I may just turn up to the club this year just to see a game in action!

but to answer your question – I think Impetus is one of the best rulesets to come out in 30 years of ancient/medieval gaming.

Hi
Does anyone know if the rules are available from any of the merchants here in Australia, or is purchasing from OS the only option?
Cheers

Pretty sure that purchasing from overseas is the only way, but mine arrived inside a fortnight from memory.

And Shaun, you should come along – Andy and I are at B.I.G., and you'd be welcome for a game.

Bill.

Hi Shaun

You'd be most welcome at the BIG club….2nd sunday of every month.

Always wanted to try Armati…Have got Armati 2 but never found anyone willing to try them….

Have got 2 500 pt armies for Impetus so if you wanted to try them out on a full size table at the club then give us a shout…

Cheers Andy

hi Trailape, not distributors in Australia so far but you can oder from Impeus website dadiepiombo.com/ishop.html
with Payapal. Orders are usually shipped within 24-48h and postage rates are below the true cost.

thats a pity , I was hoping somebody like Mind Games might have brought it in, as they stock all the Warhammer Historical and Crusader rules

Steve W….only problem if they were in Aussie stores is that the price would double(at least)….

I got mine in under 2 weeks and they arrived in excellent condition…i wouldn't hesitate to order from Lorenzo again…

Losart…any ideas when Extra Impetus 3 will be coming out and the contents of it????…El cid and the reconquista???..Macedonian and punic wars????…Ancient greece and Persian wars?????…Can't wait…

Cheers Andy

Well I just bought all three books, (Rules and two Army List Books).
we'll see how long it takes for them to arrive,..
UBIQUE!

Well this is true andy unfortunatly…I was going to but Future War commander but baulked at $60 USD for it

Buggar that should have been A$60

"Losart…any ideas when Extra Impetus 3 will be coming out and the contents of it????…El cid and the reconquista???..Macedonian and punic wars????…Ancient greece and Persian wars?????…Can't wait…"

Extra 3 will include:
-Greek-Persian wars to Alexander and possibly also the Successors
-Second Punic Wars, and possibly also Caesar
-XV Cent Western European armies (Wars of the Roses, Condottieri…)

I hope to release it by summer.

Where in Melbourne are the games going down? I am in the west and have been looking at the rule set for some time now. I have a bunch of Italian wars 15mm that I want to try it with.

Losart…thanks for the info…all these periods are of interest to me..

Well it's summer over here in Oz now so they should be out now eh??? :-) ha ha

Cheers Andy

On sunday i put on an Impetus 400pt game at the local club and had 2 guys who had never played it before battle it out with Sassanid persians and Parthians…

Both guys loved it..one has the rules but had only skimmed through them and the other had never even seen a rulebook before….both are talking about which armies they are going to build and eagerly waiting for next club meet…cool.

Cheers Andy

Hi Andy
Where are you playing?

Losart
The periods you mentioned intrest me also.

UBIQUE

Brisbane..so if you ever get up to "Bris-vegas" on the 2nd sunday of the month…your welcome to come along for a game…

Cheers Andy

Hi Andy
I lived in Bris-vegas for about 3 years, but I can't see myself going back there any time soon. Thanks for the invite all the same,…
UBIQUE