So Nick Bogart from Skirmish Supremacy came to help us and filmed a nice video while Alvaro and I played a small game of CLASH. Skirmish Supremacy is a fantastic podcast with tons of great info on what is coming out new in wargames, with play through videos and great interviews, so you should have …
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Yet another game of CLASH of Spears ( #clashofspears ). Syracuse and Carthage are at war and the Greek forces have surrounded the Carthaginian Army camp near the river Crimissus. The Carthaginians are trying to get supplies to the camp by sending multiple small columns trying to dodge picket forces, but this particular column has …
Read More Getting supplies to the Carthaginian camp near Crimissus
Another great game of CLASH of Spears (#clashofspears ), the Carthaginian city of Apsis has fallen and chaos takes over the streets. We zoom into a small action taking place on the slums of the eastern quarters… Clash of Spears is well suited to represent raiding actions, scouting and similar encounters but also to represent small portions …
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Intro: This is a battle we played on January 06th, 2019, for playtesting my own BEF Campaign centered on the actions of “K” battery, 5th Royal Horse Artillery. It is a 3-scenario campaign which I will publish somewhere soon. This game is scenario 2. This is 04:15 PM, may 27th, 1940. A big convoy of …
Read More ESCAPE FROM HONDEGHEM. A BATTLEGROUP BLITZKRIEG AAR
Continuing with the insights and peeks into Clash of Spears here we are presenting you a small of example of the mechanics that you will find in our game. This is only a glimpse but you can see some of the elements in the game, fatigue, actions and reaction, flexibility in formations and combat stance, …
Read More Roman Legionary vs Carthaginian Warrior
INTRO: Last weekend I made my yearly Ireland post-salute visit to Piers Brand. We always have great fun and plenty of BG games and post-battle pub-discussion. But this time was special. I was invited for a proper full playtesting of the upcoming Battlegroup Pacific Book with the BG design team. It was Saturday night, and …
Read More HARAKIRI GULCH. A BATTLEGROUP PACIFIC AAR
This is a quick battle report for a fun game of Clash of Spears that we played on Sunday. In this game a roaming warband of Gauls encounters a detachment from a Spartan expeditionary force in southern Italy, aka. Magna Grecia. The quick report is in gallery form so just open up the gallery and …
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Ok time to introduce CLASH of Spears. Since 2018 we have been working on a set of rules for ancients skirmish. By Skirmish we mean 30-60 figures per side operating in small units. Many of us love ancients wargaming, and we have tried many rules for large battles over the years. However, for large battles it …
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So today is 201 years since the Patriot victory at Maipu by the Argentine-Chilean army commanded by Jose de San Martin. Some time ago I ran a game at Cold Wars based on this battle as it was the revolutionary wars were the convention theme. This is the scenario used for that convention for Sam …
Read More The Battle of Maipu April 5th, 1818
So we continue to make progress with Clash of Spears, our soon to be published rules for ancient warfare skirmishes. This time we took Romans and Carthaginians for a spin with a fun new scenario where both forces have encountered each other while out in foraging duty. Each force is trying to get some livestock …
Read More Raid in Taranto !!