The core concept of CLASH of spears was developed around a kernel of principles based on our understanding of personal combat derived from reading multiple sources over time, combined with the research most wargamers do from time to time and combined with our personal experiences resulting from years of competitive fencing. However once you get …
Read More Researching CLASH of Spears
We are almost there. It has been a long journey from writing to playtesting to expanded playtesting to balancing lists to working out printing and distribution but we are finally getting there… CLASH of Spears is getting here and we expect to launch a pre-release offer in November-December so to sign up for any news …
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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 …
Read More Bloodbath on the streets of Apsis
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
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 …
Read More Fighting the Greek invaders !
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 …
Read More Introducing CLASH of Spears !
For some time now we have been working on developing a set of rules for skirmish actions in ancient to medieval times. After trying many alternatives that I liked very much but that still lacked some of the elements I was hoping for we decided to take the plunge and start getting together some ideas. …
Read More Clash of Spears in Italy
Back on May 16th 2008 taking advantage of a short trip I took home to Buenos Aires Argentina we decided to organize a multi player macro battle to familiarize players with FOG. Adding this report which has been featured in the FOG online forums before seemed like a good way to get this blog going. …
Read More Magnesia 190BC, super Field of Glory AAR