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 …
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I’ve been interested in Blood and Plunder since I saw the kickstarter since I’ve always wanted a game where you can play naval actions, one vs one ship activating different units in the ships. It is not easy to have a set of rules for those kind of games that is still fun and tactically …
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On Saturday at Chez Smith we decided to give Osprey’s colonial rules, The Men Who Would Be Kings, a try. Many of us have colonial troops of various sorts and had played The Sword and the Flame for many years. But the protracted close action and decision gridlock when deciding which units to move always seemed …
Read More First Game of The Men Who Would Be Kings
Last week Kevin, Beka and I tried a game of Pikeman’s Lament, which is a set of rules aimed as small combats in the 17th century. The rules were written by Dan Mersey & Michael Leck and use the basic components and ideas developed in Lion Rampant. This Sunday we were joined by Lance, Randy …
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