Q1 roundup: Games so far
I've been too busy to update the many games played this year, so I'm just going to link to Cpt Arjun's battle reports . First game this year was a classic Romans versus Barbarians. Conquerors and Kings - Battle of Idistavisto . There are a few classic match-ups that define the Ancients era, and Romans vs Germans is one of them, playable from the Republican Era all the way through to Late Imperial Roman - on one side, ordered ranks with shields, on the other, massed war bands of colorful and fearsome warriors. The details vary - the shields change shape and size, the plum gives way to spears and arrows - but the dynamic is the same. Order and rigidity on one side, ferocity and chaos on the other. Next was The Siege of Delhi , played with The Men Who Would be Kings rules. This was a fun asymmetric scenario, with a typical high-low split - the defenders are hopelessly outnumbered by the attackers, but the a...
