Showing posts with label Hail Caesar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hail Caesar. Show all posts
Thursday, 30 August 2018

Return to the Punic Wars

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It's back to ancients, my first love in historical gaming. After a hiatus of nearly one and a half years due to work, life and ...
Wednesday, 30 November 2016

Lake Trasimene - Order of Battle

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The battle of Lake Trasimene 217 B.C. was Hannibal's second major battle in Italy but took the form of an ambush rather than a pitch...
Tuesday, 22 November 2016

Collecting an Army: how many units is enough? - Part 2

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It's not strictly necessary to calculate troop to figure ratios in order to have a good game. But, for a scenario to broadly conform to ...
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Monday, 21 November 2016

Collecting an Army: how many units is enough? - Part 1

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The wargamer needs something more detailed than long rectangles though units are but rectangles from a plan view. A challenge peculiar ...
Tuesday, 13 September 2016

Republican Roman Army Roster

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Detail from the Ahenobarbus relief showing (centre-right) two Roman foot-soldiers ca. 122 BC. Note the Montefortino-style helmets with hor...

Carthaginian Army Roster

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One of Hannibal's nellies fails an Attrition roll whilst crossing the Alps. Here is the initial list of units I intend to assemble ...
Sunday, 11 September 2016

DELENDA EST ROMA! - My 'Enemies of Rome' project

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This blog is to act as a record of my progress - or lack thereof - in completing an 'Enemies of Rome' wargaming project in 28mm mini...