Ancient Rules

[rexhurley]

Baccus also does their new Roman period version of their polemos stable for something different 

[GordonY]

Polemus is like Marmite, you'll either love it or it'll make you feel ill.

[Luddite]

Polemus is like Marmite, you'll either love it or it'll make you feel ill.

Aye, i played their Franco-Prussian War rules and initially though, 'ooh these are pretty good'.  About an hour into the first game the novelty VERY VERY much wore off.   

[DaveL]

Yes. Chad and I tried Polemos rules for Franco-Prussian. 

I think we got to the end of move 2 and gave up!  Sorry but didn't like them.

However, when basing my Macedonian phalanx, I have used their idea and had the front ground extending past the tips of the pikes-very good idea for protecting the bendy pikes!

DaveL

[goat major]

i've heard this before about Polemos - whats the issue with them ?

[petercooman]

Well i found the combat example fidly when i read it on the site, so maybe the rules are even more fiddly 

https://www.baccus6mm.com/includes/polemos/naps/GDDsample.pdf

[Fenton]

I have version one of the Napoleonics and to be honest they are just badly written I think with the examples not really explaining anything. Not sure if version 2 has improved this but has put me off trying any of the others

[mollinary]

I wouldn't dismiss the whole stable because of experiences with individual sets.  The first set, on the ECW, was ground breaking, and the 2nd edition tidied up most of the teething problems.  I found both the War of the Spanish Succession and the Great Northern War rules were very well thought out, and really seemed to represent what I had read of the period.  I confess, I found more difficulty with the Napoleonic, ACW and FPW variants. Somehow, they didn't capture the 'feel' of the period, which for me is to inject something of the tactical distinction of the period, even into rules which are at a higher level.  I have had a look at, but not played, the SPQR set, and they look as if they could work.  Horses for courses, in the end. I am still looking forward to the SYW version which is expected later this year, as I think the basic mechanics should work well.

Mollinary

[petercooman]

Maybe have a looksie here:

http://www.wrg.me.uk/WRG.net/History/wrg.html

You never know you fancy something :p

[Hertsblue]

You might like to give Hail Caesar a try. We've had some entertaining games with them. Fairly easy to pick up as far as the learning curve goes. Perhaps not as specialised as some other sets, but a good all-rounder, particularly for big battles.

[TinyTerrain]

Hi,

A little delayed, but as promised here's a link to the full battle report for my recent Romano Brits v Saxons scrap using Dux bellorum:

http://wargames.blog.co.uk/2013/03/03/test-post-15585297/

Best regards,

Craig
Tiny Terrain Models.