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Ah go on, let him have a wooden horse anyway.

I'd be keen on ancients and have Republican Romans, they just arent painted yet. Except for the light troops. What kind of unit size, number of units are we talking?

goat major wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2024 8:42 am So what interest for a possible 28mm Hail Caesar bash ? Me, Jamie , Gary . More ,?

I can provide a classical Greek army plus the core of a Macedonian force

This is starting to feel like a conspiracy
I've been wanting a big Ayton Ancients game for years to force me to paint one of the boxes of lead and/or plastic, when one is happening, i'm not there
C'est la vie
(Although I have zero experience of Hail Caesar so it's probably a good thing anyway)

Paul wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2024 7:19 pm

goat major wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2024 8:42 am So what interest for a possible 28mm Hail Caesar bash ? Me, Jamie , Gary . More ,?

I can provide a classical Greek army plus the core of a Macedonian force

This is starting to feel like a conspiracy
I've been wanting a big Ayton Ancients game for years to force me to paint one of the boxes of lead and/or plastic, when one is happening, i'm not there
C'est la vie
(Although I have zero experience of Hail Caesar so it's probably a good thing anyway)

Well, if you're twitching to paint some ancients but didnt want to commit to a big HC army we could do a WAB or Rampant sometime next year?

tim.w wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2024 9:22 am Well, if you're twitching to paint some ancients but didnt want to commit to a big HC army we could do a WAB or Rampant sometime next year?

How big is a Hail Caesar Army?

I think about 8 to 12 units with units being a standard 24 figures but organised into small, medium or large units. Depends on the army you have I think. Its a big battle game.

tim.w wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2024 6:52 pm I think about 8 to 12 units with units being a standard 24 figures but organised into small, medium or large units. Depends on the army you have I think. Its a big battle game.

I could probably make up a smallish army of either Dacians or Skythians for Hail Caesar (I think I have in the region of 200 Dacians and 80-90 Skythian Cavalry!.....both unpainted of course )

HC works on 'Divisions', so having probably 3 Divisions of probably 4 or 5 units is a good idea (4 infantry units and an artillery piece or skirmishers/light unit etc), then put your Cavalry in a single Div too

Command/orders are given from Divisional commanders and a CinC/General (usually your main Div Commander)

A Div gets broken once Half the units within it are broken, an army is broken once Half it's Divisions are broken etc

Great game to play

Standard units in 2 ranks should be between 16-20 figures, so Paul, you could probably get away with making around 10 standard infantry units outa your Dacians

Large would be 32-40....and small are 8-12

Jamanicus wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2024 9:54 am Standard units in 2 ranks should be between 16-20 figures, so Paul, you could probably get away with making around 10 standard infantry units outa your Dacians

Large would be 32-40....and small are 8-12

Basically the same as BP then?