Hail Caesar

[ochoin]

My 18 month - 2 year long effort to vitalise & streamline my wargaming has certainly born fruit. There have been some tears on the way but the changes have been positive.

A couple of additional congenial members for our group have been recruited. The selling of unwanted figures has slowed down but is continuing. The purchase of some needed figures & units, their painting & basing, is happening. The discarding of moribund rule sets & the replacement with more congenial rules has progressed - Rapid Fire for Blitzkrieg Commander, Valour & Fortitude for General d'Armee & Victory without Quarter for Field of Glory:R.

I have started to look at what we can use in place of Field of Glory: Ancients. The replacement must fit our FoG basing & unit size, be fast play & be enjoyable to game. We game the Bronze Age, Punic Wars & the Late Roman period.
I've read forum posts, online reviews & watched Youtube battle reports. Hail Caesar is starting to look like what's needed. The hardcover itself is horrendously expensive & I would want to be further convinced before I shell out the Readies.

I would be glad of any further comment from the cognoscenti here on these rules.

donald

[Buff Redux]

In many respects it's the final version of Warmaster. We've been using it for fantasy play which is coming full circle in a way.

While I agree about the high cost of the rule book don't be tempted to buy the paperback Gamer's edition. It isn't a pruned down version, it has all the fluff and illustrations of the hardback, just reduced in size to make an A5 booklet, anyone without a magnifier will find it unreadable. You may be able to pick up cheap copies of 1st edition.

[ochoin]

Strangely, sellers charge almost the same for /1 as they do for /2.

I think there'll be no problems with basing & units as per FoG. From what I've read, I like the command system. Everything else seems familiar & simple. eg movement - measure & move.

I'll see if I can glean a bit more but so far, it seems to tick the boxes.

donald