The Loose Association of Wargamers

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

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.

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