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Offline Sir Barnaby Hammond-Rye

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Re: SPQR - Warlord Ancients Warband game.
« Reply #135 on: July 14, 2019, 11:43:44 PM »
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SPQR is taking a relaxed approach to scale

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If the players are that relaxed how will they get the strength to roll all those dice?!  ;D

Offline Ethelred the Almost Ready

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Re: SPQR - Warlord Ancients Warband game.
« Reply #136 on: July 15, 2019, 05:49:13 AM »
Yeah I just saw that! 10 celts charge and roll 30 dice.... Then re-roll misses because of their druid.... Then have to roll again because of the Romans' parry rule.....  Then the romans roll to save!!!

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Offline jetengine

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Re: SPQR - Warlord Ancients Warband game.
« Reply #137 on: July 15, 2019, 07:57:10 AM »
Realistically GW/Warlord/Etc are realising that people in this day and age (and possibly in the future depebding on economics etc) don't have time/money/space for bigger games. Skirmish and Warband games are the in thing. Will it cycle back ? Maybe. But if they want to keep up they need to go smaller and historicals will have to join them.

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Re: SPQR - Warlord Ancients Warband game.
« Reply #138 on: July 15, 2019, 10:38:08 AM »
Gentlemen do please behave and control your posts.
The subject is regarding a new set of rules so stick to the subject and watch your comments.

Offline Ninefingers

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Re: SPQR - Warlord Ancients Warband game.
« Reply #139 on: July 15, 2019, 05:12:25 PM »
Has anyone received their book? What are the Britannia unit types?

Offline Captain Harlock

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Re: SPQR - Warlord Ancients Warband game.
« Reply #140 on: July 15, 2019, 06:24:30 PM »
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Re: SPQR - Warlord Ancients Warband game.
« Reply #141 on: July 15, 2019, 08:28:22 PM »
I think they will be released on the 20, so still 5 days.

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Re: SPQR - Warlord Ancients Warband game.
« Reply #142 on: July 16, 2019, 05:09:53 AM »
Looking on the SPQR Facebook page some people have already got their pre-orders.
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Re: SPQR - Warlord Ancients Warband game.
« Reply #143 on: July 16, 2019, 02:27:18 PM »
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a general stigma associated with square base

Sorry, but my investigative mind needs to know... why the stigma? I use both square and round, and both of them have their advantages disadvantages. From a functional purpose all depends on what you are doing, from an aesthetic one, all depends on what you like.


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Re: SPQR - Warlord Ancients Warband game.
« Reply #144 on: July 16, 2019, 03:56:35 PM »
I received my copy yesterday morning so have already had a good read of it. The main problem will be deciding on which two forces to pick as I will have to supply both sides for my games group to get a game. I was pleasantly surprised to get a Julius Caesar figure included with the order as well. Especially when I looked more closely and realised it was Kenneth Williams  lol
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Re: SPQR - Warlord Ancients Warband game.
« Reply #145 on: July 16, 2019, 04:08:52 PM »
I received my copy yesterday morning so have already had a good read of it. The main problem will be deciding on which two forces to pick as I will have to supply both sides for my games group to get a game. I was pleasantly surprised to get a Julius Caesar figure included with the order as well. Especially when I looked more closely and realised it was Kenneth Williams  lol

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Offline Lost Egg

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Re: SPQR - Warlord Ancients Warband game.
« Reply #146 on: July 16, 2019, 04:18:04 PM »
Just found a battle report on YouTube...

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Not finished watching it yet so no idea how good it is...

Offline Antonio J Carrasco

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Re: SPQR - Warlord Ancients Warband game.
« Reply #147 on: July 16, 2019, 07:27:40 PM »
It reminds me GW mechanics, particularly those from LOTR.

Too many dice for my taste, but I know many people that enjoys rolling dice by the bucket and they had a great time with this type of games. Not my cup of tea, though.

Offline Sir Barnaby Hammond-Rye

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Re: SPQR - Warlord Ancients Warband game.
« Reply #148 on: July 16, 2019, 09:07:10 PM »
Sorry, but my investigative mind needs to know... why the stigma? I use both square and round, and both of them have their advantages disadvantages. From a functional purpose all depends on what you are doing, from an aesthetic one, all depends on what you like.

Maybe square slottas, such as used by GW, have the slot on a slant forcing one to align the troops at odd angles? Or maybe its just the "Warhammer" association?  ???

Offline Sir Barnaby Hammond-Rye

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Re: SPQR - Warlord Ancients Warband game.
« Reply #149 on: July 16, 2019, 09:11:26 PM »
Myself I like to have more figures on the table, not less. I like a lot of aspects of Saga, for example, but the small units is not one of them. I am thinking of doubling or tripling the size (for looks) but keeping game play the same. People used to do this sort of thing with DBA - Big Battle DBA I think it was called.