(Kickstarter) ONUS! Rome vs Carthage

[anibal2015]

We introduce you this game that is very well known in Spain, has good reviews and that we will produce in English after summer, along with two expansions


  
ONUS! is a wargame similar to miniature games, where both sides fight an old age battle. The game is based on the II Punic War mainly, although battles from III to I B.C centuries could be simulated. The game concept combines both orders and events cards, that makes each game different and each combat unpredictable and exciting.

YOUTUBE (texts in Spanish)



The game has:
A rule book with some battles (40 pages)
A quick guide (4 pages)
1-player rules (4 pages)
90 unit cards
6 help cards
72 action and event cards
4 wooden dice
Cloth bag
Over 130 counters
Rules
Box size: 23x15x5.5cm
Number of players: 1-4
Play time: >30m
Minimum age: 12
Box weight. 0,6Kg







 
ONUS! has a strategic component similar to that of a miniature game such as Warhammer Fantasy, Fields of Glory or the like, because it allows us to extend formations, change them (wall of shields, phalanx, arrow, square formation), or flank enemies using a special counter. In addition we have to decide how to play the order/event cards. They will allow us to give orders to our army and to change the combats and shootings with special features such as ambush, lancers against mounted units, wounding the officials or the general, reinforcing a unit, making a unit veteran, etc.
ORDERS allow us to activate units in order to be able to charge, move, heal, change formations, shoot, etc...
EVENTS allow us to change a combat adding bonuses or penalties to the dice rolls. For example we can play the event "Wind changes” when the enemy shoots us and she will have some penalties. Or if we charge against a most powerful unit than ours we could use the event "Harangue" that means that our official cheers up our soldiers giving us some attack bonuses.

HELP CARD with bonuses/penalties and turn phases: http://onusgame.com/juego/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/help-card.pdf


We will launch a Kickstarter campaign  in a few months in order to get enough financial support to produce it in English. And to produce the Persian and Greek expansion and the Scenarios one (with fortresses, woods, assault towers, rams, fire shooting, assault rules, etc..(similar to the Total War videogame! )  









Here you can download the quick guide to know more about ONUS!: http://onusgame.com/juego/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/quick-guide.pdf
 

[anibal2015]

We have almost decided the start date of the new ONUS crowdfunding campaign: October, 9th at 17.00 CET.

This campaign contains the 1st English ONUS edition and the 2nd Spanish one plus the expansions Greece & Persia and Sceneries & Buildings in both languages.

All this will be available separately or in several packs depending on what you would like to get.

We are currently working in the units and generals illustrations. Generals will be more important in the game and they will have its own recruitment cost.

There will be new rules, mainly within the Sceneries & Buildings expansion. An
example of this is the following combat sequence by a river and a bridge:
 
1. Romans move towards the river. Cavalry with the extended formation on the left
side and the triarii ready to cross the river

2. The Lusitan infantry pivots backwards, then moves forward and shoot their
javelins (inflicting 1 wound). Afterwards they move backwards (due to being skirmishers). The archers shoot (1 more wound) and the phalanx gets closer to the
bridge



3. The Roman cavalry charges against the Lusitan infantry, flanking them and rolling 6 dice. After the attack the Lusitans flee and have 4 wounds. The triarii gets closer to the bridge and charges with 2 sections (the bridge size doesn´t allow more sections to engage in combat



Just to finish this post, a question for you: Do you know these folks?



To be continued.....

[Argonor]

You have me intrigued.

Seems like a game that could be changed into a miniatures wargame by just makin stands of small-sized minis (anything from 6mm to 20mm seems usable), even using existing armies, but I need to know more about the game mechanics, and how fast it plays.

[Archie]

You have me intrigued.

Seems like a game that could be changed into a miniatures wargame by just makin stands of small-sized minis (anything from 6mm to 20mm seems usable), even using existing armies, but I need to know more about the game mechanics, and how fast it plays.

Exactly what I was thinking!

[anibal2015]

We will go live today October 14th at 17.00 CET.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/786963334?token=ab0cd58c

Within the project you will find information about how to download for free the quick playing guide that gives you an overview of how to play ONUS

[Nevyen]

Exactly what I was thinking!

I was thinking the same - even by using my Impetus bases as the unit sizes.  Watching the youtube vidoes gives you an idea of how the game plays and it think its very likely to work !

[anibal2015]

Hi ,

Yes, some players use minis over the cards and they look quite cool. You need the unit cards for all the stuff related to combats and card sections.

And here we have an update

We are working hard in Onus! and here there is an update about all the news we have:

 

- We are currently producing the 2nd edition of the base game in both  languages. Printers do not stop!

 

- The illustrations of the 22 Generals and 36 units belonging to the new armies (Athens, Sparta, Macedonia, Persia and Greek mercenaries) are done

 

- The G&P expansion is tested and finished, but for the rulebook´s formatting

 

- Both the add-ons and the artbook are in the printing queue

 

- We  are  focused on the T&F expansion at the moment. There will be a 100 pages campaign book with 6 campaigns and more than 40 settings (including Spartacus'). We are testing the new siege rules and finishing the illustrations and counters.

Here you have some of the new features already done. Hope you like them!