Lead Adventure Forum
Miniatures Adventure => Age of Myths, Gods and Empires => Topic started by: DracoIdeas on February 05, 2022, 05:13:06 PM
-
Greetings, Warriors!
"ONUS! Rome vs Carthage" brought the epic battles of the Punic Wars to your tabletop. The series expands with a new standalone installment and 6 factions to take you back to the greatest splendour of the Empire, the 1st and 2nd centuries AD and the battles that made Trajan legendary.
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/caja-768x576.jpg)
We have reviewed the rulebook, added feedback from the community, adapted the units to the historical period and developed new scenarios and campaigns.
Fight epic battles in this miniature game without miniatures, but with cards and great historical realism. ROMAN empire and 6 factions!
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cartas-2-768x425.jpg)
The Roman legions, unbeatable and their indispensable auxiliaries.
Celts with chariots, Pictish warriors and agile Briton horsemen.
Dacians from north of the Danube who invoke Zalmoxis as they rush into battle with their fearsome falx dacica.
The Germans, constant threat to the empire, hunters, mounted pikemen caninefates, harassers with framea and brutal sworn nobles.
Parthians, lords of the East and their countless hordes, with iron-armored cataphracts, elephants, and archers.
Sarmatians and Bastarnae, masters of the steppes, with their brave nobles, cataphracts, mounted archers and horsemen armed with the contus sarmaticus.
Onus! Traianus also includes mercenaries: Nabataeans, Jewish rebels, Berserkir, Palmyrene, Batavi warriors, Gaesatai, and many more, which will support the side that pays them the most.
We have also redesigned Onus! to include all its expansions in a single box, with the new edition of the rulebook and solitaire mode.
Coming soon on Kickstarter, with the Ides of March, sign up here to receive the notification.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/onus-traianus (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/onus-traianus)
Thanks!
See you soon!
-
These days we have been sharing on our social media a countdown showing different units of ONUS! Traianus, which starts its crowdfunding campaign on March 15th.
We want to compile these units, as well as the messages with which we have been presenting them, in this post, starting with the legendary Scáthach:
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/grafica-celtas.jpg)
Chariots: May the hand of our ancestors hold firm the reins of our chariots as we fight the enemy…
Britannia’s noblemen: It is time for weapons to speak. Celtic swordsmen, charge!
Celtic Swordmen: Raise your voices, rally your followers, we are going to war!
Armed Peasants: The land on which we were born and which you cultivate will be stained red today with the blood of our enemies.
Briton Readers: Hold your spear tightly, horsemen, it will soon be slippery with Roman blood.
More news soon!
-
The countdown continues for the crowdfunding campaign on March 15 of ONUS! Traianus and we continue showing some of its units.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/onus-traianus/
Today we bring you a sample of the Dacian units, commanded by Decebalus:
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/grafica-dacia.jpg)
You know your enemies better than anyone else. You know what they will do to you if they capture you. Let’s fight!
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/ENG-29-days.jpg)
On this day, once again, you will lead your people to victory. You are the example to follow and the best of every Dacia house. Go get them!
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/ENG-28-days.jpg)
Dacia will remain free and you are her shield and her sword. For Dacia!
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/ENG-27-days.jpg)
Warriors! Let us remind the Romans why they fear our Falx. Today we will sleep to the echo of their cries.
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/ENG-26-days.jpg)
We will be like the lightning that strikes where no one expects. The spear that cleaves the Roman shield and scatters the legions. For Dacia!
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/ENG-25-days.jpg)
See you soon!
-
This looks good as a possible travel game too. How different or better is it from MILITO?
-
This looks good as a possible travel game too. How different or better is it from MILITO?
I don't know the Milito.
ONUS! is more similar to game systems with miniatures like DBA, Fields of Glory, Impetus, Warhammer Fantasy... But it also has an order and event card engine, like other games like Combat Commander.
-
We have created this 3D image for the Kickstarter campaign, simulating a small battle with ONUS! Traianus.
What do you think?
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/bodegon-ONUS-scaled.jpg)
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/bodegon-base-ONUS-scaled.jpg)
-
Lovely production values!
-
Looks very tempting. Any links showing gameplay?
-
Thanks. We are preparing the videos to be able to link on the Kickstarter, as well as the complete manual. There are only 2 weeks left until March 15. :D
-
The launch date on Kickstarter of the crowdfunding campaign for ONUS! Traianus is getting closer: it will be March 15th.
Meanwhile, we continue to show the units, in this case of the Germans in our countdown, led by Masios.
"Leave the land of our ancestors, Roman, or face Masios and fear his wrath!"
https://dracoideas.com/editorial/en/germanic-units-on-kickstarter-countdown-for-onus-traianus/
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ONUS-Traianus-24-days.jpg)
-
Greetings!
There is only 1 week left to start the campaign on Kickstarter.
I count on you to enter the first day to help us have visibility among so many active projects.
We will give away a dice tower as an early bird, which we have designed and it looks fantastic :)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/onus-traianus
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/portadas-KS-ONUS-ENG-fecha.jpg)
-
As the launch of ONUS! Trainaus on Kickstarter gets closer, we review some part-units, led by Osroes I:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/onus-traianus/
Parthians, the Romans have proved that they are weak so far from their mothers. Let us return their corpses to their widows!
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ONUS-Osroes-18-days.jpg)
Crush the Romans, we will tear holes in their ranks and bring fear into their hearts.
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ENG-17-days.jpg)
The Roman formation will open up like wheat before the reaper when we reach their ranks. Cathaphracts, get ready, let’s go to battle!
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ENG-16-days.jpg)
May the gods guide your arrows, may your camels lead you to their rear. March!
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ENG-15-days.jpg)
Your skill with the bow is well known, the speed of your horses will be the terror of the Romans.
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ENG-14-days.jpg)
Spearmen, today your name will be remembered by the widows of the Romans who dare to defy you.
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ENG-13-days.jpg)
See you soon!
-
I see a Trojan version in the offing. Anus! Troianus. :)
-
On Tuesday 15-3 we launched the campaign on Kickstarter and got funded in 20 minutes. We are impressed with the result, 700 backers in the first 24 hours! Goals are being unlocked one after another, fourteen at the moment and there is still 1 more day to get the dice tower that we give away to backers as Early Bird.
Moreover, we have planned to give two giveaways every week, on Tuesdays and Fridays, to all backers.
We need your arm to wield the shield that completes the wall and your voice to help us share the project.
You can support the project by helping us to spread the word on your social networks, in order to expand the reach of our publications.
This is the link to the campaign
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/onus-traianus
Any help to make it known will be great for us:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DracoIdeasEN/status/1503763464791248896
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DracoIdeasEnglish/posts/5312586212085052
BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/332070/onus-traianus
We count on you!
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/portadas-KS-ONUS-SG-15.jpg)
-
Backed and right now thinking how to convert the cards into actual miniatures. lol
15 or 10mm should work nicely.
-
Thanks! :D
-
Hope you have a lot more stretch goals. This Kickstarter appears to be going exceedingly well.
Congrats!
-
Hope you have a lot more stretch goals. This Kickstarter appears to be going exceedingly well.
Congrats!
Yes, we have prepared new Stretch Goals of units for the backers, in addition to scenarios and generals, mainly. :D
-
Ave, generals!
The campaign continues at a good pace, so much so that we have had to group the first 20 unlocked goals on one page because we had exceeded the maximum that Kickstarter allows.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/onus-traianus/posts/3460946
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/desbloqueos-actu-4-629x1024.jpg)
-
Watching this very closely and thinking about going all in.
Here is question for you:
In respect to the Roman empire, I count (with stretch goals) 3 legionnaire units and 1 Pretorian Guard unit. Of course with the inclusion of the Roman Auxiliaries, you get another infantry unit, but shouldn't the Auxiliaries have at least the same amount of infantry units as the legionnaire counterparts? Seems kinda small to me especially since the Romans were mainly an infantry army.
Please correct me if I am wrong. So many stretch goals, it is hard to keep up.
-
Watching this very closely and thinking about going all in.
Here is question for you:
In respect to the Roman empire, I count (with stretch goals) 3 legionnaire units and 1 Pretorian Guard unit. Of course with the inclusion of the Roman Auxiliaries, you get another infantry unit, but shouldn't the Auxiliaries have at least the same amount of infantry units as the legionnaire counterparts? Seems kinda small to me especially since the Romans were mainly an infantry army.
Please correct me if I am wrong. So many stretch goals, it is hard to keep up.
I'm probably a bit opinionated on this subject. I used to be a reenactor of the 1st century Roman army - Early Imperial Roman period. I had two "impressions" - one as a heavy legionnaire with overlapping plate armor - "lorica segmentata", cylindrical scutum (shield), and the most modern for the time cassis (helmet). The other impression was of an auxiliary infantry with chain - "lorica hamata", oval flat shield, and earlier period cassis (Coolus E - looks like a Celtic helmet). This was an impression of an very early period auxiliary. The Romans also used native supplied auxiliaries, armed and armored as their native characteristics. So these units were much more likely to be "lighter" in comparison to their Roman counterparts.
During simulated combat (Dan Peterson's "needlefelt" system) against Briton reenactors (spear & shield, light armor), it was very, very clear how much more effective the Lorica Segmentata of the legionaires was compared to hamata (chain). While chainmail is very very effective and superior in some characteristics, segmentata would be much more effective against close order combat where thrusting weapons predominated.
The native (numerii) supplied Auxiliaries would possibly/probably were much less well trained and disciplined that legionnaires.
So my opinion is that Auxiliaries should not be equivalent to Legionaires , YMMV.
Cary
-
So my opinion is that Auxiliaries should not be equivalent to Legionaires , YMMV.
I am not saying that they should be equivalent.
What I am saying is that I believe it was not uncommon for a Roman army to have as many Auxiliaries as they had Legionnaires.
Or am I wrong here?
-
I am not saying that they should be equivalent.
What I am saying is that I believe it was not uncommon for a Roman army to have as many Auxiliaries as they had Legionnaires.
Or am I wrong here?
I think you're probably right, although I cannot cite any source.
-
I think you're probably right, although I cannot cite any source.
Cheers!
Cool write up though. You should post some photos of your re-enactor days. Roman re-enactors look so cool!
-
Watching this very closely and thinking about going all in.
Here is question for you:
In respect to the Roman empire, I count (with stretch goals) 3 legionnaire units and 1 Pretorian Guard unit. Of course with the inclusion of the Roman Auxiliaries, you get another infantry unit, but shouldn't the Auxiliaries have at least the same amount of infantry units as the legionnaire counterparts? Seems kinda small to me especially since the Romans were mainly an infantry army.
Please correct me if I am wrong. So many stretch goals, it is hard to keep up.
Hi @Ray,
We plan that the backers will receive these units, inside the game box and adding the extras:
INFANTRY (16)
Praetorian Guard 4
Legionaries 7
Evocati 5
Praetorian Cavalry 2
Cataphractarii 3
Contarii 3
Equites singulares Augusti 2
Carroballistae 3
AUXILIARS
Equites 5
Funditores 4
Equites Sagittarii 2
Equites Maurorum 4
Cohors Cantabrorum 3
Cohors Gallorum 2
Cohors Syrorum Sagittariorum 4
Cohors Brittonum 5
-
In battle we can represent specialized units or the classic Roman legion with almost all infantry (legionnaires). Our idea is that in the game you have a lot of variety to choose from. :D
-
In battle we can represent specialized units or the classic Roman legion with almost all infantry (legionnaires). Our idea is that in the game you have a lot of variety to choose from. :D
:o
I see. Thanks!
-
Cheers!
Cool write up though. You should post some photos of your re-enactor days. Roman re-enactors look so cool!
About the only photo I haven't lost:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Gv4sA8pcW9SKilO-qiKLnnH_lcbejpwC7OUw3ZUqirJ6IrP5HhNLd-slz8hZLk-mJTyNYmNlN7-NEyrgpCQ5A3VD1BLQ_Q1gzO2ehb1bN3EMZ79b53EeXHSEX1lHfgye003j1lzf5Kr7sleOVMaPkYdp4ywB5Mqljn3lrkhxpoYngckJZVDkg5gK66gs9piXBR93BLjodTHdqttkY8UyjVLcr19MDgnYbgZZ51oM64ZIMYUI52slYXTymZbf8A6OCcXcwLkiGy6kNhnq3_f7PbXQIb7EwxSrMMS8-RoPfVToF4RJdxuCRdGMjf0XqQ_UemujY8jIO-2frRiJjXlL7mrnoul7_YESvfoMdNpNDjqxkdS74IwlixeI4dFiMbjUR6We5E1VDDLQWrNewFEvGrwryj9zC2_UF76Y7fZuSe-F6sAvwjqQXcvhkTeHyWC4mBkjjL2DfPPPTioNAFYmSJbCUQfkd_N6XqQPzSuN1L5lyf6j0SsWSTprhVIhw2rnTM25I5kMnKUNypKAq7gWXOVSVARKFTYv15na599XVNODzzSNexQ8agMNJwaKCntg58DjEasp5NluXCP2o5YNNg8JXeRPBHItvHOyuOFtqPfo5QnY6Ydf7l7xrQnvnzhgWBbZXSqzrL_QAqtJf6Psw82Bxgk415QwG900terpUdR-RG0z5XP3RrtLhSw-OFgDQWczP6gKdH-Bkh1kIMArJMfvMdcCeYWd1uov2PKWeJfybWxViUN8L9DmQ0r2UQ=w480-h720-no?authuser=0)
And here is one I was not in, but this is the group I reenacted with (Legio IX Hispana out of San Diego):
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/x56xRjM5W6lWYq7Wzw8uDcZIcBzbWAXqsIJm4hm5pT97Q4ExXLHYs3kI1iHyCM31JoDzzsdgS4AHKibESjGDDhtAFX1UvvKxVAymLCRiOc48KCBm-RcuJdKeIMohFdZVC7VjwvGxso5e_OEj9eQzdv6ZMRpm93cypxrqnr3H4-1SJkmxAkzH5oNaEnjvpituzRgLii434YuubC5DjgYcVNfsEChIB5iDE66YYtAVPeQMqqmAb2m09WlhiRb7PTQov__lmZc7F63HQ1qwNNpmII_WIoNumw1gr4dF66MkMz6eYYgkI5o-kczW1NHq6FqmSOZ5QmQCK6j01-mhxLx9NE1al2VVep2dieFrSIcJfAYgZMOJ3hWa1aW6JLK53EsoiS3p_Lw8O4oO8PkcmjuxXIt0vvUPIx-gHRLTUHOFOc4PRyyEWui4p_-B-wINYyf5wiWM4HoBaMOVStTaa-PBXS_h-RPPK5nyEEIyw9jq7Jq57xrVReRbBfjViUz99TBnPGSarFnURpn6KetD_PSJAAAIxv5bFCs8aTos1oZA-Fueobzit0Z2FB4DGQqULSUZkvxN2e9XOrxAoeBzhCAdU4a1WGWqnic0l4cMM9zAYWn_Fq8aLp8LewiwiR0_cyUrht1otSRWj2fFBANb0q7J88tNeuKOhrR7WUEw31d7zTVqws6FaKa3wDL59c7H54xL7bfpJq21RtS6uTnqoi9L9Yzt3DMvsYKWb2ziM7ZwyTbu_6k_A6BUKuv_0n1b3w=w800-h600-no?authuser=0)
-
Here is a photo, which I'm not in, but is the group I was part of at an immersion event in Arkansas called AD43 about the Roman invasion of Britain. (These were our guys from the San Diego chapter, I was in the Texas chapter) I was at this event though.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/x56xRjM5W6lWYq7Wzw8uDcZIcBzbWAXqsIJm4hm5pT97Q4ExXLHYs3kI1iHyCM31JoDzzsdgS4AHKibESjGDDhtAFX1UvvKxVAymLCRiOc48KCBm-RcuJdKeIMohFdZVC7VjwvGxso5e_OEj9eQzdv6ZMRpm93cypxrqnr3H4-1SJkmxAkzH5oNaEnjvpituzRgLii434YuubC5DjgYcVNfsEChIB5iDE66YYtAVPeQMqqmAb2m09WlhiRb7PTQov__lmZc7F63HQ1qwNNpmII_WIoNumw1gr4dF66MkMz6eYYgkI5o-kczW1NHq6FqmSOZ5QmQCK6j01-mhxLx9NE1al2VVep2dieFrSIcJfAYgZMOJ3hWa1aW6JLK53EsoiS3p_Lw8O4oO8PkcmjuxXIt0vvUPIx-gHRLTUHOFOc4PRyyEWui4p_-B-wINYyf5wiWM4HoBaMOVStTaa-PBXS_h-RPPK5nyEEIyw9jq7Jq57xrVReRbBfjViUz99TBnPGSarFnURpn6KetD_PSJAAAIxv5bFCs8aTos1oZA-Fueobzit0Z2FB4DGQqULSUZkvxN2e9XOrxAoeBzhCAdU4a1WGWqnic0l4cMM9zAYWn_Fq8aLp8LewiwiR0_cyUrht1otSRWj2fFBANb0q7J88tNeuKOhrR7WUEw31d7zTVqws6FaKa3wDL59c7H54xL7bfpJq21RtS6uTnqoi9L9Yzt3DMvsYKWb2ziM7ZwyTbu_6k_A6BUKuv_0n1b3w=w800-h600-no?authuser=0)
Sorry for the double post of that photo, thought my first one didn't post when I tried to edit the initial posting.
-
Nice! :)
-
I'm probably a bit opinionated on this subject. I used to be a reenactor of the 1st century Roman army - Early Imperial Roman period. I had two "impressions" - one as a heavy legionnaire with overlapping plate armor - "lorica segmentata", cylindrical scutum (shield), and the most modern for the time cassis (helmet). The other impression was of an auxiliary infantry with chain - "lorica hamata", oval flat shield, and earlier period cassis (Coolus E - looks like a Celtic helmet). This was an impression of an very early period auxiliary. The Romans also used native supplied auxiliaries, armed and armored as their native characteristics. So these units were much more likely to be "lighter" in comparison to their Roman counterparts.
During simulated combat (Dan Peterson's "needlefelt" system) against Briton reenactors (spear & shield, light armor), it was very, very clear how much more effective the Lorica Segmentata of the legionaires was compared to hamata (chain). While chainmail is very very effective and superior in some characteristics, segmentata would be much more effective against close order combat where thrusting weapons predominated.
The native (numerii) supplied Auxiliaries would possibly/probably were much less well trained and disciplined that legionnaires.
So my opinion is that Auxiliaries should not be equivalent to Legionaires , YMMV.
Cary
Great information! One question on the availability of the Segmentata. I thought I read somewhere that sometimes there was a mix of LS and LH within cohorts due to supply shortages etc. Do you have any experience or knowledge of this happening? I also find it interesting that in the late Roman army there was a return to the hamata for the heavier armed legionnaires.
-
As it is Friday, there is a free giveaway: two units of Bersekir mercenary units, with a third copy for backers, is very interesting.
On the one hand, they have very good attack and dodge values, they cause fear in their enemies and they also have lunge, so they deal damage before receiving it.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/onus-traianus/posts/3463385
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/4ea93e6af9e5667a633cfc799a59d330_original.jpg)
-
Great information! One question on the availability of the Segmentata. I thought I read somewhere that sometimes there was a mix of LS and LH within cohorts due to supply shortages etc. Do you have any experience or knowledge of this happening? I also find it interesting that in the late Roman army there was a return to the hamata for the heavier armed legionnaires.
I'm certainly no scholarly expert, but others in the groups I was in or interacted with were - the aforementioned Dan Peterson was at the time the curator of the 101st Airmobile division museum, and had done a lot of research and "living history" while stationed in Europe before that. He had strong opinions but a lot of references to back them up. If you don't want to read the detail, yes, I'm sure there was a mixture within units, although not random.
I think that LH was definitely mixed into Legionnaire units, and it even probably predominated in many legions. There was no real standardization as we know it in the Roman Army, everything was crafted as opposed to mass produced to a set pattern. Lots of pros and cons for LH and LS. As I said in my prior post, I think Lorica Segmentata would win hands down in close order combat, but it is definitely more awkward to wear than Lorica Hamata. No question there was a mix. I'd rather be wearing Hamata if I were throwing pila, for example. Field breakage could be more problematic with LS - I'm sure Roman soldiers were capable of field maintenance, but I'd not be happy to have my brass/bronze hinge break and need to be re-riveted during combat (visions of the sholder "mantles" falling apart while fighting). I took a spear (a blunt tipped blade) thrust to my shoulder that barely left a mark on my LS, but I had a huge bruise underneath and was amazed it didn't shatter hinges.
Chainmail (Hamata) is really easy to make if you are just making butted mail - I'm far to blind to try to make riveted mail and it would be too finicky to be made in the field - and can non-riveted mail can easily be done in odd bits in spare time with basically no equipment, while making a Segmentata would be a major endeavour. Easy to make and easy to repair.
Finally, wearing a sizable (more than a short sleeved shirt of mail) Hamata all day is really tiring. I am amazed that soldiers back in the day could wear it all day, day in and day out. Segmentata is definitely less tiring to wear in my experience.
So I'd expect units to have mixed armor. Really good Lorica Hamata for Centurions and Signifers, wealthier soldiers - tight, riveted mail - and scattered cheaper butted mail for some of the Legionnaires (perhaps younger, less wealthy ones). But I'd expect the bulk of common soldiers to wear LS if they were available.
My books are buried (figuratively) somewhere, so no citations, but I'd recommend Adrian Goldsworthy's published research. He did a lot of the field archaeology. He is a really good author of period fiction too.
Cary
-
Okay, so I went "ALL" all in.
Now I am not a board game player, but my eyes have been suffering and it looks like my painting days are over. :(
Thus, one of the things I really liked about the game is that the Unit Cards appear to be fairly large and easily identified, rather than those little tiny unit markers characteristic of most board war games. So it was the format which drew me into backing the project.
We'll see how I like the game, but I think I could easily be drawn into other historic games which use a similar format.
-
Okay, so I went "ALL" all in.
Now I am not a board game player, but my eyes have been suffering and it looks like my painting days are over. :(
Thus, one of the things I really liked about the game is that the Unit Cards appear to be fairly large and easily identified, rather than those little tiny unit markers characteristic of most board war games. So it was the format which drew me into backing the project.
We'll see how I like the game, but I think I could easily be drawn into other historic games which use a similar format.
I haven't been too much of a boardgamer since I was a teenager an awfully long time ago. But I am all in as well.
-
More exclusive content? :o
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/onus-traianus/posts/3466853
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/desbloqueos-actu-6.jpg)
-
New update!
New gift, 42 Stretch Goals unlocked.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/onus-traianus/posts/3469460
-
Ave!
Giveaway, solo play and unlocked social objectives
It's Tuesday and we have news and a giveaway for you. +45 Stretch Goals unlocked.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/onus-traianus/posts/3473302
(https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/036/888/350/71d48be4526387a6deea65c90dd8d135_original.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.0.2&w=700&fit=max&v=1649153231&gif-q=50&q=92&s=6f98d22482a52db4821bfc8fb2c04773)
Thanks to Nick from Talking Cardboard we have recorded an introduction to the solo game mode, here is the video:
https://youtu.be/gxJq5wSd5h0
-
Today is Friday and, as always, we have a giveaway for you. But there are many other things we also want to tell you.
Gaius Sueonius Paulinus is already preparing for battle, as Boudica approaches.
Do you know who these two historical figures are?
There are already more than 50 Stretch Goals unlocked in "ONUS! TRAIANUS".
LAST DAYS!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/onus-traianus/posts/3476198
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/desbloqueos-actu-9.jpg)
-
Last hours & Giveaway!
All 57 Stretch Goals are unlocked now as we enter the last hours of the campaign. Our backers are going to receive a ton of additional content, as well as exclusive content, such as today's giveaway!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/onus-traianus/posts/3478779
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/SG-47-nuevo-OK.jpg)
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/resumen-final-02-279x1024.jpg)
-
Congrats on a successful campaign!
-
Congrats on a successful campaign!
Thanks!!! @Ray Rivers :D
-
After the huge success of the funding campaign for ONUS! Traianus, we can only thank the 2206 backers who have supported us. THANK YOU!
While we prepare the pledge manager, which will be launched in May or June, a last chance option or Late Pledge is already available for those who arrived late to the campaign.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/onus-traianus/posts/3480410
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/portadas-KS-ONUS-final-ENG.jpg)
-
All credit to the amount of effort you chaos are putting into promoting this everywhere on the wargames Internet, but looking at the gameplay, what’s actually the “thing” in this game that makes it something different to a tweaked version of DBA using playing cards instead of figures mounted on standard DBx bases?
The numbers of units per side, the way they move and fight, the essentially fixed army compositions, it all seems quite DBA-ish. Nothing wrong with that, DBA has a great engine and has spawned many imitators and successors (usually at a bigger scale with more bases and list building options) - but what’s the main differences between this game and DBA?
-
All credit to the amount of effort you chaos are putting into promoting this everywhere on the wargames Internet, but looking at the gameplay, what’s actually the “thing” in this game that makes it something different to a tweaked version of DBA using playing cards instead of figures mounted on standard DBx bases?
The numbers of units per side, the way they move and fight, the essentially fixed army compositions, it all seems quite DBA-ish. Nothing wrong with that, DBA has a great engine and has spawned many imitators and successors (usually at a bigger scale with more bases and list building options) - but what’s the main differences between this game and DBA?
Hi madaxeman.
You can download the WIP manual on the kickstarter and you will see that there are many differences. Half of the game is playing the action cards right, which have orders (to activate units) and events (to condition combat and shooting). There are many game systems with miniatures, some of them are similar to each other, ours may be similar to some of them in some things, but it is very different in general.
-
Aaaah - I see. Very helpful to have the rules online already
Yep, thats very different to DBA!
-
Thanks! :D
-
Ave!
Today we want to share with you the final draft of the rulebooks.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/onus-traianus/posts/3540080
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/reglas-solitario-ONUS-768x432.jpg)
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/reglas-genericas-ONUS-768x432.jpg)
-
Downloaded - look good, although I've only had time for a very quick look. 8) 8) 8)
-
Similarly - certainly appreciate that the rules can be seen - initial impressions is that it looks good and reads well.
-
Thanks!
Please send us any suggestions by private message.
The rules have been translated by a native English speaker and proofread by several external collaborators, but there is always room for improvement.
But if you detect a serious error, we could change it in 1-2 weeks. After reviewing it a thousand times and with several dozen eyes, it is always possible to find something :D
-
It's August, but we're still making progress on ONUS!
In the last update, we show you the dice, the coasters, the insert, compendium…
Do you have yours reserved?
There's still time to get a Late Pledge.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/onus-traianus/posts/3585070
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/esquema-inserto.jpeg)
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/20220809_085459-768x576.jpg)
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/compendium-768x576.jpg)
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/posavasos-768x517.png)
-
Going like clockwork!
The main news on this update is that we remain on schedule and manufacturing is going ahead at a good pace.
We have received the quality sample, it is a box with all the final components, but blank. It is one of the steps in the manufacturing process, in order to validate them to the factory.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/onus-traianus/posts/3614005
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Actu-ONUS-sep22-c.jpg)
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Actu-ONUS-sep22.jpg)
-
Generals!
We open ONUS!, which we will be receiving in January.
We are now in the final stage of the project and, although everything has been on schedule, the manufacturing has been very complex and we have had to make several improvements, so it has been delayed. We expect to receive the games by the end of January and we will start shipping then.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/onus-traianus/posts/3673643
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221110_125033-scaled.jpg)
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221111_124634-scaled.jpg)
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221111_125602-scaled.jpg)
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221111_124015-scaled.jpg)
-
This is one of our favorite parts of the campaigns: The game arrived in our warehouses last Friday and has already started shipping to your homes.
There is only one moment we like the most, when we see your photos of the games deployed!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/onus-traianus/posts/3731321
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20230121_165015-scaled.jpg)
-
New Update!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/onus-traianus/posts/3792258
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/20230403_131000-2048x1536.jpg)
-
An ONUS! expansion based on Simon Scarrow’s books. The conquest of Britannia with Roman Emperor Claudius, Vespasian, Vitellius, Macro and Cato...
Soon on Kickstarter!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/under-the-eagle
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/portada-1.jpg)
-
duly noted and saved to notify on launch!
thank you kindly for letting us know :)
-
3 Stretch Goals unlocked in the campaign of "Under the Eagle", the ONUS! expansion
Want to know more about them?
We'll tell you in this update:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/under-the-eagle/posts/3908340
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/portada-ENG-27m.jpg)
-
Another Stretch Goal unlocked for "Under the Eagle"
And we talk about fires, limited visibility, palisades and more additional rules of the expansion in today's update:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/under-the-eagle/posts/3914603
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SG-07b-ok-1-1.jpg)
-
Only a few months earlier Lucius Cornelius Macro had been an optio
His former comrades in the ranks were still inclined to treat him as an equal
It was hard to register a respectful attitude to one who so recently had been seen emptying his guts of a skinful of cheap wine
Want to know more about the characters in "Under the Eagle "?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/under-the-eagle/posts/3917976
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/carta-MACRO-nueva.jpg)
-
Two more Stretch Goals have been unlocked in the "Under the Eagle" campaign, the expansion of ONUS!
We tell you in the update.
All objectives have now been unlocked!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/under-the-eagle/posts/3920998
The only thing missing is the social Stretch Goal on Twitter to have it all, sharing it with everyone:
https://twitter.com/DracoIdeasEN/status/1701610775344005488
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SG-09-no-1.jpg)
-
Hello!
All Stretch Goals have now been unlocked, including the Cato card without armor.
Our favorite Optio will participate in some of the scenarios without being equipped for battle, but will always be a good asset to any unit.
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/carta-CATO-nueva.jpg)
He had to look up to examine the lad who was nearly a foot taller man himself. Under the brim of the travelling cloak, a mop of black hair had been flattened into straggling trails by the rain. Below a flat brow, a pair of piercing brown eyes in deep sockets glinted either side of a long thin nose. The boy's mouth was clamped shut, but the bottom lip trembled slightly. Although the clothes were soaked and splattered with mud from the long journey from the depot at Aventicum, they were of a surprisingly good quality. As for the writing set, the books and this letter for the legate… Well, this recruit was something else. Clearly no stranger to money but, if so, then why the hell join the army?
'Cato, wasn't it?'
'Yes.'
'I'm also called sir.' Macro smiled.
On Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/under-the-eagle/
-
We would like to give a few notes on the scenarios included in the expansion, as they have all been unlocked!
Most of them, except for the prologue, feature Macro and/or Cato as characters, as well as other generals using the rules of the base game.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/under-the-eagle/posts/3926372
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/e0970e362c39e6489a3815c85422d2bf_original.jpg)
Prologue "Julius Caesar in Britannia" Kickstarter exclusive.
Book I: Under the Eagle
Blood on the banks of the Rhine
Narcissus - Across Gaul
Book II: The Eagle's Conquest
Battle of Medway River (43 CE)
Battle for Camulodunum (43 CE)
Book III: When the Eagle Hunts
Ambush
Fleeing the village
Attack on the Hill fort
Do you know which battle each scenario refers to, and in which one will our heroes appear without armor?
-
A preview of the content of the expansion "Under the Eagle" - Simon Scarrow
Don't miss the Kickstarter campaign
36 pages of new content for ONUS!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/under-the-eagle/posts/3931119
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/organizacion-ENG.jpg)
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Contenido-ENG.jpg)
-
Last hours and EVERYTHING unlocked!
What a better timing to announce that we are going to unblock the backer-exclusive tuckboxes.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/under-the-eagle/posts/3931300
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/20a9ec64bb2b10a1f95e4cccc82e9ee4_original-scaled.jpg)
-
Many thanks to all of you who have supported Under the Eagle on Kickstarter
The campaign ended, but the Late Pledge is now open, in case you missed it
We talk here about the following steps:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/under-the-eagle/posts/3932218
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/portadas-KS-ONUS-Eagle-ENG-gracias-768x432.jpg)
-
Greetings!
Two weeks ago we made an update on Kickstarter about the start of the Pledge Manager.
We have already been able to confirm the files with the factory and we hope to be able to deliver the games on the scheduled date, March 2024.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/under-the-eagle/posts/3957244
-
We are very proud to have received the Tabula award for the best wargame in Spain in 2023.
And the honor of being nominated for the prestigious Charles S. Roberts Awards, in the Best Ancient game category.
In this link there is more information :)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/onus-traianus/posts/4080192
(https://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Onus-premios-ENG.jpg)