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Title: Elbows: Famine, Sword, & Fire (Battle Masters Army, P.6)
Post by: Elbows on October 02, 2022, 08:29:21 PM
I initially posted this in the ancients sub-forum, but give my main opponent has decided to lean medieval/dark ages...this thread will make more sense in the fantasy sub-section and won't cause anybody heart attacks of the mis-use of respectable historical miniatures.

Concept: just challenging myself to make some fun rank-n-flank rules.  That's it.  Not a commercial prospect, just wanted to justify buying some Victrix and having some cool rank-n-flank lookin' armies.  I've always enjoyed the aesthetic of stuff like Warhammer Fantasy back in the day, but despised the game rules, etc.  I've watched some Hail Caesar battle reports and a few other historical ancients games, and they just didn't intrigue me enough.

So...armed with one buddy who expressed interest, we started collecting and building little armies in secret, on the off chance I ever got around to actually putting something together.

Then the notes started.  I think of all the wargaming "aspects" designing games is definitely the one that occupies most of my time.  So all games start as notes:
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVHz5oukhb6c1nLQO0rlAjICnRLt2GIqfyfaE-9WQYcENip9QkbILXSkOTOBCgBaZ3IxiADqKwXJy8znv-yrX9onUfT-6TlEC0sdcAsTd-mW7aXtHQw_OS7I6G38EdIcmgnRUuzwg1-wGbtpms-681TBsc-HDxMo2TBXxNVYrG0Sm1UfHwvUXpyjWfnQ/s4096/FSAF%20Notes.jpg)

Notes eventually become notebooks full of notes...(in the case of my dungeon crawl...it's been a 20+ year project!).

Then I assembled an army, just...ya know, in case the notes became a game.  Can't playtest notes if you don't have models, right?  Seems like solid justification to me.  The first decisions I made was simple; units would be X numbers of bases.  I hate movement trays and casualy removal (I just think its' ugly), and small bases would make units almost as easy to move.  So I opted for 40mm squares and circles for infantry (circles for skirmishers who "cannot" go into Close Order), and 50mm squares and circles for cavalry (and even those are a little small for the Victrix cavalry!)

Light Infantry Unit (units consist of between 1 and 10 bases)
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Light Infantry Unit (units would also be more..."Warhammer" scaled than reality.  In theory the game is scale-agnostic so a base could also be 600 miniatures in 2mm I suppose...)
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'Berserker' Light Infantry Unit (I chose to use Dacians from Victrix as my base, as I like the look of them.  Being an Imagi-Nations setting, these will be...whatever fake nation or empire I decide to use them as!)
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1AzjqziN2naaQq0sRO3idT4fF5GFcM_DThhGEpixGiNbZGK8XtgHehB1KDhkUEIXqI2ETJ4IIfbTCwn6hNsuF8HP_99DAE5icrcAvgh7-EqGfnT7bXkyVSfYL322QXtfOVbfEkx6V5AkFFNSX2V4ns5I89j9vBsEaxZ13ngZ84N5jw55GUczXW-Y58g/s2048/Dacian%20Berserkers%20(1).jpg)

Light Chariots (Gallic chariots convetred with some Dacian figures)
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Light Missile Infantry Skirmishers (Skirmishers move faster, cannot fight in Close Order, and provide additional bonuses to an army)
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The mini-army before I added cavalry:
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At this point, the army is "big enough" for simple play-testing.  We actually ran one play test game using my scribbled notes, and it was fun enough to pursue.

I also painted up some heavy cavalry (Gallic cavalry, again converted with Dacian heads, and some Dacian weapons, etc.)
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbsAXVW-YTpQOGSe1JBZL7omY4mx9ilyzX_Uhhh362AunMPKjn6DbAavn0PzxSqddbAhSQvV1b9J8_n0pHddQEZaCSP8Sp05Zk9rDpDSiErNgrDt5U3j5NPbH1D4jU5In2z6s3dHEe_m5Z99GhYuGHmBD_DpVr_kibWubg2pq3-47QWQ80XmLdMaZgSQ/s4096/Heavy%20Cavalry%20(1).jpg)

Within 24 hours of the play-test I'd designed and ordered tokens.  The general idea being that units will draw combat tokens as they suffer casualties.  Tokens will be blind or revealed, and enemy players won't know what some of your tokens are.  Units will have a large variety of impacts from combat, a few good ones, and mostly bad ones.

The tokens will be both 'combat tokens' (each player has a bag of 80 tokens they'll draw blindly when suffering combat results), and a bunch of tokens for simply identifying battlefield conditions and unit conditions (inspiration, wounds, formations, deployment zones, etc.)
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyO7i1bY4zNumhXyD-lK0KfzXl7FwPrXR90dHjkz82MqVyt0cVqWJzWY3Ot_5myJH7toLYEpzKKhTkep_mgaiAc5nNiK5fTdB5vSbrknk4zK0nbnbMxhjgOjMeK1q5EmL7FoY8VA7RQRw3sJPpp9HXOUx7ZsRFg2OYh6jb2TOYPyyfnZ_7A4pOxrh4ZQ/s853/Token%20Samples.PNG)

Then I got it in my head to design a 16"x10" neoprene mat for keeping score, and monitoring off-table assets (called, simply, Agents).  So I whipped that up, though I have yet to order a test copy...
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The idea being a kind of tug-of-war scoring idea.  If you push the scoring token to your opponents Skull, you score a "major victory" immediately, if the game ends while the score token it on your opponents icon or higher, you win a "minor victory".  An army will gain victory points for securing objectives, destroying or breaking enemy units, killing the enemy general, etc.

I will post more as this nonsense develops.  It is likely not a commercial product, but I still want to produce it to the nicest state possible, and have yet another playable, fun game.  It adds some variety to what we locally play, as well.

Oh..and...I'm not saying I already ordered some custom dice...but I ordered some custom dice.  The logo simply came from what I decided to paint on my guys shields - something simple and something I could replicate.  Why not a creepy bird?  Then I whipped up the icon and threw it over to Chessex to get some dice (partially as a birthday gift for my buddy who's be playing with me).

(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJzbC7DqDLbW83YMaCk6Ior3Eb_uJSrhXFEaqo2LaAkFxWB5bCUg932d3xPXX9dkYI68ZkY33tc7pe6giyg--LvP3XccojfcTngmugL3ixVJja1zT9UVjwWrxbU8Z0HaFux0mKoxSkJiegpSbnMYR4JiXRYaDge6PWseNFpIHWj1fpUnPATgB6harKQ/s1024/DSCN5061.JPG)

So I had the skeleton of a game...had a cool little logo...had some nice dice.  What would I call this project?  I was thinking on the subject as I was painting and watching Henry the V.  I got up from the table and as I turned off the movie, the last line was one I'd always appreciated:

“…and at his heels, leashed in like hounds, should Famine, Sword and Fire crouch for employment.”

Now, admittedly this is aimed at ancient warfare a bit more than medieval...but the line was too good not to use.  Boom.  Done.  Name acquired.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Ogrob on October 02, 2022, 10:46:15 PM
Good luck with the game design, you have certainly made a nice looking force for playtest.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: has.been on October 03, 2022, 03:41:35 PM
Hope this does what you want.
I'll be watching in the hope of updates. 8)
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on October 03, 2022, 07:58:38 PM
That makes two of us! :D

This is really just about scratching an itch.  A "cool looking army" itch, and just a "can I design something functional" itch.  I know there are heaps of fantasy and ancient/historical rank-n-flank games out there, I'm just being pedantic.  It's kind of like a hobby challenge to myself.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: has.been on October 04, 2022, 05:54:09 AM
Quote
This is really just about scratching an itch.  A "cool looking army" itch, and just a "can I design something functional" itch.  I know there are heaps of fantasy and ancient/historical rank-n-flank games out there, I'm just being pedantic.  It's kind of like a hobby challenge to myself.

It is a hobby, so feel free to do want ever floats your boat. :D
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: PineyPhantom on October 06, 2022, 12:15:01 AM
I really dig the idea of random effects from combat. Would more disciplined units get limited redrawn to avoid negative effects initially? That way they can hold on better when they're more fresh and then as the game grinds them down you're sort of guaranteed to drawn worse effects?
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on October 06, 2022, 02:03:47 AM
At current, in addition to fighting stats, units will have a Command and Loyalty value based on their level of experience (which can be further modified via traits and Commanders).

Some of the combat tokens will be Command or Loyalty tests to avoid losing a base - so units which are more elite will have an advantage.  Likewise, more experienced units will have more traits, meaning they can select traits which increase their values, etc.

I'm likely not going to do re-drawing, though units will have random commanders, which will also have their own unique benefits (and penalties!), so it's feasible that a trait or commander might simply allow a unit to ignore the first one or two tokens they draw, etc.  Inspiration (which can be drawn as a combat token or generated in other fashions) also let you ignore a "Waver" token (white flag).  This means units which begin with inspiration can avoid breaking...though it will not protect them against actual casualties.

One of the combat tokens is "lose commander" which will slay a general, commander, or hero.  This can then be countered by a unit taking the Bodyguard trait, etc.  So there are lots of levels thus far to problem solve.  I think it will open up the game for a lot of sneaky nonsense.  I also think it will lend itself to seizing moments to deliver game-winning charges, or attacks, etc.  If you can jump on the right set of circumstances and stack everything in your favour, you can really deliver a coup de grace. (in theory...)
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on October 10, 2022, 04:54:32 AM
While I have more unopened bags of Victrix to deal with, I found myself with a command sprue of Dacians and a bunch of Gallic soldiers which come with the chariots....so I smashed them all together to form a heavy infantry unit.

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I then snapped a couple pics of the army as it stands right now.  I think when "complete" it'll be around double this size.

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Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Pattus Magnus on October 10, 2022, 05:06:31 AM
That’s a formidable mob! Great job putting together a coherent looking force  from the different kits.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on October 10, 2022, 05:59:42 AM
Thanks!  I've got some kits coming up that may end up being mercenaries, simply because some will not blend, but overall very stoked for something that's come together so quickly.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Grumpy Gnome on October 10, 2022, 06:23:15 AM
Great work yet again mate, Lovin’Em! 👍
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: syrinx0 on October 11, 2022, 02:03:41 AM
What a fun looking project.  Impressively fast build and painting on the army.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on October 15, 2022, 01:35:05 PM
Well, it's a good thing I moved this thread to the Fantasy section.  I got in a playtest the other day with the newly arrived tokens, but my buddy only has fantasy-related armies.  So he assembled an army of skellingtons.

Punching out and cleaning tokens:
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A large kurfuffle:
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My chariot, which foolishly charged into combat, tried to withdraw and broke:
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Mayhem late in the game:
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My archers doing their best to stay safe:
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Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on October 25, 2022, 06:00:20 PM
A small unit of skirmish cavalry completed.

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Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Knight-Captain Tyr on October 25, 2022, 08:36:25 PM
I just wanted to say firstly that this is an astoundingly cool thread and your graphic design skills are top notch. I'm going to enjoy following this so much.

Secondly, although somewhat annoyingly, I've gone and painted nearly exactly the same symbol on some of my guys' banners. Great minds, but I'll have to tweak mine now! Really cool that you went the extra mile and got custom dice sorted out.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on October 25, 2022, 08:46:01 PM
Lol, there's a dead simple logic to it : what emblem can I paint easily and repeatedly on shields?  I just scribbled a few in a notebook, and chose the bird one.  Then, decided to get some dice for them, and then though "Well, hell...just make it the game emblem?" So it just snow-balled from a scribble. :D

Eventually I'll have some units which are not tied to this army and will be mercenaries with some different shields/etc.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on October 27, 2022, 04:24:49 AM
A few pictures from another playtest.

(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6MYI-Iy1CMbTdktLHZ710is9myh4uBDm7hmGPIPQIo27ag-cOTZjXKUhGayMhLF1qLhz_zsTbeBoeExCAtGP9LxcLcE3FqpgqusYn0yFdtFh6WM706uByiJ8ighB_xvwzeOi97DelXo33fWMZEv9D3cFPQ7NOLDXlZE3MCSkyi_k8N0fDnYvflUprXA/s2048/Hillside%20Defense.jpg)

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Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Chimpfoot on October 27, 2022, 05:37:47 AM
Your stuff is always such a treat 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: levied troop on October 27, 2022, 06:58:40 AM
Very interesting thread - I’m tempted by a medieval/fantasy mash up myself and you’re making temptation harder to resist.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on November 16, 2022, 03:22:46 AM
No painting or gaming in the past few weeks - I've been busy building stupid MDF terrain for other projects.  However, I did receive some more test materials in the mail.

The test neoprene mat for tracking victory points, agents, and seasons and stuff.
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Some mini-decks for randomized commanders and generals.
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A sample of unit commanders (which generally boost or penalize command and loyalty values of the units they're leading)
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Generals include two additional values; diplomacy and strategy --- used for starting the game and for campaign stuff(?)
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Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: plessiez on November 16, 2022, 04:50:40 AM
Interesting seeing this coming together. Are you playtesting solo?

You have a good visual eye, I'm guessing you have a graphic design background in some way? You've made nice choices in your layout, fonts, and icon design.

I would say though that I think "Famine, Fire and Sword" rolls off the tongue better than "Famine, Sword, and Fire"
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Old Hob on November 16, 2022, 11:46:09 AM
This is all looking very tasty, Elbows. Following with interest.

I would say though that I think "Famine, Fire and Sword" rolls off the tongue better than "Famine, Sword, and Fire"

I had the exact same thought. However, on checking:

Quote
Then should the warlike Harry, like himself,
Assume the port of Mars; and at his heels,
Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword and fire
Crouch for employment.

Henry V (prologue)

Not sure I'm qualified to take issue with Bill Shakespeare's verse.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: **GS** on November 16, 2022, 12:48:32 PM
I would say though that I think "Famine, Fire and Sword" rolls off the tongue better than "Famine, Sword, and Fire"
As a German I'm fine with "Famine, Sword, and Fire". And we Germans aren't famous for our pronounciation skills when it comes to speaking english. ;)

And it's not bad to quote Shakespeare
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Knight-Captain Tyr on November 16, 2022, 09:25:17 PM
Inspirational as ever!
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on November 17, 2022, 03:26:46 PM
Thanks, and yep...straight from ole' Bill's mouth, lol.  Also...FSF is slightly less amusing than FFS as an acronym ;)

I'm play testing with a handful of local guys.  This game is likely not going to be commercial, so we're just slow rollin' and having fun.  Sadly don't get to game nearly enough to have consistent/solid playtesting nowdays.

No graphical design background, etc.  Just slowly self-teaching on stuff like GIMP (free fake photoshop).  I definitely enjoy it though.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on December 08, 2022, 05:57:05 PM
Another small unit of light cavalry has been finished, as well as some pics of the army (some came out blurry, sadly).

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I have several more bags of Victrix minis to do...so this army is still not near completion.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Marine0846 on December 08, 2022, 06:27:38 PM
This is a really cool thread. 8)
Love your figures.
May I ask, is there a reason you mounted them three to a stand?
Great looking card and other game playing aids.
Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Pattus Magnus on December 08, 2022, 06:56:24 PM
Those look excellent! Your original plan to put together a force that will work in a variety fantasy and ancient games is definitely successful, I would say. These guys seem like they would work really well for Dunlendings in Middle-Earth inspired games, for example.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on December 08, 2022, 11:50:32 PM
They're mounted three to a stand for a very simple reason; that's all that comfortable fits on a 40mm base without massive overhangs.  In addition, I get more bases out of my minis that way (same reason the "skirmisher" archers are two to a base).  In this game your units consist of between 1-10 bases, which makes the game scale agnostic (other than perhaps needing to reduce the ranges if you were to play on a small scale).

Also if we're being really picky...whenever possible, all of the minis are placed on a base so that there is no overhang - no arms/swords/legs/shields/etc. to get snagged when moving the base.  It can't be helped with cavalry, but if you look at my infantry top-down, almost nothing hangs out over the 40mm base itself.

The number of figures on the base is immaterial and entirely up to the player.  Likewise if both opponents wanted to adopt some slightly weird basing size/shape, it wouldn't make a different.  A base is a base.  So, these 40mm squares could hold 3-4 28mm figures, or 10-20 smaller figures - the game still plays the same.  So if someone desired a more realistic unit size (you can see my "army" is only an army by 'gaming' standards, ala Warhammer, etc.) they could use smaller miniatures but still use the same rules.

If you went to 6/10/15mm for a game like this you'd probably want to cut ranges in half or reduce inches to centimeters.

Pattus; thanks.  Yeah this force is very generic fake-ancients.  Could be used (with a stretch) in a Warhammer setting, a GoT setting, a Middle Earth setting, a Hyborean setting, etc.   In a pinch some of the units could even (gasp) be used in an actual historical setting, though I think the button-counters would have a fit. :D

Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on December 27, 2022, 04:04:17 PM
I had two leftover cavalry from an earlier box - so I painted them up as heroes and/or couriers.

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Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: DivisMal on December 27, 2022, 04:20:41 PM
What an amazing project! Those modern plastic sets offer such great opportunities.
As someone earning his money with researching the archetypes, I can also add that those more or less standardized „units“ many wargame rules suggest to us are pretty far off from the prehistoric reality, so your „imagined tribes“ could very well have existed in the many many poorly researched placed of pre-literate Europe!
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on December 27, 2022, 04:38:01 PM
Yep, hence why it is more of a fantasy project than reality.  After listening to hundreds of hours of ancient warfare podcasts I basically come away with "No one knows anything, and everything we think is wrong".  lol
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: DivisMal on December 27, 2022, 04:41:58 PM
Yep, hence why it is more of a fantasy project than reality.  After listening to hundreds of hours of ancient warfare podcasts I basically come away with "No one knows anything, and everything we think is wrong".  lol

Yeah, that’s basically a very good summary…
Especially do we only know about the wars fought with Mediterranean civilizations and nearly nothing about the myriads of conflicts that must have existed in the world north of the Alps!
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on February 24, 2023, 06:17:59 PM
Not much in the way of updates for this project lately - other than a few extra stands of basic Dacian style light infantry (and a hero).

Been mainly working on the rules and tweaking stuff lately.  Haven't had the chance to play it much lately.

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I have a new bag of Dacians I'll be using to flesh out a bunch of units and more or less "finish" the not-Dacian army.  Another few units of infantry and I'll move onto some kind of opposing force.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: DivisMal on February 24, 2023, 07:04:03 PM
They keep up coming. I lile the new bases.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on March 04, 2023, 01:58:36 AM
Got in another playtest today vs. my buddy.  Got whupped, as usual.

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Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Knight-Captain Tyr on March 04, 2023, 01:56:01 PM
Always a pleasure to see updates on this thread. Such an inspiring project. Your terrain looks great as well.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on March 18, 2023, 04:34:06 PM
Slowly bolstering the existing units, some more berserkers today.

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Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on March 21, 2023, 08:06:26 PM
Added a few more bases of normal light infantry today...so the horde is growing comfortably.  Still a bag and a half of Victrix to go before this army is "done".

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Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: LouieN on March 21, 2023, 09:20:48 PM
Keep chipping away
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Pattus Magnus on March 22, 2023, 12:09:18 AM
It looks like a well rounded force at this point!
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on March 22, 2023, 01:56:55 AM
Thanks.  Very happy with this army thus far...the opposing force will hopefully be a kind of Persian imitation (more cavalry, archers, elephants, etc.).

I have another 40-50 figures for this army to complete.  Working on a heavy chariot at the moment - for a general perhaps.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on March 23, 2023, 08:22:41 PM
Late to the party and thus missing the army-wide shot, I finally built the third Victrix chariot -- decided to make a General's chariot or some such.

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Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: LouieN on March 24, 2023, 02:08:32 PM
Well done
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Pattus Magnus on March 24, 2023, 04:01:00 PM
I like this army a lot - the kitbashing gives it a differ look and feel from ancient armies like the Gauls and different from any fantasy armies I have seen. On this chariot, the Dacian bits look great!
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on March 30, 2023, 03:24:59 PM
Nothing too exciting, just a few more berserkers and a crazy lady (probably used for a hero).

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Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Ogrob on March 30, 2023, 07:12:08 PM
Really cool project. Love the white warpaint.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: DivisMal on March 30, 2023, 07:51:03 PM
Yeah, a bery cool project and the white warpaint looks really evil!
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on March 31, 2023, 05:23:50 AM
Thanks.  Still absorbing what a fantastic deal the celtic chariots were from Victrix.  I got a bag for $27.  From it I built the three chariots, two bases of additional armoured infantry and have six spare heroes/characters (the lady in the picture above is one of them).  Staggering considering $27 won't even get you a single 28mm figure from some companies.  lol
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Dolnikan on April 03, 2023, 08:41:08 PM
All these figures look absolutely amazing and I'm very curious about the development of your ruleset as well. Especially because it can be so hard to find a ruleset that's truly appealing.

And to be fair to companies that sell single figures for more then $27, those generally aren't 28mm minis anymore. But based on some recent ones more like 40mm.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on April 19, 2023, 06:02:52 AM
Had another playtest today with my buddy (and his not-Vikings).  The game took forever, but...in a good way.  We both played super cagey and "tactical" and really had a lot of analysis paralysis.   lol

Some thoughts below the pictures.

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Thoughts:

1) Building an army is almost as fun as playing the game.  We used a random settlement table to generate the eight units we were using.  We both rolled semi-poorly and neither had any Veteran or Elite units (all Levy and Regular).  This made it very tough, allowing units to only pick one or two traits, meaning you had to really think about what you spent your training on.  We both ended up taking agents and couriers. Agents have special effects (rolled randomly) prior to the game, and couriers are expendable 'counters" (represented by a model) which allow you a guaranteed activation.  Assigning the different commanders and seeing who your general was is always fun.

2) For being a new game, the game runs super smooth and elegant, even in an absolute clusterfuck of a game.  We had maybe one or two questions I hadn't tackled when writing up the rules...so that's always encouraging.  The rules did not get in the way of the game and we both have the game down really well already.

3) There seems to be a ton of risk/reward (which leads to the analysis paralysis sometimes!) in what decisions you make.  If you charge you get a bonus...but then you may be counter-charged or flanked.  When do you spend your sprint abilities on your cavalry?  Who is best suited to fight in the woods?  Do you drop your defensive formation to move faster, or will you be caught with your pants down?  Who do you spend your couriers on?  Can you get archers in range without being at risk of being attacked by enemy missile troops or enemy cavalry?  Can you advance with your units while cavalry is galloping around your back field?  There is a ton to consider for such a "simple" game.

4) Thus far the stats, traits, etc. seem to be pretty evenly written.  There aren't many "power combos" we've stumbled into - yet.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on July 25, 2023, 01:58:35 AM
Been trying to get models off my desk..painted some more archers.

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PS: Another pair of archer bases I knocked out today.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on December 28, 2023, 05:39:33 PM
Despite being buried under other projects, there is still work going on for FSF.

In order to rope in more buddies, I've added 'fantasy' options to traits, etc.  I've started building a small "evil" army (which will face off with my Dacians and other player's "good guy" armies).

A unit of ogres.
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A unit of orcs (I realized I had half a box of Oathmark orcs sitting around, convenient!)
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The collected bad guys with a giant I painted a little while ago.
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Some pictures from a playtest game against my buddy's skeleton horde.
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Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Grumpy Gnome on December 28, 2023, 05:45:49 PM
Loving it all mate! 👍
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Pattus Magnus on December 28, 2023, 08:07:29 PM
I agree with Grumpy, the figures and game look brilliant! Just curious- how compatible would rectangular bases (40x30) be with the rules? I could see myself using my 15mm collection with them if there’s flexibility in the basing.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on December 29, 2023, 04:13:47 AM
Basing is irrelevant as long as its consistent between players, really.

A base is a base, so it doesn't matter if it's 40mm square, or the standard Hail Caesar size, etc.  As long as its consistent between forces so no one is gainng some weird modeling advantage.

We generally are doing 40mm squares for infantry and 50mm squares for cavalry, etc.  Even minor differences aren't going to make a big deal, but it would very much be player discretion.  Unit sizes are from 3-12 bases.

The speed/distance is designed around 28mm more or less, but could easily be halved or converted from inches to CM to play at a smaller scale.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Pattus Magnus on December 29, 2023, 07:19:26 AM
That’s what I was hoping to hear, thanks for the information! It sounds like a very sensible approach.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on January 06, 2024, 05:27:50 PM
Got another playtest in with my buddy - expanding on our fantasy traits and the addition of spells, etc.  I won a narrow victory in a game which went back and forth several times.

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Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on January 22, 2024, 07:53:54 AM
Another game of FSF in the books, with some heavy revisions being performed.  Some new tokens/cards, etc.  Been doing a lot of work on the rules as we now are playing enough test games to figure some stuff out.

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In addition...my desire to be able to run FSF at conventions...but not wanting to risk my Dacians has led to some more poor decisions...details to come over the next few months.

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Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Basementboy on January 22, 2024, 10:44:17 PM
Poor decisions! No such thing! lol
But jokes aside, looking forward to seeing what you do with them in the next update ;)
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on January 28, 2024, 04:37:04 AM
No Battle Masters just yet...but working on finishing the "not" Dacians.

The last two bases of heavy infantry and one hero.
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There is only one more unit of 6-7 bases that I'm working on now.

I also edited/fixed/replaced some cards, redid the token percentages, re-worked the battle mat, etc.  Just some early prototype stuff.  Been doing a ton of work on the rules simply because I have some buddies who are actively interested in it.

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Changed the colour sets from Blue/Red to a white/black kind of approach.

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Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Burgundavia on January 28, 2024, 05:37:49 AM
Amazing tokens and cards. Did you have professionally printed?
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Spinal Tap on January 28, 2024, 06:48:29 AM
Wow. Awesome.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on January 28, 2024, 03:12:16 PM
They're done via The Gamecrafter - a print-to-order shop where I sell all my games/products, etc.  It's understandably pricey since you're having single items printed, and recently they've been so busy that delivery times have extended.

Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on February 01, 2024, 11:20:09 PM
Well, it's been a long road...just a bit over two years, and my Imagi-Nations force is complete.  I won't likely be adding anything to this "army", but will be working on others in the future.

All Victrix minis, mainly a combination of Dacians with some Gaul/Roman/Iberian kits.

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A few more pics on the blog.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Basementboy on February 01, 2024, 11:34:17 PM
Looks fantastic! Love me a nice massed army.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Grumpy Gnome on February 02, 2024, 10:04:11 AM
Brilliant work mate. Truly inspirational.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Mad Lord Snapcase on February 02, 2024, 02:41:06 PM
Superb looking army.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Pattus Magnus on February 02, 2024, 04:32:55 PM
They do look great, and as I have said earlier in this thread, they’re versatile and would fit right into a range of settings.
Title: Re: Elbows does "Imagi-Nations" (Famine, Sword, & Fire)
Post by: Elbows on February 02, 2024, 06:12:37 PM
Yeah, fortunately they can do both "Imagi-Nations" and fantasy...more likely fantasy with my local players.  I have a similar ancients army planned after I consider tackling two Battle Masters forces as loaners/convention armies.
Title: Re: Elbows: Famine, Sword, & Fire (Army pics, pg. 5)
Post by: Elbows on February 04, 2024, 03:33:10 PM
Decided to run my "completed" Bazanti (the name I'm using now for my fake Dacians) tonight...and was thorughly routed.  A series of bad decisions and excellent dice rolling form my opponent, anddddd disaster.

Before:
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After:
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Title: Re: Elbows: Famine, Sword, & Fire (Army pics, pg. 5)
Post by: Basementboy on February 05, 2024, 03:18:21 PM
Looks like fun! You’ve got a wonderful terrain set up there as well, really complements the already gorgeous models. Hopefully the Bazanti will claim vengeance in the future… lol
Title: Re: Elbows: Famine, Sword, & Fire (Army pics, pg. 5)
Post by: Elbows on February 21, 2024, 01:01:01 AM
Two things.

Firstly, my Bazanti redeemed themselves with a game against my buddy's Undead.

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Secondly...I've assembled a few units of Battle Masters minis (and some monopose Warhammer Fantasy Black Orcs) to see if I have the enthusiasm to do opposing armies for convention use...the jury is still out.

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Title: Re: Elbows: Famine, Sword, & Fire (Army pics, pg. 5)
Post by: Elbows on March 01, 2024, 01:45:05 AM
Blazing through more "baddies".

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Title: Re: Elbows: Famine, Sword, & Fire (Army pics, pg. 5)
Post by: syrinx0 on March 01, 2024, 02:11:58 AM
Fantastic looking armies... all of them!
Title: Re: Elbows: Famine, Sword, & Fire (Army pics, pg. 5)
Post by: Elbows on March 06, 2024, 08:17:13 PM
Cruising through the baddies...

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Title: Re: Elbows: Famine, Sword, & Fire (Army pics, pg. 5)
Post by: Elbows on March 11, 2024, 06:28:23 AM
And even more Chaos Warriors...as well as two bases I made up for sorcerers using the Hero Quest villain.

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Title: Re: Elbows: Famine, Sword, & Fire (Army pics, pg. 5)
Post by: Basementboy on March 11, 2024, 04:35:46 PM
Fantastic! I love the contrast between the dark red and the white on their shields, it looks gorgeous, and of course the white hand symbol is a classic :-*
Title: Re: Elbows: Famine, Sword, & Fire (Army pics, pg. 5)
Post by: Basementboy on March 11, 2024, 04:37:27 PM
Firstly, my Bazanti redeemed themselves with a game against my buddy's Undead.
I knew it! lol
Title: Re: Elbows: Famine, Sword, & Fire (Army pics, pg. 5)
Post by: hubbabubba on March 11, 2024, 09:35:30 PM
I really like those Chaos sorceres raising the spirits, excellent.
Title: Re: Elbows: Famine, Sword, & Fire (Army pics, pg. 5)
Post by: Elbows on March 16, 2024, 10:33:48 PM
Really churning some guys out now...I have two more units (maybe three?) after these guys to finish up the Chaos side and then I'll start with the Empire fellas.

Orc archer monopose plastics from the 90's.  Rescued off ebay.

Before:
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After:
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Title: Re: Elbows: Famine, Sword, & Fire (Army pics, pg. 5)
Post by: Basementboy on March 17, 2024, 12:50:29 PM
Great stuff!
Title: Re: Elbows: Famine, Sword, & Fire (Army pics, pg. 5)
Post by: Elbows on March 20, 2024, 10:39:56 PM
Can't stop, won't stop.

The penultimate Chaos unit; beastmen!

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Title: Re: Elbows: Famine, Sword, & Fire (Army pics, pg. 5)
Post by: syrinx0 on March 22, 2024, 01:26:45 AM
Love the beastmen! Wonderful unit.
Title: Re: Elbows: Famine, Sword, & Fire (Army pics, pg. 5)
Post by: Pattus Magnus on March 22, 2024, 02:13:53 AM
You make those old monopose plastic figures look grand! They trigger my nostalgia in a big way. None of the ones I saw back in the day looked that good, though.
Title: Re: Elbows: Famine, Sword, & Fire (Army pics, pg. 5)
Post by: Elbows on March 22, 2024, 03:19:53 PM
Thanks!  This is definitely addressing two things...1) I have cheap and "robust" armies to run at a convention and 2) while speed painting them quite a bit, I do get to relive my childhood dream of having a fully painted Battle Masters game - even if it's using alternate rules!

So there is some definite nostalgia in there, mixed with the pragmatic/easy approach to convention armies.
Title: Re: Elbows: Famine, Sword, & Fire (Army pics, pg. 5)
Post by: Elbows on March 25, 2024, 03:46:11 AM
The final unit is complete!

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In less than two months I finished the entire Chaos force (though I may add a hero or general unit at some point in the near future).

I'll snap some pics of the army shortly.
Title: Re: Elbows: Famine, Sword, & Fire (Battle Masters Army, P.6)
Post by: Elbows on March 25, 2024, 04:10:20 AM
Here's the result of a whirlwind two month project:

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More pics on the blog as usual!
Title: Re: Elbows: Famine, Sword, & Fire (Battle Masters Army, P.6)
Post by: Basementboy on March 25, 2024, 10:41:06 PM
Superb stuff! Will the completion of the chaos project mean a return to Bazanti, or is there something else you’re planning on? Either way, the completed army looks gorgeous, cracking job :D
Title: Re: Elbows: Famine, Sword, & Fire (Battle Masters Army, P.6)
Post by: Elbows on March 26, 2024, 05:23:08 AM
Nah...now I have to paint the Empire side of Battle Masters...theeeeeennn....another secret project is waiting.  The Bazanti are done for the foreseeable future.  Sadly I'm only wanting to use the Battle Masters minis for loaner armies and convention games, so I'm going to finish them...and then stuff them in a box for most of the time. :D
Title: Re: Elbows: Famine, Sword, & Fire (Battle Masters Army, P.6)
Post by: Basementboy on March 26, 2024, 07:44:34 AM
I'm going to finish them...and then stuff them in a box for most of the time. :D
So… what we all do with our armies? lol
Looking forward to seeing your take on the empire :)