Another new person to the LAF

[sztrave]

Hello everyone,

After lurking for many months, thought I should actually join.  Don't actually do much painting but my current project is playing the same ancient battle over and over with different fast play rules.  Have done 4 so far.  Documented at:

http://shaun-wargaming-minis.blogspot.com/

-shaun

[capthugeca]

Hi Shaun,
and welcome.
Hugh

[Hauptgefreiter]

Don't actually do much painting but my current project is playing the same ancient battle over and over with different fast play rules. 

Be careful, this place might inspire you to try something different 

Welcome to the LAF

[Calimero]

Welcome to LAF

[sztrave]

re: Same battles over and over - I've done 5 and I think 4 times the same side won.  I do try a couple of different tactics with each game but a lot of it goes the same way.  But the mechanisms to get that result are often very different - mostly the command & control rules creates the most significant divergence.  Melee and shooting is really similar results (-ish).

[VoodooInk]

Welcome!

I checked out the blog and battle reports- great idea. What other rules do you have in the pipeline?

[sztrave]

RE: what rules am I using to replay Callinicum:

There is a page that does list the rules I've done and thinking of doing:

http://shaun-wargaming-minis.blogspot.com/p/rules-used-for-callinicum.html

But to save anyone going there, I am doing Basic Impetus next (lined up and waiting for the spare time), then DBA (worked out the deployment and troops already) and hopefully DBM100.  I may not do Impetus after all as, for Callinicum, I think it will run over an hour due to the number of units.

I am thinking of moving onto another battle soon but I am torn between doing a few more (after the 3 above) and doing a classical infantry line battle to see how the rules stack up compared to Callinicum which is mostly cavalry.  The ones I would like to also cover  that i have as maybes are Age of Might and Steel (if I can make it work on 2'x2', C and C Ancients, Might of Arms and Fast Play Ancient Warfare.  The last two especially as I've had the rules for 8-10 years but have never played them.

-shaun

[sztrave]

Bezzo,

"Guy! There is a world out there. I applaud your dedication but I think maybe the time has come to widen your horizons?"
I have been gaming for around 30 years...although not much in the last 10 or so due to other things, and recently two children.  So I have just a small amount of time, thought I would give something back and do a few rules reviews and road test fast play ancient rules and share that experience.

At least, that is how I justify it in my own mind!  I may be a little mad but we probably all are a little bit.  I don't get out much at the moment...

I must spend a couple of hours a week on the replays max, including the thinking about them...so at least it isn't taking over my life.  I am also getting into 6mm ww2 and resisting the temptation to pick a battle and replay it over and over with different ww2 rules :-) [I'm not going to! Honest! no really....]

-shaun