Blood on the Sands **NEW** Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears...

[Lowtardog]

Yup 

  I have 13 gladiators and counting painted up, addictive aren't they by time I have them all done appears out of nowhere I will have 40+  . Nice and easy to paint though

[Malamute]

We're playing again tomorrow night 

cheers

James

Its true we are and James is a Git

[Ray Earle]

Its true we are and James is a Git

Goes without saying. 

Hope to see an AAR. Thumbs at the ready. 

[OSHIROmodels]

Thumbs at the ready. 

Up or down though, that's the question 

And I'm not a git 

cheers

James

[Lowtardog]

Up or down though, that's the question 

And I'm not a git 

cheers

James

I meant to prefix that with Lucky 

[Furt]

2 hours reading this thread😁 embarkingon vladiators myself now and watching this thread keenly for release dates as gladiator rules seem to be a bit of a holy grail😋😋

The holy grail of gladiator rules is exactly what started this whole thing in the first place - not saying that's what BotS is, but it is what prompted me to pursue a gladiator game of my own; something that felt like you were fighting an actual match.

We're playing again tomorrow night 

I really need to get you gents an updated rules document. There has been a few significant changes since you last entered the arena, including an edit of the campaign rules.

The publisher and his playtesters ran an EIGHT player campaign, something I never envisioned possible, and shed some light on issues facing a larger number of players. They of course had to play simultaneous matches to get through a campaign turn, running 2 or 3 boards at a time. They even had an online Campaign tracker, that may actually become a feature that will become available to others.

At the very moment we are discussing our different options to measure Fatigue and a redesign of the gladiator playsheet.

Its true we are and James is a Git

Hang on what happened to the infamous "Bibbles the Flos"?     

"James the Lucky Git" does have a certain ring to it although...

[Mason]

"James the Lucky Git" does have a certain ring to it although...

Cant say that I have ever heard him called 'Lucky' before.....

[Eithriall]

The publisher and his playtesters ran an EIGHT player campaign, something I never envisioned possible, and shed some light on issues facing a larger number of players. They of course had to play simultaneous matches to get through a campaign turn, running 2 or 3 boards at a time. They even had an online Campaign tracker, that may actually become a feature that will become available to others.

Great ! 

[OSHIROmodels]

Well, I carefully packed my figures, loaded ten into the car, drow the harrowing 20minute journey to Nicks only to find that my time had been wasted and that sat down and battered all evening 

Sorry Frank, we will play again soon 

cheers

James

[Malamute]

Well, I carefully packed my figures, loaded ten into the car, drow the harrowing 20minute journey to Nicks only to find that my time had been wasted and that sat down and battered all evening 

Sorry Frank, we will play again soon 

cheers

James

Having a spot of bother with your spellchecker again are you?

Drow the harrowing?
That sat down and battered all evening?

 

[Poiter50]

Yep, I wondered what he was smoking or drinking?

[Lowtardog]

I understood every word James said....honest Guv

I have 17 gladiators painted now and counting, an order of 15 more on its way from North Star/Brigade games, really nice and easy to paint though halfway through Sparticus season 2 and not sure whether it is the lustful antics on screen or the lashings of blood that are spurring the painting

[OSHIROmodels]

Ah shit, that's terrible 

I'll start again...

We didn't play 

Large thumbs, small touch screen, dodgy spellchecker, not my fault 

cheers

James 

[Furt]

We didn't play 

Yeah I got the general gist of that. I have experienced James' tablet "talk" before - it's like another language.

I have 17 gladiators painted now and counting, an order of 15 more on its way from North Star/Brigade games, really nice and easy to paint though halfway through Sparticus season 2 and not sure whether it is the lustful antics on screen or the lashings of blood that are spurring the painting

Collecting gladiators can get a little addictive, although you really only require 6 to play BotS. Where can we see your ludus Lowtardog?

[LeadAsbestos]

Spartacus is a damn fine show, and the inspiration for my own ludus! Lack of a good game convinced me to sell them off, but now with this.coming out, I may just go ahead and do the 54mm sculpts I've been dreaming of... Base models from Bronze Age, and my own clumsy details.