Achaean Lion Rampant!

[LeadAsbestos]

Here is my Achaean force, ready to test the mettle of the Trojans:


First playtest tomorrow, but as soon as I  had read the rules, I knew this is what I wanted to do with them!

Still some edges to smooth out, as I hope my chariots idea will work (half #s of chariots vs horse, with a chariot runner as a sort of counter, removed as first casualty? I think it will work out... ) Also just discovered my Fierce Foot Sea People unit needs to be 12, not 6, but you get the idea!

Pics and notes tomorrow night, if all goes well! Any ideas/help will certainly be entertained!

[Steve63]

Lovely work,. Looking forward to the report
Cheers

[LeadAsbestos]

Sorry abt the poor cell phone pic! A link to my Trojan War gallery:
http://displacedminiatures.com/LeadAsbestos2010/gallery/3152/

[guitarheroandy]

Great idea to use these rules for this.

You may well want to look at the Fantasy variant (Dragon Rampant) when it's released in December as that will have some ideas you can tweak. I have a current draft playtest copy - it looks great and I can already see some things in it that you may end up using... 

[LeadAsbestos]

Great idea to use these rules for this.

You may well want to look at the Fantasy variant (Dragon Rampant) when it's released in December as that will have some ideas you can tweak. I have a current draft playtest copy - it looks great and I can already see some things in it that you may end up using... 

So get a brother on the list! 

[guitarheroandy]

What I can tell you (I hope!) is that you have options for 'reduced model units' so your 3 chariots would function exactly like a unit of 6 heavy cavalry and each would, in effect, take 2 'wounds' to kill them. Or you could field one chariot as your Achaean king (force leader) and make that function like a unit of cavalry all by itself (i.e. with 6 'wounds'), in which case your other two would form a unit with 3 'wounds' each. Dan uses that idea to allow the fielding of mighty heroes and monsters or units of beasties (e.g. trolls, Wargs, Ogres, etc) in the rules, although obviously for such beasties, he has numerous other options to make them more 'beastie-like'. You could even field an Achaean god or goddess using that same idea if you wanted to add further Homeric quality to your games...

I haven't played them yet, as they only arrived the other day as a 'thank you' for playtesting his Colonial rules, but I have read through them. I would heartily recommend adding them to your shopping list if you enjoy fantasy gaming but even if you don't enjoy that, they have MANY other great  ideas that you could easily borrow for ancient/Dark Age gaming...

[Dr. Zombie]

This is looking good.

[LeadAsbestos]

Exactly my plan with the chariots. Each counts as 2 cav, and the chariot runner is removed after the first 'wound'. If someone was crafty, they would model.their chariots w/ removable crew, but who does that ?!

I like the idea of multiple wound characters, and I was considering some sort of system like LOTRs Luck and Fate for the important heroes.

[LeadAsbestos]

Rosters made, forces assembled, tons left to paint!

http://leadasbestosblog.blogspot.com/2015/05/achaean-lion-rampant-rosters.html

If you like it, please follow! I'd like to think there are more than 22 interested people, but I may just be wrong...

[Blue in vt]

This is looking very good Chris as I am also exploring Lion Rampant (and hopefully Dragon as well) for quick and fun evening gaming rules with some local friends.

I look forward to seeing how you get on!

Cheers,

Blue

[LeadAsbestos]

Sea Peoples painting, and a desert mat from Cigar Box on the way!:
http://cigarboxbattlestore.bigcartel.com/cart

Project proceeding well, but I'd like to get things a bit more polished before the big presentation. Some sharp painters and hobbyists on this site, so I don't need to embarrass myself!

[killshot]

I really like these!