Broken Legions from Osprey Games

[Carpathian]

For source material, there is the role playing game from Pinnacle.

http://www.rpgnow.com/browse.php?keywords=rome&manufacturers_id=27&x=0&y=0&author=&artist=&pfrom=&pto=

I will admit I haven't read it, but reviewers seem to like it

[Saucy Jack]

For source material, there is the role playing game from Pinnacle.

http://www.rpgnow.com/browse.php?keywords=rome&manufacturers_id=27&x=0&y=0&author=&artist=&pfrom=&pto=

I will admit I haven't read it, but reviewers seem to like it

I have that one - but I have not played it. Seems good though.

So we have Germanic tribe werewolves, Egyptian mummies and Dacian vampires. What else could be warband specific?

Do people think this is going to be true skirmish with only 5-10 figures per warband or closer to SAGA with small units?

[wulfgar22]

Do people think this is going to be true skirmish with only 5-10 figures per warband or closer to SAGA with small units?

I'm hoping the former.

[Steve F]

That's why Dacians carried the falx: it's good for beheading the local vampires.

[Saucy Jack]

I'm hoping the former.

So do I

[Whitwort Stormbringer]

Well this sounds like it could be right up my alley!

I already own 7th Voyage, which could cover this genre just fine, I think, but if the rules are appealing to me (and it sounds like they would be), I'll give it a go.  Have a handful of Romans and Celts that I intended to use for skirmishes using the LOTR ancients variant, but it would be fun to use them (and all those gladiators I got) in this game, too, and a nice excuse to grab some of Rome's other enemies.  I love the idea of gaming mythology, but the particular warband structure in Of Gods and Mortals never quite appealed to me, so I'll keep my eyes on this.

[SteveBurt]

I have that one - but I have not played it. Seems good though.

So we have Germanic tribe werewolves, Egyptian mummies and Dacian vampires. What else could be warband specific?

Do people think this is going to be true skirmish with only 5-10 figures per warband or closer to SAGA with small units?

Greek Minotaurs, Bosporan Centaurs, Sumerian Winged Lions, Cynoscephalae from Kush, Baslisks from Numidia, Chinese Dragons, Indian Nagas...

[grant]

Sounds like it could be a lot of fun with making warbands with all the monstrous possibilities.

And from good to bad, so many great kits out there now.

[Bogus_law]

Are there rules for horse mounted characters, warmachines ( Scorpio ) maybe charriots ?

[Saucy Jack]

Yes for some warbands

[Jagannath]

I'm quite looking forward to this one - I've wanted to do an 'alternative' fantasy project for ages, I was toying with bronze age fantasy. Are there any dynamic Romans out there? Not many of the ranges I've seen seem well suited to this type of skirmish game.

[Carpathian]

You mean...different poses, not standing in formation?

Black Tree's have some.

[Whitwort Stormbringer]

If you're OK with plastic, in my opinion both the Warlord and Victrix models are fine.  They are made such that they can rank up nicely, but they're not too static, with some forward momentum and a few thrusting or pilum-chucking arms in the mix.  Warlord's plastic Auxiliaries, and the velites in the Victrix sets, are also quite dynamic.

For metal, Black Tree do some, Warlord also do some in metal that are quite a bit more animated than your standard legionaries.  There's a "Standing Battle Line" pack that is much more dynamic than it sounds, and also marines or just some command figures like a Primus Palus, Optios, etc.

[Jagannath]

Thanks both - you're right, only needing a few I might be able to use mostly command models which tend to be a bit more characterful and heroic.

[Argonor]

July '16, just around the corner, now. 

I am looking forward to reading more about this. I recently got blood Eagle and OGAM which can both be twisted into something for this period, too, but I am very excited about the possibilities for BL as a warbands-based skirmish ruleset dedicated to the imperial period.