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Author Topic: What skirmish rules would you suggest for playing Roman Slave Revolt games?  (Read 6650 times)

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Re: What skirmish rules would you suggest for playing Roman Slave Revolt games?
« Reply #15 on: February 19, 2016, 08:46:19 AM »
Missed this one before Paul. Sounds very interesting.

Really enjoyed the over-the-top Spartacus series.

I'm also seeing a role for a diminutive Roman senator Shortyassicus and his ever present slave Tootallicus.  ;)
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Re: What skirmish rules would you suggest for playing Roman Slave Revolt games?
« Reply #16 on: February 19, 2016, 12:00:57 PM »

Really enjoyed the over-the-top Spartacus series.

I'm also seeing a role for a diminutive Roman senator Shortyassicus and his ever present slave Tootallicus.  ;)

I would have thought you'd prefer something like this:



Or for those with a more discerning palete this:



Or perhaps:




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Re: What skirmish rules would you suggest for playing Roman Slave Revolt games?
« Reply #17 on: February 19, 2016, 12:11:57 PM »
He may well do, but now I am just scared!
 :o :o


Offline Eric the Shed

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Re: What skirmish rules would you suggest for playing Roman Slave Revolt games?
« Reply #18 on: February 19, 2016, 12:28:41 PM »
you been working out Nick??

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Re: What skirmish rules would you suggest for playing Roman Slave Revolt games?
« Reply #19 on: February 19, 2016, 12:45:18 PM »
He may well do, but now I am just scared!
 :o :o



Would it be wrong to be a tad excited?

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Re: What skirmish rules would you suggest for playing Roman Slave Revolt games?
« Reply #20 on: February 19, 2016, 12:57:57 PM »
Would it be wrong to be a tad excited?

 lol


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Re: What skirmish rules would you suggest for playing Roman Slave Revolt games?
« Reply #21 on: February 19, 2016, 01:15:12 PM »
Would it be wrong to be a tad excited?

 :o :o :o
VERY!


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Re: What skirmish rules would you suggest for playing Roman Slave Revolt games?
« Reply #22 on: February 20, 2016, 01:00:00 AM »
I always found THIS fascinating...

Late Roman "Pulp" Skirmish Game "Roma Victa?"

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Never played it - no time, no figures, no terrain, no opponents, all the usual excuses...

But I sure had fun reading about it!!

Dayum!!  Whatta backstory!!

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Twould seem everything I like in an adventure: cheap n'dirty, quick n'nasty, sport n'danger!!

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Re: What skirmish rules would you suggest for playing Roman Slave Revolt games?
« Reply #23 on: February 20, 2016, 09:50:32 AM »
Well, odd though it might seem, I'd probably use Osprey's Dragon Rampant - legionaries could be 'offensive heavy foot', Roman light troops either 'light missile' troops or 'scouts'. The slave leaders could be 'elite  foot' or 'bellicose foot' with 'shiny armour' upgrade and the gladiator slaves themselves could be whatever you liked - 'bellicose foot,' or 'offensive light foot' leap to mind, with some scouts for missile support. You could even have some 'ravenous hordes' to simulate the mass of un-military runaway slaves...


Yup my first thought too

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Re: What skirmish rules would you suggest for playing Roman Slave Revolt games?
« Reply #24 on: February 20, 2016, 04:23:44 PM »
The choice of rules is dependant from the level of skirmish you want to play.

Ganesha rules are made for low level skirmish. Let's say :
* Spartacus and some relatives raiding a domus to find food/weapons for their group of Slaves (at the start of the revolt).
* Prisonner's swap between Spartacus (and most of the tv show characters) and Ashur (and his killers).
etc.....
With these rules you can work on the Character profils, building them as those in the tv show.

Lion/dragon Rampant is for the high level skirmish ; Small units and some characters leading the troops.


Anyway, just find the rules that'll give you the best entertainment and fun to play with friends.  o_o :-*

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Re: What skirmish rules would you suggest for playing Roman Slave Revolt games?
« Reply #25 on: February 20, 2016, 07:56:59 PM »
Surprised not to see any mention of the Lord of the Rings skirmish game, which is ideal for ~20 individually-based and individually-acting (i.e. no units, as in SAGA or Dragon Rampant) models. I don't know if you do or don't want units, but for me personally, they seem a tad silly at such low model counts. No reason you can't have a couple of similar models, and have them move and fight together, but at such low numbers I feel like individual movement and positioning can still be key, and it wouldn't be unreasonable or unheard of, especially amongst a rabble of armed ex-slaves and gladiators, to not fight in any kind of groupings or formations.

While there are no official rules to cover Romans and gladiators specifically, there's an excellent homemade supplement called "Britain Invaded" that does EIR and Celts, there's the Warhammer Historicals gladiator game built on the same engine, there are soooooo many existing LOTR profiles that you could probably find enough "counts-as" profiles to cover most needs, and it's a very easy system to tinker with if none of those covers your bases.

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Re: What skirmish rules would you suggest for playing Roman Slave Revolt games?
« Reply #26 on: February 21, 2016, 06:45:10 AM »

Good point with the LOTR-rules. They are pretty nice.
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Re: What skirmish rules would you suggest for playing Roman Slave Revolt games?
« Reply #27 on: February 21, 2016, 05:51:46 PM »
I would think of Open Combat [url][https://www.secondthunder.com//url].
Simple and good. It is made in the Mason-Fisting-Style ;)
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