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Post by timurilank on Jun 17, 2016 11:14:40 GMT
Interesting videos of Republican Rome.
I found these video clips to be nice presentations of Rome during the Republican period. They are relatively short and cover a variety of topics:
The Cursus Honorum – Quaestors – Aediles – Praetors – Consuls – the Roman Senate during the Republic. Families & Calendars – Lupercalia.
And of course the battles: Trebbia – Lake Trasimene – Cannae – Roman Battle Tactics.
Here is the link to Trebbia and you will find the others located on the YouTube page to your right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-bXtg14T90
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Post by timurilank on Jun 18, 2016 8:43:49 GMT
Project Rome - designing siege rules.
We are approaching the final stage of this project, the design of a set of siege rules.
Historically, there were quite a number of small scale operations that took place in Spain so a rule set need not be too elaborate. Then adding further options should prove easier to cover larger scale sieges for the likes of Numantia.
dbagora.blogspot.nl/2016/06/project-rome-siege-rules.html
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Post by timurilank on Jun 23, 2016 16:10:53 GMT
Consular army vs. Celtiberia. The number of test campaigns for Hispania did not bring Rome in contact with the Celtiberians and during a brief period between painting sessions I took the opportunity to bring the two armies for the first time to the game board.
Report with more photos can be read at the blog: dbagora.blogspot.nl/2016/06/consulararmy-vs.html
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Post by gregorius on Jun 23, 2016 23:09:23 GMT
Great photo Robert. It brings all of the elements of wargaming together.
Cheers,
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Post by timurilank on Jun 24, 2016 13:46:27 GMT
Great photo Robert. It brings all of the elements of wargaming together. Cheers, Thanks Greg,
On this occasion I made use of the natural lighting such that all the photos were of similar quality. I was pleased with the result.
Today, I am cleaning and basing Lusitanian foot, Cretan archers, Balearic slingers and Roman allied cavalry. These will be given an undercoat and tomorrow I can begin painting them. This will add another 25 elements to the project.
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Post by timurilank on Jun 27, 2016 7:36:10 GMT
Jan, my regular DBA sparring partner, mentioned his purchasing a Carthaginian army from War & Empire during our last game. Thinking about my own Punic War collection, I am not that far from having a similar army.
I need only purchase one pack of Carthaginian cavalry and one pack of African spear to complete two commands, as I have plenty of Spanish, Gallic, and Numidian with elephants.
Still thinking about this as it will take a month before my order of Successor arrive. In the meantime, I am reading Livy and taking notes for the Spanish campaign from 217 to 202 BC.
Back to the painting table.
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Post by timurilank on Jun 30, 2016 15:26:12 GMT
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Post by timurilank on Jul 5, 2016 10:32:02 GMT
The siege rules are placed on the back burner for the moment to make room for the arrival of new lead. These new figures will add two more opponents for the Consular army, a Gallic and Carthaginian.
Starting tomorrow I will be featuring a series of test games between the Roman army of this period and her enemies (in my collection). This will help our club members just starting out with DBA and will use the standard 12 element per side format. Also the test games will highlight the different options within a list and the use of an allied contingent.
Tomorrow, the Numidian.
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Post by timurilank on Jul 6, 2016 8:04:37 GMT
Historical match ups. My list of enemies for the Polybian army is steadily growing; The Seleucid has been ordered and I have now Gallic, Spanish and Numidian done.
Next week, I can add the Carthaginian to that list.
I want to use the next two weeks to do a series of test games between Rome and her enemies; the games will serve as a useful reference tool for the growing number of ancient players at our club and a good refresher course for me.
Posted at the blog are the first two games between Numidia and Rome, the last test game will appear tomorrow. dbagora.blogspot.nl/2016/07/project-rome-historical-match-up.html
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Post by gregorius on Jul 6, 2016 23:28:46 GMT
Historical match ups. My list of enemies for the Polybian army is steadily growing; The Seleucid has been ordered and I have now Gallic, Spanish and Numidian done.
Next week, I can add the Carthaginian to that list.
I want to use the next two weeks to do a series of test games between Rome and her enemies; the games will serve as a useful reference tool for the growing number of ancient players at our club and a good refresher course for me.
Posted at the blog are the first two games between Numidia and Rome, the last test game will appear tomorrow. dbagora.blogspot.nl/2016/07/project-rome-historical-match-up.html
Hi Robert, Two nice reports. The elephant in the centre of the line is always a threat to be considered. Cheers,
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Post by timurilank on Jul 7, 2016 7:21:24 GMT
The Numidian was blessed with good pip scores so moving the elephant was not a problem. Leaving an exposed flank was the greater issue.
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Post by timurilank on Jul 7, 2016 7:24:58 GMT
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Post by gregorius on Jul 7, 2016 23:02:23 GMT
A very tight game Robert.
Cheers,
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Post by timurilank on Jul 8, 2016 14:44:45 GMT
A very tight game Robert. Cheers, The decision could have swung the other way as it was 3 - 3 for several bounds.
The next series of test games both sides will have small number of cavalry so there may be less need for large open areas.
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Post by timurilank on Jul 13, 2016 7:07:41 GMT
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