tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post9059289642579928164..comments2024-03-27T12:37:27.837-07:00Comments on Tim's Miniature Wargaming Blog: Broken Legionstimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09928949644765765070noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-80780041931659863942017-08-05T17:22:23.740-07:002017-08-05T17:22:23.740-07:00Thanks Paul!
I have to admit I have not played i...Thanks Paul! <br /><br />I have to admit I have not played it since. Not because it wasn't a good game. More because... well... too many games, too little time. If I were to play this again I'd probably just use Song of Blades and Heroes (or one of the games using the same engine) simply because I'm more familiar with it. Probably mash-up Song of Shadows and Dust with Fear and Faith.<br /><br />I can't remember the maker of the druidess... I picked it up off of eBay ages ago. It came in a pack with two others presumably the same druidess in different stages of her career - there was a whole series of them - "Three Stage Heroes" or Three Stage Adventurers" or something like that...? Might have been Mega Miniatures at the time that had the rights to manufacture and distribute them, but I think they've been available elsewhere, I just can't think of where I've seem then. Sorry I can't be more help! <br /><br />timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09928949644765765070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-68057116189600289942017-08-05T16:56:10.940-07:002017-08-05T16:56:10.940-07:00Hey Tim - just found this old post of yours, which...Hey Tim - just found this old post of yours, which is really cool. Sounds like a very fun narrative type of game. Nearly a year on from it, have you thought about playing it again? The idea and genre sound really interesting.<br /><br />Rules aside, your figs and terrain are excellent (love the Druidess figure - who makes that?). <br />I particularly liked the way you colourised the pre -dawn images - very cool.<br /><br />cheers!Paul O'Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611720164170399684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-58068750057748934102016-09-03T16:24:46.433-07:002016-09-03T16:24:46.433-07:00What is says is "When attacked from the front...What is says is "When attacked from the front in close combat, every model in the shieldwall counts as defending a barrier. They are not separated when attacked from the front - the models remain in a solid line, and any model in the line may allocate an attack action against any enemy in contact with the frontage" <br /><br />I hadn't thought of a second rank - but some models are allowed to take spears with count as a "support attack" - which basically means if a model armed with a spear is in contact with a friendly enemy that is in contact with an enemy, the model with the spear gives an additional attack to the friendly model that is in contact with the enemy - so a second rank could stand behind the shieldwall and give people in the front rank extra attacks... <br /><br />Of course this would all require a fair few figures all concentrated in one area (when warbands are supposed to be 6-12 figures). <br /><br />Yes, Canadians. Working on one of the battalions in the 3rd Brigade - the one battalion in that brigade that WASN'T a highland unit... the 16th Battalion, I think..? Originally raised in Montreal, if I remember correctly...?timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09928949644765765070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-72882799496488799362016-09-03T09:58:09.445-07:002016-09-03T09:58:09.445-07:00Cheers!
I kind of like the idea of the shieldwal...Cheers! <br /><br />I kind of like the idea of the shieldwall. They seemed pretty daunting when I first read through the rules for them, but when we played they aren't so bad. As the shieldwall has to stand still they will always be charged and there are advantages to charging which offset the barrier they are fighting over. Also, as it turned out in our game, if you can take down someone in the middle it would seem the wall instantly falls apart - though that may not always be so easy as it was in our game. It seems, in the open at least, it would be pretty easy, for a patient player, to outflank the wall and THEN charge - if playing in a confined space (city streets) it could be slightly more effective. <br /><br />The lack of clearly stating where and how to charge could lead to arguments among the more lawyerly players about whether a model can charge from the front directly to a legionnaires flank - thus peeling him of the shieldwall. We read through the charge procedure twice and decided that what it probably intended is that a charging model has to charge using the straightest path to get to it's intended target (though it doesn't specifically state this) and so if you want to outflank a wall, you first have to move to a spot where you are clearly on the flank and then charge on a later turn. <br /><br />Also the fact that any of the soldiers in the shield wall can direct their attacks against anyone in contact with the shield wall seems a bit odd. When defending a barrier is states that anyone within 1" on the other side of the barrier can be considered in combat and targeted. But with this as stated it seems that if there were five guys lined up in a shield wall, a guy at one end could attack an opponent that is in contact with a legionnaire at the exact opposite end - which could be 4" away!? I get the idea behind it - giving those in a shield wall some advantage for being in said formation - but it seems a rather big abstraction in a game that is pretty straightforward and otherwise lacking in that sort of abstraction. timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09928949644765765070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-52331197145512025942016-09-03T09:34:12.763-07:002016-09-03T09:34:12.763-07:00Thank you, Phil!Thank you, Phil!timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09928949644765765070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-72703963913550488902016-09-03T09:26:33.179-07:002016-09-03T09:26:33.179-07:00That looks awesome - I'll have to check it out...That looks awesome - I'll have to check it out - Thanks! timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09928949644765765070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-51222236346184719752016-09-03T03:41:42.675-07:002016-09-03T03:41:42.675-07:00What a fantastic report, beautiful camp, figures a...What a fantastic report, beautiful camp, figures and write up...Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08913029478686087197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-57617145988837971602016-09-03T03:25:32.903-07:002016-09-03T03:25:32.903-07:00Excellent stuff Tim! I'll check them out; just...Excellent stuff Tim! I'll check them out; just a thought, have a look at this... http://www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/slaine--demon-killer<br />Mythical Irish king, Slaine Mac Roth goes up against the Roman invasion of Britain while assisting Bouddica! 😀 Montyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06230149195753516430noreply@blogger.com