A little Neil Thomas rules Ancients today

Knocked out some 98 Romans these past two weeks, so that I could introduce Steven to the Neil Thomas rules. Easy to learn and play rules, helps keep us motivated to paint figs for the next big Clash of Empires game.
Romans Vs Carthage
Romans: 3 Hastati and 3 Princepes, 1 Triari (subbed with Greek Hoplites), 2 Velites , 1 Latin Cav,
Carthage: 3 African Veterans, 2 Gallic foot, 1 Gallic Cav, 1 Elephant, 1 Numidian Cav, 2 Light infantry

It was a very fun game. My Romans  hammered the middle, but the old adage of newly painted troops performing badly their first time out seems to still be true.  Dismal morale failure on the part of a couple of roman units. Steven almost had the game wrapped up for the Carthaginians , but finally some bad rolls on his part handed ma a very very slim Roman victory.

 

Kings of War with a Greek flavor?

So Kings of War is really catching on and tomorrow I'll be playing a game against Treefort's headman John.
I was going to bring my Italian Army, but John informed me that he wants to try out his Fantasy Persian Empire army. Lots of those super cheap Wagames Factory Persians modified with Dark Elf bits and a lot of Elephants. Soooo I decided to field something more appropriate. A plausible 2000pt Successor army with a tad bit of fantasy. And no it's not that shield design in the third rank.

 

Greek War of Independence

Here's a picture of a small, very small Greek Monastery that I built years ago, for my Greek War of Independence project. The project has been gathering dust for years, but now Steve Barber has released
new figures for the period. So I may have to take up the cause of Greece again.

Figures are Dixon 25mm