I also managed to get myself involved in a mates Roman "project" as I mentioned in an earlier post. Some time back I bought the excellent Foundy Romans and built up a small force of legion and auxiliaries and their Dacian foes. In the way of wargamers I sold these off some years ago and moved on to other projects. However the advent of the "plastic age" and the fact that I still had most of the Dacians, (cunningly disguised in a dark age early Saxon/Frankish army for Age of Arthur) meant that I could field some barbarian types with little difficulty. This meant my mate John could build his Roman army up and we could get some games in.
We decided to use the Neil Thomas "Ancient and Medieval Warfare" rules for our games. They are simple, effective and well thought out, but at the same time will allow a few pieces of extra veneer which we feel really characterise the Crisis of the 3rd Century, the period John was really keen to play. So we tinkered abit, changed the bases, fiddled with some troop types and had a game. We loved it and now we are about to embark on a Campaign!
Hang on - what about Hoegaarden and the Potato War. Well all is not forgotten there. Since the villainous Austrians were held back at the river by the stout Jaeger, Maria Thereza's finest have been engaged elsewhere marching and counter marching against their Prussian foes. Work will recommence on the Hoegaarden army when winter comes and rain forces the car into hibernation until spring.....
Er...next week by the look of it!!
Meantime here are some pics from our Holiday in Paris - the Galerie des Batailles in Versailles. These paintings have stated out at me from every book on Napoleon I've read. What surprised me was their scale - huge!
Hope you enjoy....can you name the battles?
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