Tag Archives: Ancient
GrogHeads Advanced Research on Projects Advisory #56
Brant Guillory, 24 October 2014
Not another GARPA!
War & Seas (Wargame Process Edition)
P500 for $49, or 39€
There’s a definite ‘ooh and ahh’ factor to this one. It’s an age-of-sail slugfest with a build-your-own-ship twist. You kit out your ship by the use of mix-and-match blacks that represent cannons, crew, officers, etc. and the blast away. The combat dice are not normal d6s either; they are multi-symbol faces that apply numbers to the actions you’ve chose. It’s a small fleet action with built-in multiplayer support, and well, did we mention it looks cool? Go get a p500 order in now and get this thing made already!
GrogHeads Reviews Ancient Battle: Hannibal
Review by Michael Eckenfels, 13 September 2014
Developed and Published by Hunted Cow Studios, for iOS (iPad) and Mac (Reviewed on iPad)
Wargaming on the go sounds great – but how does it play? Michael gives you the low-down…
Hunted Cow Studios is an interesting developer. Before I reviewed this title, I already owned two of their games that I had bought through the App Store (Civil War: 1863 and Tank Battle: 1944). I was already familiar with their titles and their game system, and had heard of this one (as well as the others, like Ancient Battle: Rome), so their games are not a mystery to me.
GrogHeads Reviews Hannibal: Terror of Rome
“I swear that so soon as age will permit . . . I will use fire and steel to arrest the destiny of Rome.” Hannibal’s promise to his father, Hamilcar Barca (attrib.)
A Review by Boggit, 5 September 2014
Developed and published by AGEOD/Slitherine
I first saw Hannibal Terror of Rome at Slitherine’s Home of Wargamers 2014 presentation, and was immediately excited by the crucial last real attempt by Carthage to halt the expansion of the of early Roman Empire. The inability of Carthage to strategically defeat Rome left Rome the dominant power of the Western Mediterranean. Over the next 100 years Rome was able to exploit that situation to expand into and dominate the rest of the Mediterranean world. But what if Hannibal had fully exploited his dramatic early victories, and defeated Rome? Could the Carthaginians have arrested the advance of the Roman Empire, or even have subjugated Rome?
Hannibal Terror of Rome is the latest standalone expansion to AGEOD/Slitherine’s game Alea Jacta Est. It continues the development of the franchise most notably with Birth of Rome, and the Parthian Wars scenario pack. There is more to come. Philippe Malacher and Philippe Thibaut, both of AGEOD/Slitherine told me at Home of Wargamers 2014 that further expansions to the game will be arriving on average twice a year, with the game franchise ending after the Wars of Charlemagne! The next couple of DLC packs planned are likely to be Rome in the third century AD, focusing on the Palmyran Wars between Aurelian and Zenobia, with another focusing on Rome in Britain (as well as a hypothetical Hibernian campaign [set in Ireland]). Anyway, let’s get back to Hannibal…
For those unfamiliar with the game system used in Hannibal, I refer you to my earlier article on Alea Jacta Est since Hannibal uses exactly the same game engine. If you already have one or more games in the franchise, then there is no problem with duplicate files on your hard drive. Taking Philippe Malacher’s advice I simply installed Hannibal, copied over the content of the scenario folder from my other games (Alea Jacta Est, and/or Birth of Rome) into the Hannibal scenario folder, and uninstalled the other games. Simple.
The start screen where you can access not just the Hannibal scenarios, but other scenarios from the Alea Jacta Est family of games.
Tuesday Screenshot – Ancient Battles: Rome
Hex-and-legion warfare, courtesy of Hunted Cow Studio’s new Ancient Battles: Rome. Stay tuned for a full review later this month.
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Image: Hunted Cow Studios
Rome’s legions march again
Will you conquer the known world?
Or meet cruel defeat?
Tuesday Screenshot – Rome II Total War
A Tuesday Screenshot in motion!
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A bad day in Rome
Is still miles better than a
Good day at a desk
