I think this would be a really cool project. The Sassanians are a pretty cool army, a core of extremely heavily armored cavalry fighting in a very dense compact formation, backed up with horse archers. They Sassanians used a form of massed volley based horse archery, where as the Byzantines used Hunnic style horse archery taking direct aim at individual targets. Infantry varied in quality from your generic levies to a few regiments of tough armored infantry as well as hill tribesman. I would definitely be excited to see a Sassanian project!.
If you are not that happy with any existing system, and are looking for a basic approach to amend, I would recommend looking at 'Victory Without Quarter'. It is a very basic, and free, ruleset which would lend itself well to any changes you would want to make. The focus is the British Civil Wars but easy enough to adapt.
I love man talks to internet about ways to make the wife angry with new toy project. Now I want to learn more about the Sassassians. Maybe after I finish my Boer War project.
Tough choices. Old Glory does offer a big discount if you join the membership. Worth it if you get everything at once. Of course, their scales are not always the same as others. TMP posters make scale charts. Search for Alternative Armies. They might have a size comparison chart. :)
the figures from the By Fire and Sword range include bases. For my other figures from Khurasan I use Litko wood bases. The static grass is from the Army Painter line
You mentioned shields and it reminded me of an idea I had a while ago. I was thinking about how to make a form for styrene plastic for vacuum forming the embossing on a shield and bend the ends to make them 'solid'. I think this would allow anyone to make a variety of shields without decals. Maybe 3d printed forms and a heat gun. I know the vacuum form machines are too pricey. Just me thinking out loud. I need a designer. :)
@@Corvinuswargaming1444 The one thing about this game is that each turn is just the two sides blended together. Not I go. You go. That's kind of where I messed up. I'll talk about it in my next video
As an ardent GdB napoleonic fan, i've long considered trying these out. But with both Koenig Kreig and Shako SYW as my go-to SYW rules, ive not tried them. this stems from needing to acquire more lead to fill out the battalions to match 1:20 vs the 1:50 of the others.
Co-authored by Angus Konstam, I see. Angus is a prolific author specialising in naval warfare and pirates, and runs a great gaming blog at Orkneywargames. Odd that he doesn’t play “Die Kriegskunst” much himself.
As I was a fan of the Impetus rules (the 1st edition mostly) I do like Baroque (for ECW) especially the command and control and I do (unlike many it seems!) like the combat resolution. I also like that pike and shot units are one unit and not sleves flitting off willy-nilly. I find it better to play against someone for the first few games as it really helps work through the system. [Do not really like the Covenanter/Montrose lists though]. Other rule sets you may like for Poles/Ottomans would be 'Renatio et Gloriam' (stand alone) (Renaissance version of Mortem et Gloriam - they have options for small games to large games depending on space and figure collection, For King and Parliament has Eastern European (free) special rules and options - you just need to get the King and Parliament rules, and of course 'By Fire and Sword' specifically for this period in 15mm - very nice production values and can see the tutorials on RU-vid.
thanks for the suggestions. I have a copy of the Fire and Sword rules, but in Polish which I cannot yet read. Most of my 15mm collection is from their range
@Corvinuswargaming1444 They did a rewrite and I think a campaign book too. (English) Noble Knight in US sometimes stocks them.Their videos are really good. Too many things to finish otherwise would dive into that!
the more you read them the more obvious they are just meant for people who have the attitude that they want to push miniatures around, any attempt at historical atmosphere is at best tertiary
Seems like it would take too many hours to play out. At least, for me. Anymore, 2 hours tops and then I need to physically make myself move in other directions. :) It does seem like fun, though.
I think you could play this with fewer brigades in a shorter amount of time. The game we played just had an exceptional amount of figures and a massive table
@@Corvinuswargaming1444I’d agree, using 15mm on a 6’x4’ table, we can play 4-5 Brigades per side in about 3 hours. 3 Brigades is about minimum due to the ADC generation and orders process and would play in around 2 hours. I find it gives a fairly fast moving game which focuses on command rather than minor tactics. By the way, it’s only infantry brigades that only charge with one battalion, with the others supporting; cavalry brigades all go together.
@@samb2052 Thanks for the rules clarification, for my club I think we missed some details like that. I hope I can play some GDA 2 again, it’s definitely warmed me a up a lot to Napoleonics compared to Black Powder from Warlord
@@Corvinuswargaming1444 yeah, no comparison with BP. It rewards a bit of thought and planning. Timing movement is important, but crucially you can influence that by using your ADCs unlike BP which I find a bit too random.
@@samb2052 BP and Pike and Shotte are too much a "just pushing miniatures around" system, without a lot of scenario rules to give it some historical grounding it just feels too generic
GdA is not a rule system for complete beginners or for the faint-hearted, but once you have a little knowledge of the Napoleonic period and a few games behind you there’s probably no better system out there at present.
yes, I agree. The presentation of the rules is a bit complicated but the actual gameplay systems make sense. I may pick up the rules and start a pair of 15mm armies to play it myself
@@Corvinuswargaming1444 - Looks a bit complicated because it is indeed fairly complicated! The rules cater for just about every eventuality you can imagine and many you can’t. Don’t think I’ve ever found a system that copes so well with the weird and sometimes absurd situations that can happen in a wargame.
Richard Berg, rest in peace, was one of the more prolific game designers in history especially with the American Civil War he made 3 games in this system with a very unique TrT table for activation. I like the system it's different and it does take some time to play. I hope you have fun with it and if I can be of any assistance just holler.
Hex 2 hex wargaming is an avid ACW player. I'm making your channel and that you're going to be dipping your toes into hex and counter game. Maybe he'll peek in and offer you answers to questions you have.
Lots of us use plexiglass or some type of plastic to lay over the mat to keep it clean and keep critters from chewing on it. You will have some glare if you do. Any filming but what can you do?
Bargain are most excellent. I always try to buy figures that I can use that I might want and are somewhat discounted. A $5 miniature that's going for 3 and 1/2 bucks is very fine. The last two games I bought each were discounted $5 each off. 10 bucks. That can cover two miniatures or it covers the shipping+-. No tax.
They are usually depicted with the Deli skirmisher cavalry, but provincial sipahi outfitted themselves so it seems like they could have those shields too
