Bit of post necromancy, but was just about to post a comment asking about a medieval adaptation. Did you get a response back from them in regards to that?
I am a long-time wargamer (38 years). I recently purchased a print copy of AoH after viewing your video overview, and I must say that I am very impressed! The rules are clean, straightforward and a lot of fun to play. I can see these becoming my 'go to' set for Ancients.
Thanks, Scott! We've been playing for years here in the club and since we don't play ancients every week, it's important that any rules we use are fast and easy for players to remember since the last time we did an ancients game.
I've picked up the pdf and really like these rules. I can't wait to try them out. I will most likely be purchasing the print version as well. It's always good to support other gamers and these guys do a great job with their videos and products. Most of my miniature collection is fantasy but my friend has a massive ancients collection that was based for DBA. We havent played it in years and i'm going to try to convince him to get those troops back out on the table. Those 10mm look pretty good as well. I might have to start a new collection of my own! Thanks Little Wars for a very tight and fun looking rule set!
I ordered the hard copy and it would be nice if the pdf was included so it could be used on an iPad for quick reference during a game (also ordered Altar of Freedom). ~ Bill
Was excited to receive this rule set in the mail last week (a little Christmas present to myself). Looks fun, and love the added flavor with random assignment of a general's character. I'm not a "wargamer" per-say, my background is making up rules for my HO scale plastic soldiers and buying and playing all of the Milton Bradley Game Master series as they came out in the stores ( I bought Conquest of the Empire as a teenager in 1984 and still have it as well as all others from this collection). Yet, I have loads of 1/72nd scale plastic soldiers (Italeri, Airfix, ESCI and now Caesar miniatures) that I've collected over the decades and would love to have some simple way to game them, especially my ancients as I'm on an ancient history kick lately. Going to play with your basing system a bit so that the recommended 2"x2" bases look nicely packed but also have a good ratio to reflect the general idea of an infantry base representing 750 men and cavalry base 500 horses. Maybe this is 6 men each base and 4 horses (each figure then able to represent 125 units, both cavalry and infantry). Anyways, love your channel and good job on the rules! By the way, I'm reading "The Young Carthaginian; A tale of the times of Hannibal" by G.A. Henty. My first battle with your rules will be Zama!
Just came across this and as a non sequitor I want to thank-you for your more recent Ravenfeast offering. Very well done. I’ll happily add Hannibal to my library for future activities!
I did finally get to compare this to the chipco fantasy game, and while i gotta say, fantastic sets, both of them, i really missed the AoH book organization when learning chipco lol
Really liked the part about building the battlefield. The choice of the battlefield, with all the pre-battle jokeying for position, was a major strategic decision and most games don't treat it as a such. I think it's a great opportunity to differentiate the armies too, with armies of different composition trying to get terrain better suited to their units. Cheers!
I'm a hard core ancients wargamer, i have a set of my own rules coming out in March... But i'm still going to buy a copy of these rules as they look like fun, and for me, thats what wargames should be. I'm also getting a copy of Alter of Freedom, even though i've already got my own ACW rules that i've written, lol By the way guys, i can't compliment you enough on your videos, they are by far the best wargames videos out there, i've subscribed, joined your members section and watched everything you've made in less than 3 or 4 days. Keep up the good work, i'm hugely impressed and very glad that you exist!!!
I have finally gotten around to playing some age of hannibal, and I enjoyed the system very much. Haven't been able to explore it in depth, but the game was close and fun. The terrain generation was a good addition, I must say,
Personally I'm a fan of a scoreless review, I prefer to base my opinion on a game more off of what I'm hearing then just a number, just a thought. Also, I'm excited to buy this rule set and show it to my friends, congrats guys!
Just received my physical copy!! The rules say the basing should be 40x40mm (2”x2”) squares but can it be played with armies on rectangle bases such as 30x60mm (Baccus bases)? Thanks guys!
Just bought the rules and i have to say they look fun. How many points and what table size would be good for learn to play games. May i suggest you creating a video playlist featuring how to build terrain for each of the terrain cards. That would visually clarify things. Going to get a game in next week i think and looking forward to it.
Seems interesting. I've never played any Chipco games, but it does sound a bit similar to DBA in a few ways, which is my usual Ancients go-to. I'm eager to see some of the tutorial videos. How well are horse archers/skirmish cavalry represented? I do love me some Roxolani and Parthians.
Light horse are particularly deadly in this game--in our Trebia wargame the Numidian horse were represented this way. In the rules, Light Horse are given the "Free Facing" ability (skirmishers have this trait, as well) which means they can move 360 degrees and pass through friendly units. For every other unit type in the game, it's not possible to pass through friendlies and you can only move in your front 45 degree arc (unless you spend time changing facing). This makes Light Horse extremely nimble and hard to pin down. And for horse archers like the Parthians, you'd just equip them with bows to make them even more annoying to the Romans than the Numidians, who only really used javelins and thrusting spears in combat.
Hi! Another good video! Who sells siege equipment, towers, ladders, ... How to buy the siege rules ... I just bought the main rule just now! thanks for answering :-)
Very cool that you created your own ruleset. Are there any good online communities for people creating their own historical war games? The few game design communities I've found seem to focus almost entirely on board games, and what little war game community there is there completely sci-fi with maybe just a dash of fantasy. I'd love to connect with other people trying to design a historical game.
I am picking this up! I was just curious (without reading it), would it be difficult to modify it to alternating activation or random activation instead of IGOUGO?
I know this is sort of anathema to those who require strong period-specific feel and flavor, but would these rules work well for later sword/bow battles such as the high medieval period? What exactly separates the ancients and medieval period, rule mechanics wise?
Chipco came out with multiple titles, including "Age of Knights" which was their medieval wargame rules. It is an excellent title if you can find a copy; very much in line with their other rulesets which were all fast playing and fun.
In your list(s) are the Carthaginian infantry equipped as Hoplites with long thrusting spear aka doru, and hoplon or as Phalangites with sarissa and smaller aspis? I'm just curious 🤔
The rules seem very easy to fit into a preferred setting, look up "for heathen's sake" there's some AoH games set in dark age england, I personally have made fantasy armies, the army lists are basic troop types with electable special rules that can be applied, it's a very flexible system
there is a really good rule set I use all the time for almost all my historical gaming called Battlefields Broadswords to bullets. id love for you guys to do a review on it and get its name out there more
