Command and colors medieval

He was the greatest general of the early byzantine. Last week we ran a game of battlelore with miniatures. Napoleonics is a little different, in that close combat is deadlier. Ancients contains the battles of akragas crimissos river ticinus river lake trasimenus cannae dertosa castulo baecula ilipa and zama. Instead of 34 blocks representing the troops, i used a single big base, which ive used in the past with my. Ancients cca and an interest in sassanian persians. Command and colors medieval games empire pty limited.

Medieval has already been on the market for couple of months. So, i played a game of memoir 44 with don this weekend while waiting for a program to finish installing and, lets just say it was sort of a shock. What are you if youre not high evil and youre not low evil. Ancients the basic chance of hitting infantry is 33% and mounted generally even less 2. Rachel the campaign my series of articles describing the story of general belisarius continues. Callinicum 531 ad stage 2 sassanid persians vs byzantine. We chose the first two byzantinesassanid scenarios, thannuris 528 ad and melebasa 528 ad. These were very much trial games, finding out how things worked and what things worked. Richard borg introduces a new commands and colors series medieval to follow the highly successful ancients series.

Kevin, a big aficionado of the cc system, had medieval on preorder so was one of the first to receive his package late in the week. But now that i have had a steady diet of battlelore of late really, reacquainting myself with the rules, and command and colors. Instead of 34 blocks representing the troops, i used a single big base, which ive used in the past with my standard medieval rules. This morning i played a solo first game with the utus river scenario, the first of nineteen scenarios, with attila and his huns taking on an eastern roman army under arnegisclus. Sep 21, 2016 they are now running a p500 campaign for a new version of the game medieval. In this core game, the focus is on early medieval battles between the byzantine empire and sassanid persian 528 586. Colors system, which add historical depth and flavor.

For those who play ancients, much will be familiar, but in many respects the era, units, capabilities and strategies differ. Oct 01, 2017 gmt games is a californiabased wargaming publisher founded in 1990. In this core game, the focus is on early medieval battles between the byzantine empire and the sassanid persians 528586. Don and i used to play a lot of it, so i was pretty used to how it played.

There are currently no podcast episodes featuring this game. Colors by design is a unique historical game system which allows players to effectively portray. Sep 18, 2019 what are you if youre not high evil and youre not low evil. Medieval commands and colors system medieval commands. Jul 02, 2010 last week we ran a game of battlelore with miniatures. Medieval from gmt and richard borg bonding with board games duration. Ancients depicts warfare from the dawn of military history 3000 bc to the opening of the middle ages 400 ad. The timing, in terms of my wargaming interests, couldnt have been better. Medieval game allows players to recreate important engagements of early medieval history. My series of articles describing the story of general belisarius continues. Jun 12, 2019 yesterday i finally received my long awaited copy of the new gmt games boardgame, command and colors medieval ccm by richard borg.

The soldiers are from early byzantine and late sassanid persia period 5th and 6th century. Yesterday i finally received my long awaited copy of the new gmt games boardgame, command and colors medieval ccm by richard borg. Commands and colors game system by richard borg website launched 092015 by alessandro crespi. Last night, the basement generals tried commands and colors a classical age set of rules with my wars of the roses figures. The company has become well known for graphically attractive games that range from monster games, of many maps and counters, to quite simple games suitable for introducing new players to wargaming. Review commands colors medieval the boardgames chronicle. How well you handle the diverse units their weapons and the terrain will determine victory. Artillery is tough to kill, having only a 16% to hit it. Ancients to justify this being a new series of games. Medieval ccm arrived last week after a production delay of over a year.

They are now running a p500 campaign for a new version of the game medieval. Superior armor and status when battling cavalry units increase to 4 blocks heavy. The stylized battlefield scenario maps emphasize the important terrain features. The game allows players to portray important engagements of ancient history. The battles focus on the historical deployment of forces and important terrain features on the scale of the game system. Callinicum 531 ad stage 1 sassanid persians vs byzantine. Commands and colors medieval the field before the fight. The command cards drive movement, create fog of war and present players with many interesting challenges and opportunities, while the battle dice resolve combat quickly and efficiently. The initial box is aimed at the battles between the sassanid persians and the byzantine empire. Anxious to give this new treatment our treatment, he quickly stickered the blocks and deployed forces for a game to. You must maximize your opportunities by playing your command cards judiciously.