04-13-2004, 02:23 PM
Howdy Velite,<br>
I have played Classical hack a number of times: You can get info about it here as well as other ancient rules sets:<br>
theminiaturespage.com/rul...shack.html<br>
<br>
It plays fairly quickly and doesn't require much bookkeeping provided you do your initial sets ups (there are reference cards that help laying out for differnt unit capabilities.) It's my favorite of the official rules sets.<br>
<br>
I have also played Shock of Impact which is pretty complicated sort of the ASL of the Minis stuff. Fun to read but difficult to work through.<br>
<br>
DBA is for me too abstract for what I'm looking for, but fun for simple wargaming or getting beginners into the mix. It's probably the most popular rules set.<br>
<br>
Another thing I have done is taken GMT's Great Battles of History series such as SPQR and played it with 6mm miniatures w/ one stand equals one counter in the game. That was fun and I used the informational markers laid out next to units to track the status of the battle. GBOH is here and here:<br>
<br>
www.gmtgames.com/sgboh/sgboh_main.html<br>
<br>
patriot.net/~townsend/GBoH/gboh.html (You can DL the simple GBOH rules there)<br>
patriot.net/~townsend/GBoH/gboh.html<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
By Cohort level what do you mean? the sub units are cohorts or all your guys together make up one cohort?<br>
<br>
I have large Roman Armies in 15mm and 6mm. I have used Classical hack for 6mm and tried to have the sub units as Cohorts (I use four stands (16 figs each) per Cohort).<br>
<br>
But since my kid started playing (He's 6.5) I have dialed the scale down to individual level and house rules. So in effect we are using the troops and fighting as a single Cohort or two on a one to one scale vs various enemies. It's a nice effect when you have like a thousand Romans out there in formation.<br>
<br>
We also like doing 15mm in one to one scale usually a cohort having at it with barbarians.<br>
<br>
Hopefully you can access this page to see some of my guys laid out in 6mm and 15mm:<br>
<br>
f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph.../my_photos<br>
<br>
<br>
Finally, this site has tons of free wargames rules you can download and try out. Some are quite good:<br>
<br>
www.freewargamesrules.co.uk/<br>
<br>
Hope that helps.<br>
<br>
Los <p></p><i></i>
I have played Classical hack a number of times: You can get info about it here as well as other ancient rules sets:<br>
theminiaturespage.com/rul...shack.html<br>
<br>
It plays fairly quickly and doesn't require much bookkeeping provided you do your initial sets ups (there are reference cards that help laying out for differnt unit capabilities.) It's my favorite of the official rules sets.<br>
<br>
I have also played Shock of Impact which is pretty complicated sort of the ASL of the Minis stuff. Fun to read but difficult to work through.<br>
<br>
DBA is for me too abstract for what I'm looking for, but fun for simple wargaming or getting beginners into the mix. It's probably the most popular rules set.<br>
<br>
Another thing I have done is taken GMT's Great Battles of History series such as SPQR and played it with 6mm miniatures w/ one stand equals one counter in the game. That was fun and I used the informational markers laid out next to units to track the status of the battle. GBOH is here and here:<br>
<br>
www.gmtgames.com/sgboh/sgboh_main.html<br>
<br>
patriot.net/~townsend/GBoH/gboh.html (You can DL the simple GBOH rules there)<br>
patriot.net/~townsend/GBoH/gboh.html<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
By Cohort level what do you mean? the sub units are cohorts or all your guys together make up one cohort?<br>
<br>
I have large Roman Armies in 15mm and 6mm. I have used Classical hack for 6mm and tried to have the sub units as Cohorts (I use four stands (16 figs each) per Cohort).<br>
<br>
But since my kid started playing (He's 6.5) I have dialed the scale down to individual level and house rules. So in effect we are using the troops and fighting as a single Cohort or two on a one to one scale vs various enemies. It's a nice effect when you have like a thousand Romans out there in formation.<br>
<br>
We also like doing 15mm in one to one scale usually a cohort having at it with barbarians.<br>
<br>
Hopefully you can access this page to see some of my guys laid out in 6mm and 15mm:<br>
<br>
f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph.../my_photos<br>
<br>
<br>
Finally, this site has tons of free wargames rules you can download and try out. Some are quite good:<br>
<br>
www.freewargamesrules.co.uk/<br>
<br>
Hope that helps.<br>
<br>
Los <p></p><i></i>
Los
aka Carlos Lourenco
aka Carlos Lourenco
