I mainly use Facebook to follow my hobby interests. Of course one I follow is " The Portable Wargame". One posting mentioned using "Dominion of the Spear" rules. It's a set of rules I never heard of before. What interested me is it is a solo game that you can just use a paper and pen to play. The rules make for a quick game; the two games I played lasted three turns, and took about ten minutes. Each army has between 3 to 6 units.
The rules are available on Wargame Vault for around $5.50. Besides the rules you get 196 army lists, which, to me, is worth the price alone. Each army is made up of units that cost at least 2 points. However, units can be armored, elite, or ferocious that add points to the unit cost.
This started me thinking of using my Peter Laing ancients to form different armies. Below is a photo of a Peter Laing Pict army that I made. I can see using the army lists for The Portable Wargame Ancients game.
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| "Dominion of the Spear" rules, by Ork Publishing. |
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| The Peter Laing Pict army. |
Nice little force John - I have a lot of time for small armies!
ReplyDeleteI don't know the rules - you'll have to play a game and let us know how they work out
I've played a couple of games already on paper. The rules are good if you want to play a campaign game in one night. As Shaun below mentions, they would be ideal for a narrative campaign game. One thing I do like is that to make Peter Laing armies, the maximum number of figures needed is 12.
DeleteThere are such a great set of rules for some simple quick narrative driven games. Not much decisions to be made but the games are fast! I think I have played about 20 games with them so far.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your statement about narrative driven games. I think looking at most battles of the period, it seemed once engaged, there were no major decisions made by the commanders, just feed more reserves where needed. I was hoping to get some more games in but fate has dictated otherwise. Perhaps this weekend...
DeleteI look forward to hearing how your gaming with them goes…
ReplyDeleteAlan Tradgardland
The next game I play I hope to use some Peter Laings.
DeleteThere’s now a supplement to Dominion of the Spear - scenarios for 36 historical ancient battles, plus some development/optional rules.
ReplyDeleteYour Picts certainly have the look of veterans 😉
Cheers,
Geoff