"Doninion of the Spear" Armies using Different Rules

   I decided to try using " Dominion of the Spear" armies with different rules. The first game was played using "The Portable Wargame" anicents rules.  Then I used "Lionheart" dice to fight a game, with modified movement. Finally, I used "Battlelore" rules. I can see using the "Dominion of the Spear" army lists for quick games, using any of the rules tested.

"The Portable Wargame" battle played out. After reading the most recent  "Projects and Procrastination" blog, where he mentioned using GIF to illustrate the battle played, I decided to give it a try myself. As he mentioned, trying to slow down the action is an issue. Still, it might prove a little distraction worth pursuing. It has me thinking of the "Callan" episode "An Act of Kindness" where they show a wargame in stop action.

"Dominion of the Spear" Playthrough

   I played a game of "Dominion of the Spear" to show how quickly the game plays out. I will not be giving a description of the rules; as mentioned, I think the price is low enough that most gamers could buy a set if they really want to play. By the way, to took less time to play the game as it is taking me to type out this posting. 

The Picts (on top) attack the Saxon army.

At the end of turn one: a unit of ferocious Saxons have eliminated the Pict archers on the left. A unit of Pict spearmen eliminated a Saxon Spear unit on the right.

The Picts move a spear unit to replace the archers; the Saxons move up a Spear unit on their right.

Turn 2: On the Saxon left the ferocious Saxon Spearmen are broken, but not before eliminating the Spearmen in front of them. In the center the ferocious Saxon spearmen break the Picts in front of them.

End of turn 2: the Picts put their last spearmen to face the Saxon left; the Pict horsemen attack the center. The Saxons feed in their last reserves to the left.

Once again on the Saxon left both Spear units fight, and both units are demoralized and break. In the center, the ferocious Saxon spearmen eliminate the Pict horsemen, and the last Pict Spear unit is eliminated. The Saxon win a hard fought battle!

  

"Dominion of the Spear" Game

     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.

"Dominion  of the Spear" rules, by Ork Publishing.

The Peter  Laing  Pict  army.