Wargames Review - Wars of the Republic, Osprey Wargames

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@maryhinge6334 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been wondering what these were like. Thanks for posting. 👍

@prasutagustheorwellwargamer 2 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome, hope it proved informative :)

@ericfarrington366 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this and the support!

@prasutagustheorwellwargamer 2 жыл бұрын

No problem Eric i enjoyed these rules, great game, keep up the good work! :)

@przemekbozek 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this and looking forward to more contents on the subject - always a fan of Republican Rome at War😁

@prasutagustheorwellwargamer 2 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome, glad you enjoyed it :)

@timcater5042 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for putting out this review. I was interested in what this new set was about and like the sound of it.

@prasutagustheorwellwargamer 2 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome Tim, glad you enjoyed it and given you some ideas with your ancient projects :)

@olympiangamers7007 Жыл бұрын

Like your review style and presentation, would be nice to see some examples of play from the channel once you’ve got your minis painted

@prasutagustheorwellwargamer Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comments...my carthaginians are complete now on to the romans...will try and post something in due course :)

@TheHaileris 2 жыл бұрын

Never got round to doing ancients, but you did have me browsing Pendrakens site agter watching this. Would you base your units onto a single base at this scale our use multi base per unit (I do like the look of a single base that smaller scales allow)

@prasutagustheorwellwargamer 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Andy, glad you liked the vid. I would go larger single base for small scales and multi bases for larger say 15mm+. Let me know what you go for...be good to see your progress

@leadbelcher7248 10 ай бұрын

Hello. Nice reveiw. The rules looks interesting. I know this video has been out for some time now. But have you playtest this rule?

@prasutagustheorwellwargamer 10 ай бұрын

Hi thanks and thanks for subbing. Not played this now for tbh but it worked well and provided a fun game :)

@truskor 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your review. I bought the book afterwards and I am quite happy with it. But I am struggling with understanding one key point of the the rules. Page 8 says. 'When active a unit may do one of the following : move, shoot, fight.' does this mean only units that chose the fight action (or that who use the special action charge for a command gaze) will actually fight in the resolve melee phase and not every units in contact? How do you interpret this? What confuses me, is that page 13 says a unit may use a normal move to come into contact. Page 16 'determine melee' says: melee occurs when opposing units have come into contact which each other. It does not mention the fight action.

@prasutagustheorwellwargamer 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Truskor thanks for your message. i have interpreted as follows: Page 8 makes it clear one action only...as such if you do not choose fight you cannot melee. As such you have to move to contact (move or charge) then next activation fight? Page 9 confirms a charge is a move activation? The supports rules at bottom of page 16 make it clear that if a unit is within 6 base widths they can support a melee...i believe without a fight order? these are my humble interpretations. might be worth contacting Eric Farrington for clarity. Hope this helps and you are enjoying your games :)

@truskor 2 жыл бұрын

@@prasutagustheorwellwargamer thank you for your answer. I read it the way you do. I think page 16 resolve melee was perhaps copied from men of bronze which had no extra melee phase. So far I found no way to contact the author.

@prasutagustheorwellwargamer 2 жыл бұрын

@@truskor I think thats the best way forward. If I hear anything or if the author has a forum I will let you know :)

@ericfarrington366 2 жыл бұрын

You can contact me through Instagram, Facebook, my blog, and various message boards. Just search for Blood and Spectacles Blog and you will be able to track me down. :)

@PMMagro 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds nice!

@nickjennings8757 2 жыл бұрын

Hi mate, no mention of unit sizes, Army lists, scenarios etc?

@prasutagustheorwellwargamer 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Nick, i think i touched on them but chose not to go into too much detail. There are lots of lists and scenarios for what is a small and cost effective book. Well worth the investment :) hope you liked the video overall best wishes

@Jux925 2 жыл бұрын

Is there any reason that this game/system cannot be used on later periods? Imperial Rome, etc?

@prasutagustheorwellwargamer 2 жыл бұрын

I cannot see why not, with some house rules adjustments the system looks quite versatile :)

@truskor 2 жыл бұрын

Another thing that confused me in the rules is that elite hoplites and silvee shields and drilled hoplites snd bronze shields have exactly the same stats. Why include two units with exactly the same stats?

@prasutagustheorwellwargamer 2 жыл бұрын

I am sure on the list of units pages 29 and 30 the stats for the various units are slightly different? I will need to look further :)

@truskor 2 жыл бұрын

@@prasutagustheorwellwargamer for whatever reason elite hoplites and silver shields are identical and drilled hoplites and bronze shields are identical. Redundancy or mistake? The game has do many great ideas, but the execution seems at least flawed.

@prasutagustheorwellwargamer 2 жыл бұрын

@@truskor hadnt noticed that good point!

@ericfarrington366 2 жыл бұрын

Good call out. Unit stats always go through a lot of changes via playtesting. Hoplite units could/should have 1 less courage than the equivalent Pike block unit. Hope that helps.

@truskor 2 жыл бұрын

I asked the author the following. I bought Wars of the Republic and I am very happy with it. Planing to play it in different scales mainly with 2nd punic war battles. But I am struggling with understanding one key point of the the rules. Page 8 says. 'When active a unit may do one of the following : move, shoot, fight.' does this mean only units that chose the fight action (or that who use the special action charge for a command gaze) will actually fight in the resolve melee phase and not every units in contact? What confuses me, is that page 13 says a unit may use a normal move to come into contact. Page 16 'determine melee' says: melee occurs when opposing units have come into contact which each other. It does not mention the fight action. Could you please clarify which units fight in the resolve melee phase? Thank you.

@truskor 2 жыл бұрын

He answered. Welcome! Here is how it works. When yo activate a unit you in the movement phase you are choosing to move, shoot, or fight. If you choose to fight. You fight in the melee phase. If you choose to shoot, you shoot immediately. If you choose to move, you move. When you charge, you get to move during movement and fight in the resolve melee phase. It cost 1 commanders gaze. It is possible to choose move and come into contact with an enemy unit. However, since you chose to move you do NOT get to fight in the melee phase. Make sense?

@truskor 2 жыл бұрын

Another question would be, how can a supporting unit get the charge bonus? A charge would normally happen in the action phase and either be successful and then result in contact or unsuccessful and leading to a failed charge. Support 'moves' happen in the resolve melee phase. So I assume a unit could add a charge bonus to its supportif it would contact an enemy unit together with a second friendly one and this other friendly one is declared the main attacker. Is that correct or are there other ways for supporting units to add their charge bonus?

@truskor 2 жыл бұрын

A support unit can move in to support a melee in the movement phase as normal. The unit chooses to move into contact. However, their would be no bonus in the melee phase as the unit chose to move. The following turn it could choose to fight and give the support bonus. If the unit use a charge move to get into the melee they get support +2, and charge +2 when the melee is resolved in the melee phase. The charge allows them to move and fight. Make sense? Did I follow the question correctly?

@truskor 2 жыл бұрын

I asked again, but got no answer :Thank you for your answer. What you write makes absolutely sense, but I am totally confused by the text about resolve melee. The text implies, that a unit may move as a support unit into combat when it is within 6 movement units. I thought this would happen in the resolve melee phase. Could you please clarify about this? Do units move into support in the action phase or in the resolve melee phase? Or both?

@truskor 2 жыл бұрын

Is it just me or is it confusing to others too?