One of the things I've been hoping to do where I live is build a little group of people to get together for occasional multi-player wargames. After many fine intentions but little opportunity I finally had a chap from work who is keen to get involved over and introduced him to ancients.
I'd wanted as a starter to familiarise him with troop types, their strengths and weaknesses, and play around with the general tactics of the period. Commands & Colors: Ancients being a fairly gentle introduction we set up a modified, open-handed Ilipa scenario.
It was quite successful. E is a very clever fellow so picked up the concepts fast and was almost immediately into third-order questions of the why and how varieties. He liked the game and the era and thinks he knows one or two others who might also be interested, so the ball appears to be rolling.
Aside from being good fun today's experience reinforces yet again for me that the Ancients version of Richard Borg's Commands & Colors system is simply outstanding. The man is a genius.
Few things better than finding a new opponent close to home!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great result!
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