Warlord Ancient Epic Armies.

Last time I touched upon a project that helped me reconsider retiring from wargaming. That project was the release of Warlord Games Ancient Epic armies. John already had two lovely Thirty Years War epic armies and when I saw that Warlord were going to release armies for the Punic Wars I was excited for a change. 

When I say my project, can I now state I didnt paint any of the many thousands of beautiful figures that Warlord released. Both armies are entirely the work of John Reidy, a man of far greater painting talents than me. He is also very disciplined and doesnt flit about like yours truly. We split the actual ownership of the armies and John chosethe Romans. 

So these badly taken images are all the work of John and will be seen at the Battleground Wargames Show at Middlesbrough in two weeks time in splendid full colour.

Elephants! Dont think they are a battle winner because up to now they have been a very pretty chocolate fireguard. But I do like the novelty.

These images do not do them justice and sadly my command of the Cartheginians doesnt do Hannibal justice either. I just cannot find the right way to command such a disparite number of troops. But I am learning, just very slowly. I must admit the Hail Ceasar rulebook that is included in their army box is an excellent set of rules that cetainly captures the period and I think is the first set of ancient rules that captures the Roman way of fighting. The Romans are tough to break and their ability to switch units in melee is really well done without being too clumsy or to powerful.

If you want to see the rules and figures in action, pop into Battleground, its a great show,with free parking and entry and is easily accessible from the main roads and train lines.

            The new releases from Warlord, two command groups, both lovely models.  The big pink token is to show the camp was an objective in my latest defeat. I never got near the damned thing.