My friend Kevin pointed me to this a couple of days ago and only now have I gotten to spend some time with the beta demo. The first thing that strikes you about Hannibal is the art. It’s sort of a Bayeux Tapestry thing, I guess. Very stylized and not entirely clear all the time. […]
Entries Tagged as 'Ancients'
Hannibal: Rome and Carthage in the Second Punic War
January 13th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Ancients, Indie Games
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Field of Glory: I’d Like Some More Please
November 23rd, 2009 · 10 Comments · Ancients, Slitherine, Wargames
The computer version of Field of Glory satisfies two itches at once. First, it is a very simple and very fast playing wargame, well adapted from what is, by all accounts, a very good miniature rule set. Second, it is an ancients game, and we all know that I can go on forever about that […]
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Field of Glory now available
November 18th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Ancients, Wargames
The PC adaptation of the Field of Glory miniature rule set is now available from Slitherine. . Game play that allows key decisions to decide the results of historical battles. · Detailed and accurate depiction of ancient warfare (combat mechanics, leaders, morale). · Single and 2 player head to head modes as well with an […]
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Egypt: Engineering an Empire
November 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Ancients, Slitherine
I just finished teaching about this stuff. Egypt is the first in a series a turn based grand strategy games with important economic and military aspects linked to the History TV channel series Engineering an Empire. You must engineer an empire from its roots to the height of its power. You take the role of […]
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Alexandrian Wars
August 26th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Ancients, HPS, Wargames
I hate letting an ancient themed wargame slip by unnoticed. HPS Simulations has just released Alexandrian Wars, the third game in their Ancient Warfare series. It’s a good series in general because it’s at the scale where the HPS engine doesn’t fall apart, though the UI is still twenty years behind the times. There’s a […]
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Slitherine Adapts Miniature Rule Set for PC
June 28th, 2009 · 11 Comments · Ancients, Slitherine
Slitherine Studios was born as a computer game company formed by two miniature wargamers (they played miniature wargames, I mean. They aren’t especially small.) A couple of years ago they took a break from computer game development to co-publish a new rule set for ancients miniatures. The Field of Glory: Ancient and Medieval Wargaming Rules […]
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