Thursday 5 January 2012

A few pics from the start of my Hail Caesar Game





It was great to get the Romans and Ancient Britons out to give them an airing.  There was sufficient for 3 'divisions' (using the Hail Caesar term, rather than the strict military term) on each side which gave an interesting game.  The division containing 4 Legionary cohorts might be regarded as rather strong, and indeed they proved the battle winner,  however there was plenty of action all across the field. The first game with an opponent took 4 hours.  I thought this was excellent.  With so many rules the battle is often in the early stages at that point.  You know when a game is a success when you start repainting them and improving them that very same evening and commence list writing as to what else you need to add.  Even better my opponent, Ian, went away and bought 4 cohorts of Roman Legion from Warlord Games straight away!  Inspired!

7 comments:

  1. Very impressive. I can´t make my mind up which are the most attractive..the celts or the romans.
    Welcome to the blogging world :-D
    Cheers
    paul

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  2. Hi Paul, Thanks for your kind comments and also for being my first blog follower! I hope to publish a lot more photos and some game reports..as soon as I get some more stuff painted :-)
    Cheers,
    Jason

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  3. Very impressive and nicely painted miniatures
    Cheers
    Kent

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  4. You've just taken your first step into a wider world...Your units look great. It's always nice to see another Roman field army on the horizon! Something the Celts will disagree about I'm sure.

    I look forward to seeing more of your work, Simon.

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  6. Great painting on those Brits, they look spectacular! Good luck with your blog.

    Frank
    http://adventuresinlead.blogspot.com/

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  7. Some very nice figures, ,love the shields on the Celts, and welcome to the world of blogging!!!

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