Category Archives: Commands and Colors: Ancients

Society of Ancients Battle Day 2012 – “We’re going to need a bigger goat”

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

Back at the end of March, I went to the Society of Ancients Battle Day in Bletchley, near Milton Keynes, UK. The aim of the day was to re-fight the battle of Plataea (479 BC), using a variety of rulesets. … Continue reading →

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Society of Ancients Battle Day 2012

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

Saturday 31st March 2012 is the ninth annual Society of Ancients Battle Day. This years sees a refight of the battle of Plataea from 479 BC – ‘The day the Greeks decisively defeated the invading Persian army to secure their … Continue reading →

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Recent Gaming – Last few weeks @ Scimitar

Posted on June 13, 2010 by

I’ve managed to get several games in over recent weeks, excluding my recent trip to the UK Games Expo: A few weeks ago we had a truly massive game of Shadows Over Camelot (Including the Merlin’s Company expansion) – 7 … Continue reading →

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Gaming Report, 5th May – my next league game

Posted on May 6, 2010 by

I played my next league game in our Commands & Colors: Ancients league last night – we chose the battle of Fano – 271AD The historical battle details: After his serious defeat at the Battle of Placentia at the hands … Continue reading →

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Competition Gaming – the Good, the Bad & the Ugly

Posted on May 4, 2010 by

We’ve started a Commands & Colors: Ancients league at the Scimitar Wargames Group in recent weeks. Now, I’m usually not a huge fan of competitive gaming, but I’ve played in a couple of C&C:A competitions, and I’ve really enjoyed them … Continue reading →

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First C&C:Ancients Imperial Rome game…

Posted on December 4, 2009 by

Wednesday night saw the first outing for the fourth installment of C&C:Ancients, as we played the Nisibis battle from the Imperial Rome expansion. We also gave the ‘campaign’ game a try, and played the scenario over 3 days, although we … Continue reading →

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Sticking in my sleep…

Posted on November 18, 2009 by

I’m now the proud owner of all six boxes of Commands & Colors: Ancients (original plus 5 expansions) – something I’ve been on the edge of doing for quite some time now. If you’ve read this blog or listened to … Continue reading →

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Days when you hate wargaming

Posted on October 31, 2008 by

Do you find that there are days when you can really hate this hobby? For example, I am currently refighting the battle of Asculum using Commands & Colors: Ancients, and the VASSAL online module. The latest turn came through this … Continue reading →

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Commands & Colors: Ancients – End of Part 1

Posted on September 5, 2008 by

If you are a fan of the ‘Into The Gamescape’ podcast, you may remember that several months ago they started a Commands & Colors: Ancients tournament, played on VASSAL. One of my opponents was Jonathan Moody, and after we had … Continue reading →

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Commands & Colors: Ancients – Rome vs Carthage Battle Report

Posted on May 12, 2008 by

Following on from my previous battle reports, this is another in the series of battles in Scimitar Wargames Group Punic War campaign, using Commands & Colors: Ancients rules with miniatures. I’ve already reported on the result, but I thought an … Continue reading →

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Commands & Colors: Ancients – Battle Reports

Posted on April 29, 2008 by

I’ve finally finished two of my battle reports from the Scimitar Wargames Group Punic War campaign. The first is my (very) bloody fight with the Spanish of Andrew Lawrence Romans vs Spanish Battle Report The second is a some what … Continue reading →

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Italy 0 – Rest of the World 7

Posted on March 20, 2008 by

Last night saw the latest chapters in the continuing Commands & Colors: Ancients Punic War campaign. I fought 2 battles against the mighty forces of Hannibal. As you might have guessed from the entry title, things didn’t go to plan … Continue reading →

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I hate Warband!

Posted on March 6, 2008 by

I played the latest of our Punic Wars Commands & Colors campaign games last night. It was a return match against the Gauls of Peter Manning – needless to say, it did not go well! I was deployed on the … Continue reading →

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A hard fought loss…

Posted on March 1, 2008 by

Last Wednesday saw the latest of my Commands & Colors:Ancients ladder campaign battles, as I faced Andrew Lawrence with his Spanish Army. Now Andrew and I have a (relatively) long history with C&C:A games, and my record against him is … Continue reading →

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Command & Colors Ancients – Repbulican Roman Army: Introduction

Posted on February 13, 2008 by

Playing Commands & Colors: Ancients, the board game from GMT Games, with figures rather than blocks has really proven popular at Scimitar wargames club, so much so that we decied to put together a Punic Wars ladder campaign. Now, most … Continue reading →

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