Back in the good old/bad old days when Wargames Research Group were the only show in town, Sassanians were something of a super-army. With their abundant horse archers, super-heavy clibanarii and hordes of chain-ganged peasant foot they were hard to beat!

Cool stuff! I'm a big fan of BRP, Lovecraft, and Call of Cthulhu... though I've stayed with an earlier version of the rules. I'm pretty sure Alone Against The Dark is a re-do of an older solo adventure and that one I've been through (lots of deaths)... but I don't think I've seen Alone Against The Tide before, unless they've changed the name as they did with Wendigo. They're a good way to learn the rules.

How meta would it be if the player lost sanity just from reading the scenario. Get your tinfoil hat on before reading. :)

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A couple of observations on the miniature ranges. I used to like Alternative Armies a lot as they were still producing a lot of the old Table Top Miniatures range. Given that range started in the 1980s some of the historical miniatures won't reflect more recent research, and some can be generally older in style. Their newest sculpts are almost exclusively in their SciFi stock whereas the ancients are firmly those far older moulds. Also, and it may not be relevant for you, the current owner was stupid enough to use the company twitter account to post some right wing views about immigration and race. Personally, I'm not shopping there any more. The Eureka stuff is more contemporary in production. Although they don't appear to hold full stock, I believe they do cast to order. Mixing Eureka with other manufacturers can be hit or miss, as ever.

I’ve never really been interested in Russian history beyond the Communist Russian Revolution, but you are changing my mind and getting me excited.

Good Sunday evening to you sir. 👍

Thanks. I'll look into it. :)

I think this would be a really cool project. The Sassanians are a pretty cool army, a core of extremely heavily armored cavalry fighting in a very dense compact formation, backed up with horse archers. They Sassanians used a form of massed volley based horse archery, where as the Byzantines used Hunnic style horse archery taking direct aim at individual targets. Infantry varied in quality from your generic levies to a few regiments of tough armored infantry as well as hill tribesman. I would definitely be excited to see a Sassanian project!.

I painted a very nice Sassanid Army but have not made the video yet. I’ll do that when I back home for you

If you are not that happy with any existing system, and are looking for a basic approach to amend, I would recommend looking at 'Victory Without Quarter'. It is a very basic, and free, ruleset which would lend itself well to any changes you would want to make. The focus is the British Civil Wars but easy enough to adapt.

I love man talks to internet about ways to make the wife angry with new toy project. Now I want to learn more about the Sassassians. Maybe after I finish my Boer War project.

Figures look interesting.👍

Tough choices. Old Glory does offer a big discount if you join the membership. Worth it if you get everything at once. Of course, their scales are not always the same as others. TMP posters make scale charts. Search for Alternative Armies. They might have a size comparison chart. :)

Why would you let cat in the room when making a pod cast.

What are you using for basing materials? Sorry if I missed it in a video somehow

Good update. Lancers look good, and the haiduks look like really unique troops with the cloaks.

You mentioned shields and it reminded me of an idea I had a while ago. I was thinking about how to make a form for styrene plastic for vacuum forming the embossing on a shield and bend the ends to make them 'solid'. I think this would allow anyone to make a variety of shields without decals. Maybe 3d printed forms and a heat gun. I know the vacuum form machines are too pricey. Just me thinking out loud. I need a designer. :)

Evening. Working on my game and trying to fix some errors that I've made.

Morning 👍

you can order a softcover version from "on military miniatures" in US for $42+shipping. 2d edition copy

As an ardent GdB napoleonic fan, i've long considered trying these out. But with both Koenig Kreig and Shako SYW as my go-to SYW rules, ive not tried them. this stems from needing to acquire more lead to fill out the battalions to match 1:20 vs the 1:50 of the others.

Co-authored by Angus Konstam, I see. Angus is a prolific author specialising in naval warfare and pirates, and runs a great gaming blog at Orkneywargames. Odd that he doesn’t play “Die Kriegskunst” much himself.

Never heard of these rules. Looks like standard gameplay though. Not a bad thing. :)

Great video. Really enjoyed that .

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As I was a fan of the Impetus rules (the 1st edition mostly) I do like Baroque (for ECW) especially the command and control and I do (unlike many it seems!) like the combat resolution. I also like that pike and shot units are one unit and not sleves flitting off willy-nilly. I find it better to play against someone for the first few games as it really helps work through the system. [Do not really like the Covenanter/Montrose lists though]. Other rule sets you may like for Poles/Ottomans would be 'Renatio et Gloriam' (stand alone) (Renaissance version of Mortem et Gloriam - they have options for small games to large games depending on space and figure collection, For King and Parliament has Eastern European (free) special rules and options - you just need to get the King and Parliament rules, and of course 'By Fire and Sword' specifically for this period in 15mm - very nice production values and can see the tutorials on KZbin.

Those wagons look great, add a lot to the table. I agree the warlord rules lack substance.

Looking good boss. I'm sure you're going to get it worked out.

Seems like it would take too many hours to play out. At least, for me. Anymore, 2 hours tops and then I need to physically make myself move in other directions. :) It does seem like fun, though.

Righteous! :)

Very nice figures👍

GdA is not a rule system for complete beginners or for the faint-hearted, but once you have a little knowledge of the Napoleonic period and a few games behind you there’s probably no better system out there at present.

Coincidence? 4 vids below/after your vid, Storm of Steel wargaming has a vid on the second volume of these rules.

Evening sir.

Very nice work!

Fabulous! They look great all ranked up like that. Nice flags too. Question: How do you store them?

Richard Berg, rest in peace, was one of the more prolific game designers in history especially with the American Civil War he made 3 games in this system with a very unique TrT table for activation. I like the system it's different and it does take some time to play. I hope you have fun with it and if I can be of any assistance just holler.

Take your time. Read the rule book. Don't worry if it doesn't stick the first time you go through the book.

Hex 2 hex wargaming is an avid ACW player. I'm making your channel and that you're going to be dipping your toes into hex and counter game. Maybe he'll peek in and offer you answers to questions you have.

Lots of us use plexiglass or some type of plastic to lay over the mat to keep it clean and keep critters from chewing on it. You will have some glare if you do. Any filming but what can you do?

From what I can see the counters at least look properly aligned and that's half the battle

Lots of people use baggies.

Very nice

Bargain are most excellent. I always try to buy figures that I can use that I might want and are somewhat discounted. A $5 miniature that's going for 3 and 1/2 bucks is very fine. The last two games I bought each were discounted $5 each off. 10 bucks. That can cover two miniatures or it covers the shipping+-. No tax.

$30 for 2 wagons? I understand. I put a limit on myself if I see an old Ral Partha metal figure +-$10 max for one. Some control. Lol.

You do them how you see them.