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AWE Ancient Rules

Miniature wargame rules for 300 BC - AD 500 field battles.
This is a new miniatures gaming system with battles exclusively decided by player's decisions. There is no inherent randomness or predictable outcomes.
The game is very fast, high tension, leading to decisive battles. The learning curve is as steep as immersion is deep.
Play is unforgiving and it may be difficult to recover from poor or rash decisions.
No dice, cards, markers, bookeeping or written orders required.

Details:

- One stand = one cohort

- 40mm basing for 15mm; 80mm for 28mm

- Default table 120x90cm

- Dialog combat system

- Combat Tiles

- No randomizers

- No on table markers

- Handicap system possible

Requirements: rectangle templates; magnetic sheet and metal steel paper, such as those found in hobby stores.

Feel like a real general!

What do you get:

Cover + Counter-cover
Contents
9 pages of generic rules
4 pages with the combat sequence
3 pages on Combat Tiles, 2 printable

Appendix
4 pages of combat examples
14 sample army lists
1 page with terrain advice
4 generic scenarios 

Version 1.1 released:

Corrected infantry base depth to 20 mm;
Two army lists added, Late Principate Roman and Late Roman Empire.
Minor editing.

WARNING:
Heavy base work is necessary to play this game.
Not suitable for solo play.                                                     

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Mitchell N March 05, 2023 11:30 pm UTC
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any news on the solo battle module?
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Gabriel B September 03, 2023 10:24 am UTC
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I have no time to go back to this game right now. In order to make any changes I must be totally immersed in the game's logic and mechanisms, or it will be all messed up.
Anyway you can set a line of units, most blocking a front, with flanks anchored on umpassable terrain. Randomly assign Combat Tiles, 60% 3 points, 40% 2 points and 10% 1 point.
Then proceed to attack the line.
If units are not blocking the front the Defender will automatically stand.
Difficulty can tunned by changing the tiles mix.
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Mitchell N September 20, 2023 12:20 am UTC
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thanks for the reply - i hope you can come back to the rules as they are very interesting, i like the concepts within them alot and hope also perhaps to be able to extend them to later periods - up to the 12 century crusade period even?
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Gabriel B September 20, 2023 1:47 pm UTC
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Patrick H November 17, 2016 8:03 pm UTC
Does the game use a map grid or squares for movement ? Can we see a game being played ?
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Gabriel B November 19, 2016 2:36 pm UTC
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The game uses an asymmetric map grid with rectangles. The default small table is 120x90cm.
Each rectangle can be 10x10cm or 20x10cm (most common) or 30x10cm for 15mm miniatures. The pdf explains how to set up the map and terrain easily.
What we did for a start was to cut templates from thin carpet tiles placed over a cloth. Templates can be cut in rows.
Alternately I'm ordering complete mats from some manufacturer, so that further costumers can buy from them at regular - not custom - cost.
In BGG you can find some images of a game going on: no markers on the table is real.
Planning to do a video, as time allows.
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Gabriel B September 24, 2016 9:55 pm UTC
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