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by Paul K
Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:37 am
Forum: Kallistra's Hex Based Rules
Topic: Pilum +5
Replies: 6
Views: 10821

Re: Pilum +5

Hi Bertie, The Roman Pilum has a 1 hex range and can therefore only be used on first hex to hex contact with an enemy unit. The 5+ 'shooting' value will be increased by A1 or A2 armour to 6+ and 7+ respectively. The pilum is a single use weapon that can be used once by any unit during a game on firs...
by Paul K
Sun Mar 12, 2023 8:37 pm
Forum: Battle Reports
Topic: Medieval Korean v Chinese
Replies: 0
Views: 6642

Medieval Korean v Chinese

The 6 player game pitted a late Ming Chinese army against a Korean army of the Imjin war period. They both had a points value of 280 points so these were pretty large armies with plenty of units for the 3 players on each side to command. We let the roll of the dice decide which players were with whi...
by Paul K
Sun Mar 12, 2023 8:20 pm
Forum: Battle Reports
Topic: WOTR Lancaster v Tudor
Replies: 0
Views: 1929

WOTR Lancaster v Tudor

Two identical and typical retinue armies pitted against each other. The dice decided which players went with which armies which gave Chris and Tim the Tudors and Tony and I the Lancastrians. In this battle of equals, only the terrain features could give an advantage to either side and therefore mano...
by Paul K
Thu Jan 26, 2023 8:59 pm
Forum: Battle Reports
Topic: Ancient British v French 100 Years' War
Replies: 0
Views: 2378

Ancient British v French 100 Years' War

The French army with 6 mounted and 6 dismounted men-at-arms, 6 crossbows, 3 peasant hordes and 4 generals was pitted against an Ancient British army. The Brits had the usual host of warrior hordes, fanatics and slingers, but more importantly, 3 units of light chariots, 2 units of light cavalry and 2...
by Paul K
Thu Jan 26, 2023 8:47 pm
Forum: Battle Reports
Topic: French 100 Years War v Imperial Roman
Replies: 0
Views: 1962

French 100 Years War v Imperial Roman

When a medieval army is pitted against a very good ancient army such as the Romans, in many respects this is a test of the Hordes and Heroes rule system. The French army was deliberately constructed as a sound historical example; 6 mounted men-at-arms; 6 dismounted men-at-arms, 6 units of crossbow e...
by Paul K
Thu Jan 26, 2023 8:36 pm
Forum: Battle Reports
Topic: Hungarian v Ottoman Turks (Game 2)
Replies: 0
Views: 1989

Hungarian v Ottoman Turks (Game 2)

After the very closely drawn game the previous week, this game simply had to be re-fought. I suppose it could be thought as ‘unfinished business’ with both sides out for a decisive win! The terrain was far more open than in the previous game with a few small areas of woodland positioned away from th...
by Paul K
Thu Jan 26, 2023 8:32 pm
Forum: Battle Reports
Topic: Hungarian v Ottoman Turks (Game 1)
Replies: 0
Views: 1996

Hungarian v Ottoman Turks (Game 1)

The interesting challenge for both sides in this game where the armies are fundamentally different from each other in composition and fighting characteristics, often creates a brain spinning scenario! Each side endevours to play to its strengths and exploit the weaknesses of the opposing force. The ...
by Paul K
Fri Jan 20, 2023 1:40 pm
Forum: Kallistra's Hex Based Rules
Topic: Reference sheet generator
Replies: 2
Views: 6747

Re: Reference sheet generator

Thank you for drawing our attention to this. The file has been resolved and the generator is working fine now.
I hope you enjoyed your Romans v Sassanids game.
by Paul K
Fri Dec 16, 2022 8:24 pm
Forum: Battle Reports
Topic: Dacians v Ancient British (2 games in one evening!)
Replies: 0
Views: 2068

Dacians v Ancient British (2 games in one evening!)

Game 1 It had to be done! Pitting 2 warrior horde based armies against each other would certainly amount to a chaotic engagement. The Dacians had the advantage of slightly stronger infantry armed with the one and 2 handed falx which caused so many problems for Emperor Trajan’s Roman army and his in...
by Paul K
Fri Dec 16, 2022 8:08 pm
Forum: Battle Reports
Topic: Ancient Britons v Imperial Romans (Round 2)
Replies: 0
Views: 1913

Ancient Britons v Imperial Romans (Round 2)

Following the Britons defeat in the previous game, this time, under the generalship of Tony and Tim they were out for revenge. James and I deployed our Romans with the aim of repeating the Roman armies recent success. The army compositions were kept the same as the last game and so there would be no...