Looking for a Game

[livingancestor]

Who is available next week for a pick up game of Wargods? I'm available most nights with a little bit of notice

[jpchapleau]

I will be going to GH this afternoon (friday 23rd)

JP

[livingancestor]

Sorry I missed you. I need more than a couple hours notice. :D

Keep an eye on the board. I will be running some games either next week or early next month.

[jpchapleau]

Sweet!

[Napar]

Hey guys!

I'd love to learn to play. I have 3 starter armies and the rules. Thats about it. Nothing painted and just a few points.

Look forward to hearing from you guys.

[jpchapleau]

Napar,
Join the Club... I'm pretty much like you. I have:
-the starter of Sebeki (all painted except the MoW & Human Priest) plus bitz
-the starter of Basti (mostly painted except MoW) plus bitz
-Asar Spearmen & Swordsmen
-A large number of African spearmen I could use as proxy (gotta love them Masai)

[Napar]

Have you had any luck getting any games in or learning to play?

[Stephan]

Forrest and I will be at the store for a game of Wargods on Wed if you want to stop by. I'll have to check with Forrest, but I don't think he'd have a problem making it a teaching game. If any of your stuff is assembled, bring it along and we'll see if we can't throw some of your units into our game.

Stephan

[Napar]

Sounds good.

What time?

[livingancestor]

I'm playing a Wargods game on Wednesday (Heru vs Tethru) If either of you guys want to come up and watch, I'll be happy to explain the rules and the mechanics as we go through the game. Or if both of you want to bring your figs up, you can play each other while we play and we'll coach you through it. Let me know.

Forrest

Well I see that Stephan posted before I did.Bring your figs and we'll work it out. Come on up about 6:00

[Napar]

Not a problem, I don't want to mess up your guys planned game time.

I'll try it again some other time or if I can get together with jpchapleau, we can try out a game with our starters and work our way through the book.

Thanks again guys.

[livingancestor]

You guys won't mess up anything. Bring your Wargods stuff if you can make it up on Wednesday. We'll either blend you into our game or put you on the table next to us and walk you throught your game. Works either way!

[ColGreeley]

Once I gather up my stuff, I would like if you could run me thru a game Forrest.

Thanks!
Troy - Eater of the Dead

[ColGreeley]

Now I need to see how many actual units I can field. I will probably do that tonight.

[jpchapleau]

DANG IT! Another opportunity where I can't be there and Wednesday are normally my "free" evenings

DANG DANG DANG

JP

[ColGreeley]

What army do you play?

[jpchapleau]

I have starter armies of Sebeki & Basti but I have a buttload of Historical africans (Masai, Zulus, Ngori) I'm planning on using as additional units.

[ColGreeley]

Ooooh, Zulus? Cool. Always good for a re-enactment of Roarke's Drift.

[jpchapleau]

I don't have enough of them to do a nice R'sD. :S Most of my tribesmen are central-african (I used to play TS&TF in the Congo/Kenya area more than south Africa)
However, except for the highly-recognizable Masai (great feathered headdress & distinctive shield pattern), the "Generic" ones could sub in for Zulus...

JP

[ColGreeley]

That would work. I played Roarke's Drift up at Genghis Con a few years back using the SOWRD and the FLAME Rules. I did quite good if I don't say so myself. I repelled 5 waves of Zulus.

[jpchapleau]

TS&TF (The Sword and the Flame) is a good system for cons. Ran a game of its little brother: The Sword in Africa (aimed towards smaller battles) at Wolfhound 2001 in Dublin and it was pretty cool (if a little out there for the historically-minded crowd.

Back on topic, I think they look very good and add some spice/exotism to WoA (as if croc-men & mummies werent' enough) (from the games I played with my wife to try the game)

JP

[ColGreeley]

I agree. And if you can't make tonight, just ask the Living Ancestor for a game sometime. He is the resident Wargods person as he loves the game.

[livingancestor]

David, Mark and Stephan

See you guys tonight at 6ish. I will get two tables for our game to accomodate the size of our game.

2000 pts each and a level 4 Harbinger (not included in th e 2000 pts.

David, I only have 1 chariot assembled. I will bring the one I have, plus my extra Anubi.

[ColGreeley]

Forrest, I forgot to tell Rob to hold 2 tables for you. Sorry. If you want, you can call him today and he should be able to accomodate. I will be watching this game, sounds like fun.

[jpchapleau]

Game? Tonight? the 18th? Really !?

[USMC2USAF]

Forrest:

Please let me know when you'll be running the neext game or demo of Wargods as I want to get to very familiar with the game play as I am starting to put together my Spartans.

Any word yet on when the Olympus book will be released?

Respectfully,
KEVIN

[livingancestor]

Kevin,

No word on the Olympus book yet. Once the Pharoh's Daughter's birthday is over, we'll set up a game. We've found that the Heru stats work well for the Spartans as proxy stats.

[electraglide]

Living Ancestor,

There are now rules for the Spartans on the Wargods website. The entry there includes stats for the men, the leader and the phalnax formation. If you are planning another 300 game, it would let us fight Spartans instead of confused and plucked Heru.

[livingancestor]

Thanks Jacob. I saw it the other day and distributed it to our potential Olympus players. They were very pleased with the phalanx rule (as they should be). What nights are working for you now to get a WGA game in?

[ColGreeley]

Forrest, do you have any extra copies of those rules?

[Oberst Hajj]

I picked up some Basti while still in Trashcanistan but never did any thing with them. I'm still a little interested in playing this game if there was a decent sized group playing it.

[USMC2USAF]

I'm still trying to get my Spartans together and once they are together and Forrest is up and about I am sure he'll be starving to get several games of Wargods together.

Respectfully,
KEVIN

[livingancestor]

Give me a couple more weeks, and I'd like a shot at those Spartans Kevin.

Keith, I'd love to teach you the game. There are quite a few people who actually have the game. It's just a matter of getting them off their duffs. :D

[USMC2USAF]

<-- Duff sitter, right here... although, I am still trying to learn the game :)

Respectfully,
KEVIN

[Oberst Hajj]

That would be cool Forrest. I'm sort of thinking about switching to Sebki though...those croc models are calling me in the depths of my retired painter's dreams. lol

[livingancestor]

Howdy All,

Well it seems that Father Nurgle has blessed me with the energy and enthusiasm to jump back into gaming with both feet. If anyone is interested in a game or demo of Wargods, let me know, and we'll work out a day and time.

Keith, let me know what day works for you and which army you are most interested in and we'll get together (Gee, just one more game for you to beat me up at). :D

Forrest

[squevitch]

Glad to hear Papa Nurgle has given you a boon Forrest!

So, if one were to play Spartans, where would one find an army list?

[livingancestor]

I can send you the playtest rules. Send me your new work e-mail address and I'll get it right out to you.

[squevitch]

Thanks Forresto.

I sent that to your yahoo account.

[livingancestor]

Are any of you closet Wargods players up for a game this Thursday evening?

I have some big crocs that need a snack.

How about you Spartans?

[USMC2USAF]

Forrest:

Unfortunately, I don't think I'll have my Spartans even put together by tomorrrow, however, I did pick up some more Spartans at GenCon and got a look at the official playtest Spartans rulebook (much in the same fashion as the Hyporea / Wendigo book they have on the Crocodile Games website). By the way, Forrest, I ordered an additional copy for you while I was at GenCon (should arrive in about 2-3 weeks) and I have some Basti camp follower minis for your wife as well.

Respectfully,
KEVIN

[livingancestor]

Thanks Kevin. I really appreciate it. So does Nancy!

[USMC2USAF]

Forrest:

Would you happen to have an answer on how to properly rank up the Spartans together on their bases so that they rank up properly? Those 20mm bases seem too small once I get each hoplite on their base and then trying to figure out how to get their individual shields to fit properly without them knocking into the miniature right next to them! Am I missing something?

Thanks.

Respectfully,
KEVIN

[livingancestor]

Kevin,

Unfortunately, no. The current trend in gaming figs is to make them larger and larger. Nothing, except historicals is 25mm anymore, and that's what 20mm bases were designed for. Your Spartans are probably 28 or 30mm. They would probably work best on a 25mm base, but that would mess with game mechanics.

I have had to set up my WFB Orks and Chaos Warriors like a jigsaw puzzle, fitting one into another in a ranked formation, and then number the bottoms of the bases. I think that since the Spartans are in a single, static pose, that won't work, but it can't hurt to try.

Sorry, not much help.

[USMC2USAF]

Forrest:

Thanks for the advice. I was hoping that there might be some sort of workaround with my Spartans. Crocodile Games' hoplites come in only about 3 to 4 poses but they are only slightly different from each other (hand position, spear position, and head angle). Unfortunately, my biggest problem is evident in shield position.

I may just go ahead and glue them all on their bases and figure it all out from there using the "jigsaw puzzle" method you described earlier.

Thanks again, Forrest.

Respectfully,
KEVIN

[livingancestor]

Let me know when you're ready to play them. I'm interested to see how well the phalanx rules work for them.

[USMC2USAF]

Forrest:

Most definitely!
I managed to get a demo game of Wargods at the Crocodile Games booth at GenCon and I am really impressed with the simplicity and ease of game play. I'm hoping to get a few 20-man hoplite units together for my first game along with a Demigod to challenge your Harbinger in The Provocation!

It should be fun!

Respectfully,
KEVIN

[livingancestor]

Glad to hear you enjoyed it. Just let me know when you're ready to play.

[Stephan]

We should set up a day/time to get the "crocodile" group together. Kevin/Forrest, are either of you going to TactiCon this weekend? If not, maybe we could get in a game Saturday or Sunday afternoon at the Haven.

S

[USMC2USAF]

Stephan:

I'll be headed out of town to Los Angeles, CA this Saturday through next Friday but, I'm hoping to make a trip to the Haven sometime this Friday.

Forrest:

Will you be at the Haven tonight? I was planning on making an appearance and wanted to get you Nancy's Basti :)

Respectfully,
KEVIN

[squevitch]

I am going to be picking up some character and special unit minis, but since I am not motivated to paint a whole bunch of Spartans again I'm going to use some historicals (these are Wargames Foundry) I already have.

Spartan Phalanx

http://www.voidgamers.com/images/data/photo/historical/ancients/imagegallery/MADDOC-Spartans2.jpg

Peltasts
(Even though they don't allow them in the rules, Greek Javelin armed light infantry often had helmets and shields like these guys)

http://www.voidgamers.com/images/data/photo/historical/ancients/imagegallery/MADDOC-Greek%20Peltasts.jpg


I'll try and take a pic with all the units shown. They may not be thest best in the game but they sure do look impressive!

-Steve

[livingancestor]

Stephan,

A game on Sunday would work for me if it works for you. Let me know.


Kevin,

Yup. I can be up at the store tonight. What time?

[USMC2USAF]

Forrest:

Around 6PM should be good :)

Respectfully,
KEVIN

[Rorschach]

When is the Olympus book actually due? I still plan on doing Typhon eventually, but I also have a titan or 3 I might be able to use in the meantime.

[livingancestor]

Not sure when the atual book is to be released. Rob might have that information. There is a set of published playtest rules that were available at Gen Con. I believe that Rob and Kevin have a set.

[ColGreeley]

Well, after our discussion last night, I am glad to see more people interested in playing this great game. It looks like Kevin is onboard and possibly Steve Glenn. Now I really need to dig out my Eaters of the Dead army and get them up and running. As for Olympus, I have some Spartans, but I think I will let Kevin play them as I am thinking of fielding the Mycenaeans. I just need to see what I can get for stuff from Croc Games and see what Rob can order.