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Post by DiscoQing on Nov 18, 2019 10:32:52 GMT
Now that's what I call a perfect army of Victrix Celts! Are they from any particular tribe? If they're Welsh they have the choice of being from the Ordovices, Silures, Demetae, Deceangli or Cornovii. Also, any particular Ancient Briton SPQR lists you're especially fond of using in your games? Thanks! I really like the idea of Caratacus leading my army - he wasn't originally from the "Welsh" tribes, but became famous for leading the Silures & Ordovices, so I guess them! I'm from Cardiff, so also have an affinity for Silures... My lists generally contain lots of MSU type units of warriors and dogs. I've yet to use my chariots, but will do in my next games!
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Post by lordofskullpass on Nov 18, 2019 20:40:50 GMT
Now that's what I call a perfect army of Victrix Celts! Are they from any particular tribe? If they're Welsh they have the choice of being from the Ordovices, Silures, Demetae, Deceangli or Cornovii. Also, any particular Ancient Briton SPQR lists you're especially fond of using in your games? Thanks! I really like the idea of Caratacus leading my army - he wasn't originally from the "Welsh" tribes, but became famous for leading the Silures & Ordovices, so I guess them! I'm from Cardiff, so also have an affinity for Silures... My lists generally contain lots of MSU type units of warriors and dogs. I've yet to use my chariots, but will do in my next games! Caratacus would be awesome to lead a Silures army. He is expensive at 200 points, but worth it as his rules look so much fun with his ability to effectively teleport British units anywhere on the board to within 12” of him, keep them in the game longer by allowing them to re-roll Bravery tests and even throw enemy javelins back at them! I’m conversely designing my British army around the Catuvellauni themselves, so the great man is an obvious choice for me (I’m from Hampshire so I would actually be among his rivals in the Atrebates, but Caratacus is such a fascinating and underrated historical figure that I’m willing to surpass tribal allegiances for my army). I’m looking forward to seeing how Warlord design his miniature for the British Heroes set that will eventually come round! Britons are predominantly an infantry-oriented force as their cavalry are weaker compared to Gallic cavalry, but their heroes are great at compensating for barbarian factions’ normally poor morale, so I can see why you’ve structured your army in such a way. I’m aiming for a similarly foot-oriented force, but some Gallic cavalry would be fun to use as allied mercenaries in campaigns.
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Post by lordofskullpass on Jul 30, 2021 14:10:23 GMT
Wanted to revive the SPQR interest on here!
Anyone got the Revised Edition ruleset? To be honest I don't think it was necessary really because any decent gamer can resolve ambiguities in the original book by rolling dice or using common sense, and getting rid of Agility as a stat was a shame because that was useful for traversing cover. Also, what's wrong with rolling loads of dice? Tyranid and Ork players have been doing this for donkeys' years and have never complained...
Also, I'm writing some additional Iron Age lists and some army lists for Dark Ages era armies, plus rules for mythological and fantasy units for all the Iron Age and Dark Ages lists based on Mierce's Darklands units. When they're finished I'll put them up for everyone to enjoy.
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Post by mithras on Oct 15, 2021 8:06:36 GMT
Nice to see a thread on this game here! I have been painting some romans from the (old) starter set. I was wondering: does anyone know where to get the new revised rulebook in Europe/the Netherlands? Since Brexit the shipping costs for ordering from the UK are ridiculous
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Post by lordofskullpass on Oct 15, 2021 9:22:10 GMT
Nice to see a thread on this game here! I have been painting some romans from the (old) starter set. I was wondering: does anyone know where to get the new revised rulebook in Europe/the Netherlands? Since Brexit the shipping costs for ordering from the UK are ridiculous Alack, given I'm British I'm afraid I can't help you there matey. I think simply searching for European stockists of Warlord is your best bet. To be honest the new Starter Set is exactly the same as the old one, the Gauls still outnumber the Romans by a huge amount, it's just got the new rulebook in it. If only Warlord would get their heads out of WWII stuff for five minutes to give SPQR the attention it deserves... I hope you find a Revised Edition book for a good price, and when you do I'd love to hear what the main changes are (personally being frugal I'd rather just include the summary of changes as an additional erratum for my original book rather than fork out another £25 for a new one...).
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Post by mithras on Oct 15, 2021 10:55:35 GMT
Nice to see a thread on this game here! I have been painting some romans from the (old) starter set. I was wondering: does anyone know where to get the new revised rulebook in Europe/the Netherlands? Since Brexit the shipping costs for ordering from the UK are ridiculous Alack, given I'm British I'm afraid I can't help you there matey. I think simply searching for European stockists of Warlord is your best bet. To be honest the new Starter Set is exactly the same as the old one, the Gauls still outnumber the Romans by a huge amount, it's just got the new rulebook in it. If only Warlord would get their heads out of WWII stuff for five minutes to give SPQR the attention it deserves... I hope you find a Revised Edition book for a good price, and when you do I'd love to hear what the main changes are (personally being frugal I'd rather just include the summary of changes as an additional erratum for my original book rather than fork out another £25 for a new one...). Yeah, it would be nice if they released a downloadble insert for the old book or even a paid for PDF version of the revised edition. I've tried looking for European stockists but haven't been able to find one yet. Looks like SPQR is not really taking off, sadly. BTW these are some of the Republican Romans I did:
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Post by lordofskullpass on Oct 15, 2021 13:33:05 GMT
Alack, given I'm British I'm afraid I can't help you there matey. I think simply searching for European stockists of Warlord is your best bet. To be honest the new Starter Set is exactly the same as the old one, the Gauls still outnumber the Romans by a huge amount, it's just got the new rulebook in it. If only Warlord would get their heads out of WWII stuff for five minutes to give SPQR the attention it deserves... I hope you find a Revised Edition book for a good price, and when you do I'd love to hear what the main changes are (personally being frugal I'd rather just include the summary of changes as an additional erratum for my original book rather than fork out another £25 for a new one...). Yeah, it would be nice if they released a downloadble insert for the old book or even a paid for PDF version of the revised edition. I've tried looking for European stockists but haven't been able to find one yet. Looks like SPQR is not really taking off, sadly. BTW these are some of the Republican Romans I did: Sorry to hear that mate. I am getting pretty annoyed at Warlord because one of their biggest problems is they are SO biased toward giving their WWII games like Bolt Action more and more love at the expense of their other games, not even GW is that bad with 40K. There is the argument that because it sells most it deserves the most attention, but it is still extremely frustrating and galling to players of the other games who get barely a look in. They still haven't made a Caratacus model which is the one thing I've most been looking forward to because he is such an underrated historical figure with some great rules in the game. Come on Warlord you can be better than this! In the meantime I'm going to upload PDFs of the SPQR rules and amendments I make here for the playerbase to enjoy whenever I get a minute, to keep up the support and love for the game, starting with my amendments to the original rulebook so we don't need the Revised Edition. Did you have any quibbles with the original rules? I can add any you have to my list. @discoqing any suggestions from you pal? Some great Romans you have there! I really should upload some of my pics here (I prefer Lustria because of its better image-handling software but it's no excuse to leave you in the dark as to my painting progress).
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Post by mithras on Oct 19, 2021 6:42:22 GMT
Sorry to hear that mate. I am getting pretty annoyed at Warlord because one of their biggest problems is they are SO biased toward giving their WWII games like Bolt Action more and more love at the expense of their other games, not even GW is that bad with 40K. There is the argument that because it sells most it deserves the most attention, but it is still extremely frustrating and galling to players of the other games who get barely a look in. They still haven't made a Caratacus model which is the one thing I've most been looking forward to because he is such an underrated historical figure with some great rules in the game. Come on Warlord you can be better than this! In the meantime I'm going to upload PDFs of the SPQR rules and amendments I make here for the playerbase to enjoy whenever I get a minute, to keep up the support and love for the game, starting with my amendments to the original rulebook so we don't need the Revised Edition. Did you have any quibbles with the original rules? I can add any you have to my list. @discoqing any suggestions from you pal? Some great Romans you have there! I really should upload some of my pics here (I prefer Lustria because of its better image-handling software but it's no excuse to leave you in the dark as to my painting progress). Totally agree that it would be nice if SPQR got more love. I can't really give a lot of comments on the rules since I have only played the game once... against myself I bought it on one hand because I like the mini's and the time period and on the other hand with a hidden agenda of maybe interesting my 8 year old son in playing the game. Since the rules are rather straigth forward + there is a character development element, I hope that I can lure him in Would love to see some more piccies here!
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Post by mithras on Oct 19, 2021 17:45:14 GMT
Small update: just found out that since I last checked, Warlord Games have set up a European store! So I've ordered the revised edition and some (i.e. way too much ) other goodies! So if you've got any questions about the differences between the 1ste and revised edition, I'm more than happy to look into them
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Post by lordofskullpass on Oct 20, 2021 10:31:05 GMT
Small update: just found out that since I last checked, Warlord Games have set up a European store! So I've ordered the revised edition and some (i.e. way too much ) other goodies! So if you've got any questions about the differences between the 1ste and revised edition, I'm more than happy to look into them Fantastic! Yes I'd love to hear what the main differences are between the first and revised editions, and post pics of the other goodies you bought (providing they're SPQR related)
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Post by mithras on Oct 28, 2021 7:39:06 GMT
Finally, the goods have arrived: besides the new version of the rules, i got updated unit cards for the Romans and Gauls, a box of Roman heroes, a Roman watchtower and a sprue of farmyard animals! Haven't had time yet to compare the rules but I will try to look into that shortly.
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Post by lordofskullpass on Oct 28, 2021 18:04:52 GMT
Finally, the goods have arrived: besides the new version of the rules, i got updated unit cards for the Romans and Gauls, a box of Roman heroes, a Roman watchtower and a sprue of farmyard animals! Haven't had time yet to compare the rules but I will try to look into that shortly. A fantastic haul! I look forward to seeing what the rules differences are, and your new scenery and heroes when they're made and painted! Interesting that you were able to get updated unit cards - did you get those separately or with the new rulebook?
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Post by mithras on Oct 29, 2021 7:23:26 GMT
The unit cards are sold seperately. You get a pack with all the cards of a faction for 6 euro's.
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Post by mithras on Nov 3, 2021 10:00:06 GMT
Here are some of the things I noticed have changed in the Revised Edition. Mind you it's only a small selection, lot's of little things have been reworded and a lot units have adjusted point costs! - E.g. the generic hero on page 5 has it's point cost decreased to 39 denarii (from 50) and one less Agility
- The biggest change is that only models in base contact can fight. When a model bases models from 2 (or more) opposing units, it has to allocate it's attack(s) to one of the opposing units
- the Phalanx rules have been changed quite a lot
- Hoplites have their wounds reduced from 2 to 1 and are increased in points
BTW I noticed Warlord Games have a cleareance sale atm with lots of SPQR stuff. So good news if you want to pick up some more units on the cheap but I suppose it does not bode well for future support for the game. I wouldn't be surprised if they discontinue it and make the new rules available as a PDF in a fewmonths time. If I had known that 2 weeks ago I would have waited on purchasing the new rules to wait and see what will happen! EDIT: found this vid that goes through most of the changes
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Post by lordofskullpass on Feb 10, 2022 15:34:44 GMT
mithras Only just found this, but over the Christmas period Warlord revealed some fantastic news for SPQR - Germanicus and Imperial Roman Legionaries! Germanicus is a usable character in the SPQR Rulebook but is not in the Hail Caesar store, and the Legionaries are significantly more dynamic in posture and with facial expressions more suited to the action of a melee than the current Warlord plastic ones, meaning Warlord are making brand-new miniatures for the game for the first time (all previous sets were repacks of existing sets and, for the characters, recasts in Warlord Resin). This shows they're not only giving the game a second chance but are arguably investing more funds into it to try and restore some confidence into it and attract more players. Also the fact they're making brand-new character models restores some hope in me that they'll one day release a Caratacus model! I wonder whether the Legionaries will be plastic or resin. Plastic would be amazing given the quality of the new sculpts, but even if it's in Warlord Resin I'm not worried, as Warlord Resin is far more affordable than Citadel Finecast or Forge World.
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