Recently I have played C&C Ancients a lot less in comparison to the time when I was initially enchanted by this game. Still, it oftentimes gives me a lot of satisfaction and nowadays I usually play sets of historically and chronologically connected scenarios. Recently I brought to the table couple of Civil War battles (Caesar vs Pompey), […]
Alexander’s Successors Wars as Depicted by C&C Ancients Read Post »
After Action ReportIn the first two installments (you can check them here: Part 1 & Part 2) we explored strategy for the attacker breaking the line. In this final installment we will consider the role of the defender.
Breaking The Line and Holding The Line in Commands & Colors: Ancients by BrentS — Part 3 Read Post »
Strategy ArticlesBreaking The Line, Holding The Line PART TWO In the last installment we looked at the first two phases for an attacker attempting to break the enemy line, preparation and choosing when to attack.
Breaking The Line and Holding The Line in Commands & Colors: Ancients by BrentS — Part 2 Read Post »
Strategy ArticlesThere are many important elements that contribute to the outcome of an Ancients battle. Skirmishing, cavalry manoeuvres, feint and ruse, move and countermove, all play their part in the integrated coordination of arms that leads to success on the battlefield and a good commander must be skilled in all of them. But as in real
Breaking The Line and Holding The Line in Commands & Colors: Ancients by BrentS — Part 1 Read Post »
Strategy ArticlesIt never ceases to amaze me how a few tweaks in the basic C&C engine can create genuine variation in play experience between different games, presenting new strategic challenges and modeling different tactical imperatives across widely divergent historical periods and genres. Some of these differences are minor and modular, such as national unit characteristics in
Commands & Colors: Ancients – Skirmishing and Evasion Strategy by BrentS Read Post »
Strategy ArticlesI truly love coming back from time to time to C&C Ancients, my most played game of all times. After covering all the official scenarios now I am picking my favorite mini-campaigns – connected thematically sets of battles – and try to play them in one go. Recently I brought to the table couple of Civil
Greco-Persian Wars as Depicted by Commands & Colors: Ancients Read Post »
After Action ReportI love coming back to C&C Ancients from time to time – that game really gives me a lot of fun. Some weeks ago I played with Marcin couple of Civil War battles (Caesar vs Pompey) and we decided to continue. These are some of the largest and pretty balanced struggles so it was obvious we will
Caesar vs. Pompey as Depicted by Commands & Colors: Ancients, Part 2 Read Post »
After Action ReportYet one more mid-week wargaming evening and another mini-campaign played! The idea was to bring to the table C&C Ancients scenarios featuring the clash between Julius Caesar and Gnaeus Pompey. That most famous Roman Civil War completely obliterated the Republic system and paved the path for the creation of the empire. As we had only as much time as one
Caesar vs. Pompey as Depicted by Commands & Colors: Ancients Read Post »
After Action ReportI will continue today the mini-campaign which I was playing with Marcin using C&C Ancients and depicting the Roman conquest of Britain. The first part, where we played the initial 3 scenarios, can be found here: Roman conquest of Britain using C&C Ancients – Part 1. Just a reminder: the idea was to play C&C Ancients scenarios featuring
Roman Conquest of Britain using Commands & Colors Ancients – Part 2 Read Post »
After Action ReportYou had probably noticed that I really like to play C&C Ancients scenarios in logical groups, combining them in mini-campaigns – especially, if they are spread across multiple expansions and C3i publications. To really have a feeling of logical and chronological set of events I would normally read historical accounts, create special maps to depict the locations of battles,
Roman Conquest of Britain using Commands & Colors Ancients – Part 1 Read Post »
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