Well, we played the new boardgame at Jules place last Friday and it was ......interesting! It was of course a "learning game" - none of us had any idea about the rules or tactics or.... anything, really!
As with most boardgames, not super photogenic - things happen but the look of the board doesn't change much
Typecast, MOI? Julian assigned me a female character figure! Helen - but not of Troy, I don't believe.
There were three Monuments that we needed to build as part of the way to win the game - this one is Athena
I think this was Zeus
And this one is Hermes - like the aircraft carrier in the Falklands War!
The table laid out for the game
My "hoplites" - we each ahd a total of 15 to recruit
Various monsters that could appear and cause problems for the mortals
The Minotaur took on Chris's hero - and lost!
This one invaded my home territory of Crete but then sat there for most of the game, doing not a lot
I managed to recruit all 15 of the hoplites and looked to push John (green figures) out of his home territory. Chris (blue) to the north took on Julian (red)
My character card
The turn sequence and how the combat works (below)
The table at the end (2240) I had my Hoplites surround the only completed monument - If I could hold it for three turns, I would be victorious - Chris said I had won - Julian pointed out Chris also had a potential route to victory, but after five hours we had all had enough so we stopped at this point!
I thought a few readers might be interested to see what the Battle Honours 3D figures look like with supports on ..........
And a minute or so later, with the supports removed. It really was a pretty simple process, the figures more or less just "peeled" away from the supports.
I really like the way the mortar and crew are a single piece print
Lovely looking mythological game, even if it did drag on! The mortar team look ace!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain - the game wasn't really my cup of tea, but Julian likes them and it is his house after all.......!
DeleteI am looking forward to painting up the mortar teams - somehow, I ended up with six - I am sure I only ordered three!
Love those hoplite figures - my mind sees them painted as some kind of stone warriors coming out of a volcano on Santorini...
ReplyDeleteI did reply previously Rob but obviously it didn't upload! The hoplite figures are as is, straight from the box.... I did suggest Julian should paint them up a bit!
DeleteNot a game that I am familiar with. The 3D print does look good!
ReplyDeleteJulian is a past expert at finding random boardgames with only a tenuous link to wargaming, Jon!
DeleteGlad you like the 3D prints - I do too.
I like the look of the mortar team
ReplyDeleteThanks Scotty
DeleteA fun looking game Keith, still not a big fan of 3d printed figures they always seem too delicate for my liking
ReplyDeleteThat's a fair point Matt...a few of these have lost the barrel of their PPSH SMG 😞
DeleteSome lovely figures from the board game, not my cup of tea but always interesting to see. The 3D clean up well and looks a lovely little set, look forward to seeing them painted up.
ReplyDeleteThanks Donnie, I feel the same
DeleteLovely figures but 5 hours for a game is no longer of interest for me! Having those 3D prints all together is a very neat idea, even if some might baulk at the issues involved in trying to paint them;).
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve 👍 I had not really thought about the challenges of painting the mortar team....now I am a bit worried 😬
DeleteKind of looks like Mythological Risk from here? Pretty looking game tho. Nice to see Julian painted all the pieces up too.
ReplyDeleteMortar team is very spiffy. How do the proportions match up to the Warlord sculpts?
I did thnk it was somewhat Risk-like Dai. A lot more complicated too, though.... the 3D figures are slimmer than Warlord...I will do dome comparison shots next time.
DeleteLove to see some Ancient Greece game!
ReplyDeleteIt was something a bit different Michal and certainly very attractive to look at.
DeleteA minute to remove the supports sounds fair enough and the figures look nice and clean afterwards. The boardgame looks interesting and five hours was quite a long introduction. Were the rules easy enough to learn?
ReplyDeleteThanks Lawrence, I didn't find removing the supports too onerous!
DeleteI would not call the game easy to learn but maybe I am a bit thick! To be honest, we all struggled a bit with exactly what some of the rules actually meant!
Wouldn't be my kind of game (either), but I was taken with the figure of Athena. I think that you need one!
ReplyDeleteBest wishes, James
Haha - non, no James, don't tempt me - I have already considered an "Amazon" army for Ancient Greek games .....
DeleteGood looking game. The mortar team looks good. Don't envy you getting the brush into the recesses... but I'm sure you'll make it look fantastic.
ReplyDeleteThanks Richard. I have six of these to paint so I should have worked out the best way to do it by the fifth one!
DeleteAlways extra fun if you win Keith.
ReplyDeleteGood looking mortar team, extra punch for the Soviet hordes.
There is that, Ben!
DeleteAs I received an extra set of these, it's probably too much extra punch....I doubt I will ever deploy six mortars on the table at the same time!
An interesting game Keith…
ReplyDeleteIf not really my cup of tea…
The ‘prints’ look good… How robust is the material…
I have handled some very fragile pieces in the past… that wouldn’t last out for one game…
All the best. Aly
Thanks Aly. These 3D prints are a bit more brittle than some I have. Despite being on the supports AND being very well wrapped, quite a few were missing the barrels of their weapons 😞 I fixed them all up, but it is a bit annoying and one of the downsides of the resin prints.
DeleteLooks a potentially fun game. But complicated?
ReplyDeleteYes Chris - I thought it was complicated and it seemed to be a mish mash of ideas from several other games - not that I play many boardgames.
DeleteIt was ok but I would prefer a bad wargame to a good boardgame, I think!