Hail Caesar Dacian Sumplement

My copy arrived yesterday after I  missed the delivery man on Monday, and having read it I'm very pleased with my purchase. I don't own a Dacian army, that's one on the list of 'need' but I do have Celt one that can stand in and a plenty of Sarmation like cavalry. As with all Warlord publications it's really nicely set out with lots of eye candy, although personally I would have preferred more pictures of large games. In my opinion a good potted history of the period is included and some good scenarios and campaign idea. The highlight for me is the added bonus of simple skirmish rules and siege or rather storming rules. I also liked the suggested rule amendment allowing Roman archers to fire over infantry if they are in a support position so long the infantry are not in combat.

Unlike my potential Dacian stand in's my Romans are an eclectic mix of old figures and I now have a desire to upgrade. I think I have the start in my plastic mountain.

As for the storming rules, I feel the need to dust of my Grand Manner Troy. Now I do have the figures for that.

Great supplement, because if it's got me dreaming of what I can do then it for me it's money well spent mwhahaha!

Wargaming survey

I saw this on Trouble at T'Mill's blog and gave it a go. I agree with his comment that's interesting so I've copied and paste his text here:

Via Rich Clarke on the Lardies' list:

I met up with a very pleasant young chap the other day from the War Studies Department at KCL who interviewed me as part of his thesis (presumably entitled "What do fat old blokes know about studying war?"). Anyway, he has sent me a questionaire which he would like as wide a sample of wargamers as possible to answer. So, in the interest of helping a pleasant young fellow I thought I'd invite the boys and girls here to have their say. So here it is:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ToySoldiersAndArmchairGenerals

An interesting questionnaire - certainly made me think, and worth a few minutes of your time.

Operation Citadel Recon

My next Battlegroup Kursk game will use the attack defence scenario on a 12' by 6' board using 2000 points each. I'm the Soviets and Guy is taking on the task of the Nazi's. The main Soviet defence is in the middle third of the board. The following pictures are my homage to the front line defences  the Germans encountered. Think of them as photo recon for the German commander to plan his assault force.

The objective will as it is in the rules, which I don't have to hand but I feel the Germans need to capture a corridor of Soviet defences the 2nd wave can go through. The secondary objective will be the monastery on the ridge line.