15mm Wargaming for Fun and Sanity

Hill from Temu or Shein (if there's a difference--) Packing foam so need basing. I wanted a mound grave and this was an easy conversion.

Pallisade is from Amazon - 28mm. Go figure--

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08R7X5Z6N?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

Simple campaign X number of games p169

Scenario 2 Gladiators p138 2 high quality

Scenario 3 Low quality vs medium or high

Scenario 4 Fugitive Attacker has chariots

Scenario 5 Both no chariots.

Scenario 6 Either both chariots or none.

Scenario 7 Both chariots

Scenario 8 Low quality vs medium or high

Scenario 9 Attackers chariot heavy

Scenario 11 Both high quality

I tried designing the sort of forces a city or local ruler could field rather than some optimum.

Master sheet

6p H Chariots 2 as 6		Move 6+ 8”	Attack 4+ Attack V3+ Defence 5+
Courage 4 Armour 4		Shoot 6+ 5+ 6‘’	Countercharge

6p Elite Dismounted 6		Move 5+ 6”	Attack 5+ Attack v 3+ Defence 4+
Courage 3 Armour 4		No shoot	Flexible

5p Heavy Pike 12		Move 5+ 6”	Attack 6+ Attack v 5+ Defence 4+ 3+ mtd
Courage 4 Armour 3		No shoot	Wall of Spear

4p Light Pike 12		Move 5+ 8”	Attack 6+ Attack v 5+ Defence 4+ 3+ mtd
Courage 4 Armour 2		No shoot	Wall of Spear

2p Levied Pike 12		Move 6+ 6”	Attack 7+ Attack v 6+ Defence 6+ 5+ mtd
Courage 5 Armour 1		No shoot

2p Skirmishers 6		Move 5+ 8”	Attack 7+ Attack V 6+ Defence V 6+
Courage 5+ Armour 1		Shoot 7+ 5+ 12”	Hard to target. Arm 2-12” Skirmish/Evade7+.

Mid Quality
6p Odyseus 6	1	Move 5+ 6”	Attack 5+ Attack v 3+ Defence 4+
Courage 3 Armour 4		No shoot	Flexible

4p Light Pike 12	3	Move 5+ 8”	Attack 6+ Attack v 5+ Defence 4+ 3+ mtd
Courage 4 Armour 2		No shoot	Wall of Spear

2p Skirmishers 6	3	Move 5+ 8”	Attack 7+ Attack V 6+ Defence V 6+
Courage 5+ Armour 1		Shoot 7+ 5+ 12”	Hard to target. Arm 2-12” Skirmish/Evade7+.

Low Quality
6p H Chariots 2 as 6		Move 6+ 8”	Attack 4+ Attack V3+ Defence 5+
Courage 4 Armour 4		Shoot 6+ 5+ 6‘’	Countercharge

2p Levied Pike 12		Move 6+ 6”	Attack 7+ Attack v 6+ Defence 6+ 5+ mtd
Courage 5 Armour 1		No shoot

2p Skirmishers 6		Move 5+ 8”	Attack 7+ Attack V 6+ Defence V 6+
Courage 5+ Armour 1		Shoot 7+ 5+ 12”	Hard to target. Arm 2-12” Skirmish/Evade7+.

Mid Quality
6p Elite Dismounted 6	1	Move 5+ 6”	Attack 5+ Attack v 3+ Defence 4+
Courage 3 Armour 4		No shoot	Flexible

5p Heavy Pike 12	1	Move 5+ 6”	Attack 6+ Attack v 5+ Defence 4+ 3+ mtd
Courage 4 Armour 3		No shoot	Wall of Spear

4p Light Pike 12	2	Move 5+ 8”	Attack 6+ Attack v 5+ Defence 4+ 3+ mtd
Courage 4 Armour 2		No shoot	Wall of Spear

2p Levied Pike 12	1	Move 6+ 6”	Attack 7+ Attack v 6+ Defence 6+ 5+ mtd
Courage 5 Armour 1		No shoot

2p Skirmishers 6	2	Move 5+ 8”	Attack 7+ Attack V 6+ Defence V 6+
Courage 5+ Armour 1		Shoot 7+ 5+ 12”	Hard to target. Arm 2-12” Skirmish/Evade7+.

Mid Quality
6p Elite Dismounted 6	1	Move 5+ 6”	Attack 5+ Attack v 3+ Defence 4+
Courage 3 Armour 4		No shoot	Flexible

4p Light Pike 12	2	Move 5+ 8”	Attack 6+ Attack v 5+ Defence 4+ 3+ mtd
Courage 4 Armour 2		No shoot	Wall of Spear

2p Levied Pike 12	3	Move 6+ 6”	Attack 7+ Attack v 6+ Defence 6+ 5+ mtd
Courage 5 Armour 1		No shoot

2p Skirmishers 6	2	Move 5+ 8”	Attack 7+ Attack V 6+ Defence V 6+
Courage 5+ Armour 1		Shoot 7+ 5+ 12”	Hard to target. Arm 2-12” Skirmish/Evade7+.

High Quality

6p H Chariots 2 as 6	2	Move 6+ 8”	Attack 4+ Attack V3+ Defence 5+
Courage 4 Armour 4		Shoot 6+ 5+ 6‘’	Countercharge

6p Elite Dismounted 6	1	Move 5+ 6”	Attack 5+ Attack v 3+ Defence 4+
Courage 3 Armour 4		No shoot	Flexible

4p Light Pike 12	1	Move 5+ 8”	Attack 6+ Attack v 5+ Defence 4+ 3+ mtd
Courage 4 Armour 2		No shoot	Wall of Spear

2p Skirmishers 6	1	Move 5+ 8”	Attack 7+ Attack V 6+ Defence V 6+
Courage 5+ Armour 1		Shoot 7+ 5+ 12”	Hard to target. Arm 2-12” Skirmish/Evade7+.

High Quality

6p Elite Dismounted 6	1	Move 5+ 6”	Attack 5+ Attack v 3+ Defence 4+
Courage 3 Armour 4		No shoot	Flexible

5p Heavy Pike 12	2	Move 5+ 6”	Attack 6+ Attack v 5+ Defence 4+ 3+ mtd
Courage 4 Armour 3		No shoot	Wall of Spear

4p Light Pike 12	1	Move 5+ 8”	Attack 6+ Attack v 5+ Defence 4+ 3+ mtd
Courage 4 Armour 2		No shoot	Wall of Spear

2p Skirmishers 6	2	Move 5+ 8”	Attack 7+ Attack V 6+ Defence V 6+
Courage 5+ Armour 1		Shoot 7+ 5+ 12”	Hard to target. Arm 2-12” Skirmish/Evade7+.

Poorest Quality

4p Light Pike 12	3	Move 5+ 8”	Attack 6+ Attack v 5+ Defence 4+ 3+ mtd
Courage 4 Armour 2		No shoot	Wall of Spear

2p Levied Pike 12	3	Move 6+ 6”	Attack 7+ Attack v 6+ Defence 6+ 5+ mtd
Courage 5 Armour 1		No shoot

2p Skirmishers 6	3	Move 5+ 8”	Attack 7+ Attack V 6+ Defence V 6+
Courage 5+ Armour 1		Shoot 7+ 5+ 12”	Hard to target. Arm 2-12” Skirmish/Evade7+.

All figures used are Museum Miniatures. There's a lot of the old sculpts here plus a couple of new. Despite their age the old still hold up!

I think you know by now (there will be a test) I use different shaped bases to distinguish betwix grades and types. From right, skirmishers. Heavy oe elite pike, light infantry and levy.

You can either look at what you've done or what's to do. I had planned a 6 sided OGAM game at Beachhead, but could not get the players. So I stopped and moved on. Thus there's finished, damn near finished and started in the same unit.

"Does my bow look big in this?"

The Game. OK, so it didn't go quite as planned, but we had fun. We picked this and I picked that. Our Stephen, for it was he, once again in the skool holidays.

Levy on the "clunky" bases. Light pike and skirmishers.

The other 2 units of skirmishers and light pike are in the what? Grounds?

"ees going all pointy on me!" He took the other poorest list, the unpointed. 2 chariots, 4 levy and 3 skirmishers.

Now it should have been a fairly quick game. OK, poor quality troops do slow you down but you get more turnovers.

Trying for a pincer movement.

Chariots face off pike. One volley of javelins and poor dice, they break!

Eventually we get some movement! Until the dice they say no-.

Aggressive levy clobbers my archers - use the barricade for their protection-. This unit punched above their weight.

I'm slowly getting my right to move and he starts concentrating on his right.

The levy charges again, get beaten by my just a bit better infantry and finally retires.

Bit of encouragement from the General and they're coming back! My skirmishers inflict damage and draw orf.

Alas! they failed to evade and got stomped!

My light pike get broken and shoved back by levy! Oh the shame, the iggynimniny.

It's all a bit hairy at this point--- a quick one-two skirmish on the right breaks one pike and reduces second to half.

The levy is destroyed and the light pike retake the objective.

I'm sure we had more troops--.

Skirmishers shoot and my general gets killed!

That breaks my damaged units!

Now I'm facing slow death by shooting.

Game 2. We did a 3 way which used virtually every figure I'd brought. We picked the forces randomly, I ended up with a slow moving high quality.

Stephen gets another poor quality.

Matt gets a medium, so good spread!

Didn't get a full spread, sorry! The 2 lighter and faster forces met in the middle while avoiding my slower troops.

If, dearest reader - you zoom down to the very start of this blog. I must redo that game!

I'm planning on doing a series of games strung together on the flem of Down The Pit.

Could be Yorkshire. Mars. Venus. Dwarves ho-hoing and Orcs an anorcing. Daleks and bugs mining. Quar.

To do that I need basic scenery. I found this range:

https://warbases.co.uk/product-category/buildings/starbase-962-sci-fi/

Here's the Wall. 2 edge sections and a gate. I originally planned to get this as the edge of my Beach Head Mars game a few years ago--. A bit fiddly but once you get the picture sorted it's not too bad :

Storage containers. There's a display on the tower plan. The rib being around the ends-- :

Dice tower. Oh boy, no need to be a modeller of which I'm not sir. There is a guide, but that presumes a level of dexterity I alas, lack. The bottom gridded walls are NOT strong enough to take weight or damage. I had to add an (Amozan envelope) liner. add something to the sections before you assemble: