dunno if you guys gives a shit but if you're bored like me during the covid times you can stream pretty much all of the latest series on instaflixxer. Been watching with my brother during the lockdown :)
I am not very a experienced war game player but attacking a powerful unit with half your force allowing your opponent to hit you back in full force it's very risky! I love and I always watch your battle reports, good work looking forward for your next one.
I'm still not seeing a fun game here. This was just like their first game - results included - but with a campaign ending. Two sides smashed into one another, and the Spartans, predictably, won; even without the slingers. The heroic challenge went down identically too - but with 8 attacks! Looking fwd to another game that's more than a single, central combat.
Great game gents! I just ordered this game (starter box) today as I'm looking for something new to paint and play. Looking forward to getting my hands on these. Thanks for bringing us along!
Looks fun. I like games built around campaigns, but sounds like this is well thought out so that a few defeats early on don't just make you a punching bag forever in the campaign
So, according to the SPQR FAQ V1.1 (which came out Aug. 21, 2019, a couple of weeks after this video released) they would only have been rolling melee dice for opponents in base contact with one another. Is that correct? That would have been far less dice and a lot less lethality.
TorianTammas he’s not saying this is Dark Ages. He’s saying “I normally like Dark Ages stuff [which this isn’t], so this sort of thing isn’t usually what I like... but I’ve been enjoying it”.
@@robouteguilliman9166 Thanks. I looked at their website and don't see it. Is it out of production, do you think? (I looked through 21 pages of terrain and 3 pages of Hail Caesar terrain twice)
Love this game and battle reports. A couple mistakes I've seen. Slings are lethal 1 not lethal 2. If a unit has double the melee stat of their opponent (+4 as opposed to +2) the lower stated unit is minus 1 to hit.
Was interested in this game, but if the battle report shows more of the dice tray than the table, i know it's not for me. Roll attacks, reroll attacks, roll saves, roll attacks again, reroll attacks again, roll saves.... a lot of rolling to resolve one action. Shame, got me excited at first!
Spartans are blatantly overpowered as developed in this game (as indicated by watching each of the videos in this SPQR sequence). Perhaps the SPQR save system (parry/shields/et cetera), along with particular unit statistics/abilities, could stand revision. Otherwise, I love the era of combat this game represents.
The miniature games wheel seems not to be reinvented, they try hard, but at the end it`s almost the same thing every time. And I don`t give a damn if e.g. I`ll roll with D10s or D6s, have a re-roll here and a special hero skill there - looks still like Fantasy Battle, sorry. I think the last nice "new-ish" mechanic I`ve seen was the activation mechanic in Bolt Action...
Well there is nothing new under the sun. Its almost impossible to create a bizarrely new and inventive system that works for table top games. As long as the game is fun, it doesnt have to be ground breaking in my book
My starter comes in today. I’m so excited to play this! Great battle report btw.
dunno if you guys gives a shit but if you're bored like me during the covid times you can stream pretty much all of the latest series on instaflixxer. Been watching with my brother during the lockdown :)
@Fletcher Giovanni Definitely, have been using instaflixxer for since november myself =)
I am not very a experienced war game player but attacking a powerful unit with half your force allowing your opponent to hit you back in full force it's very risky! I love and I always watch your battle reports, good work looking forward for your next one.
Cant wait to get my starter! SPQR seems awesome and I love the roman miniatures.
I'm still not seeing a fun game here. This was just like their first game - results included - but with a campaign ending. Two sides smashed into one another, and the Spartans, predictably, won; even without the slingers. The heroic challenge went down identically too - but with 8 attacks! Looking fwd to another game that's more than a single, central combat.
Thanks so much! Been waiting on this video for weeks. Really enjoy yalls ancients gameplay.
It would be nice to see some different lists, not really sure how the armies work when the spartans keep beating the romans.
You will all soon appreciate the might of Scipio Snakeius Cakeius
Great game gents! I just ordered this game (starter box) today as I'm looking for something new to paint and play. Looking forward to getting my hands on these. Thanks for bringing us along!
Looks fun. I like games built around campaigns, but sounds like this is well thought out so that a few defeats early on don't just make you a punching bag forever in the campaign
So, according to the SPQR FAQ V1.1 (which came out Aug. 21, 2019, a couple of weeks after this video released) they would only have been rolling melee dice for opponents in base contact with one another. Is that correct? That would have been far less dice and a lot less lethality.
On page 176 of the rule book , spartan mercenary list doesn’t say you can use balearic slingers.. am I missing something...
is it just the romans that are from the SPQR starter box? where did you get the Spartans / Greeks from?
Warlord Hail Caesar line has them
What does spqr stand for I'm interested in doing a Greek force of hoplites
I do love Gerries soothing tones!
Any falmes of war batreps in the works lads?
Loooove me some SPQR.
Looks interesting and I'm on the verge of buying but is there a balance issue?
The Spartans are OP and is you Play a Skirmish Army you could have a Problem Against Heavy Infanterie
Dark Ages stuff is normally my jam, but I've been really enjoying watching the SPQR coverage.
Mathew Tarplee - This is antiquity, Dark ages is a term used for the middle age.
TorianTammas he’s not saying this is Dark Ages.
He’s saying “I normally like Dark Ages stuff [which this isn’t], so this sort of thing isn’t usually what I like... but I’ve been enjoying it”.
Who manufactures the Temple model? Thanks.
warlord games, i thing pretty expensive though. they have alot of other good buuilding too
@@robouteguilliman9166 Thanks. I looked at their website and don't see it. Is it out of production, do you think? (I looked through 21 pages of terrain and 3 pages of Hail Caesar terrain twice)
Love this game and battle reports. A couple mistakes I've seen. Slings are lethal 1 not lethal 2. If a unit has double the melee stat of their opponent (+4 as opposed to +2) the lower stated unit is minus 1 to hit.
Was interested in this game, but if the battle report shows more of the dice tray than the table, i know it's not for me. Roll attacks, reroll attacks, roll saves, roll attacks again, reroll attacks again, roll saves.... a lot of rolling to resolve one action. Shame, got me excited at first!
What's the scale
Lovely looking game.
Anybody else wanting Gerry to come on to them?
So 10 Caesars legionaries fighting a close-quarter downhill battle against 5 Spartans... and get slaughtered? Really?
Greek rules I guess.
Great intro to the game system.... just waaaaay too many advert breaks intruding into the flow!
Spartans are blatantly overpowered as developed in this game (as indicated by watching each of the videos in this SPQR sequence). Perhaps the SPQR save system (parry/shields/et cetera), along with particular unit statistics/abilities, could stand revision. Otherwise, I love the era of combat this game represents.
Went to reply to a comment and it was gone. :\
What was the comment? A negative opinion of this game?
The miniature games wheel seems not to be reinvented, they try hard, but at the end it`s almost the same thing every time. And I don`t give a damn if e.g. I`ll roll with D10s or D6s, have a re-roll here and a special hero skill there - looks still like Fantasy Battle, sorry. I think the last nice "new-ish" mechanic I`ve seen was the activation mechanic in Bolt Action...
Well there is nothing new under the sun. Its almost impossible to create a bizarrely new and inventive system that works for table top games. As long as the game is fun, it doesnt have to be ground breaking in my book
The game seems basic and unfinished, not to mention kinda boring bucket o dice