Tried a new set of gladiator rules: Are You Not Entertained.
These can be downloaded for free.
They have the opposite problem to Forge World's Gladiator, where it can all end rather quickly. A gladiator has two 'wounds' and a trident can inflict three in a single strike. Gladiators in AYNE have 20 wounds. The atacker chooses an attack type from three options and the defender has two options BUT the attack/defence options do not interact. Shaun and I fought about a dozen rounds of combat between two gladiators without conclusion before we got bored and gave up. It was largely a die rolling contest.
Still looking for a set of rules.
Those about to die..............
ReplyDeleteI would suggest the em-4 rules that come with their painted gladiators but found that for one-v-one games it was just doe rolling. As a suggestion how about looking at some RPG rules? Other ideas include a card based game written by the Perry's in an old WD form medieval knight combat and Alternative Armies The Duel which IIRC was quite good.
ReplyDeleteDear Irqan
ReplyDeleteBut die very slowly. :)
J
Dear Steve
ReplyDeleteHave downloaded Blue Sky, Red Sand. The next rules set to be tested,
J
Hi John
ReplyDeleteYou know the more we play the figure based
games with gladiators the more I think Wii and Kinex are missing a trick in not having a Gladiator game. Probably not enough explosions and the like. Would give us some exercise though.
Dear Shaun
ReplyDeleteYah, the more 'tactical' a game gets the better it is suited to digitisation.
J