FOG II Ancients: Caesar's Civil Wars Campaign - Discussion

[Rico]

@chiquichops @kronenblatt @Cargol @Nathangun

So I recently re-watched the Little Wars TV guys' Return To Magna Graecia series -- and it's one of the best interactive campaign series ever -- it's brilliant.

We successfully played a version of it adapted by @kronenblatt using FOG II Ancients to fight the battles -- great FOW and some good fights.

Over last couple of weeks I've been toying with adapting those rules to fight a big, six-player interactive campaign covering the Roman Civil war between the Caesar and Pompey and their followers.
Two teams of three players each -- each player in control of a theatre of the conflict -- Spain, North Africa, Greece and/or Egypt/Greece, raising their own armies & navies, fighting their own battles -- with co-ordination/discussion amongst each team -- we could use DM's here or something like Discord.
Caesar and Pompey could pull rank if players want to role play it.

I would GM it and there's be a high level of fog of war and hidden information -- played at a not too quick, but steady pace.

Map (still early work in progress -- see below) is based on the 2010 Julius Caesar block wargame from Columbia Games.

@kronenblatt -- would there be any players from Slitherine boards we could invite to participate?

 

[Otosan]

Is FOG II Ancients a different game from FOG II?
If you will be using FOG II I would like to throw my hat in the ring. I'm a relative noob at the game and a complete noob at the tournament process, so let that be a guide

 

[Rico]

Is FOG II Ancients a different game from FOG II?
If you will be using FOG II I would like to throw my hat in the ring. I'm a relative noob at the game and a complete noob at the tournament process, so let that be a guide

It's regular FOG II. I'll put your name down.

 

[Nathangun]

@chiquichops @kronenblatt @Cargol @Nathangun

So I recently re-watched the Little Wars TV guys' Return To Magna Graecia series -- and it's one of the best interactive campaign series ever -- it's brilliant.

We successfully played a version of it adapted by @kronenblatt using FOG II Ancients to fight the battles -- great FOW and some good fights.

Over last couple of weeks I've been toying with adapting those rules to fight a big, six-player interactive campaign covering the Roman Civil war between the Caesar and Pompey and their followers.
Two teams of three players each -- each player in control of a theatre of the conflict -- Spain, North Africa, Greece and/or Egypt/Greece, raising their own armies & navies, fighting their own battles -- with co-ordination/discussion amongst each team -- we could use DM's here or something like Discord.
Caesar and Pompey could pull rank if players want to role play it.

I would GM it and there's be a high level of fog of war and hidden information -- played at a not too quick, but steady pace.

Map (still early work in progress -- see below) is based on the 2010 Julius Caesar block wargame from Columbia Games.

@kronenblatt -- would there be any players from Slitherine boards we could invite to participate?

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I really liked this series. I'm sure a medeval version can be done.

 

[chiquichops]

I'll take a look at it, looks like a cracking idea!

 

[kronenblatt]

Looks cool!

 

[kronenblatt]

I really liked this series. I'm sure a medeval version can be done.

The question is which Medieval setting, era, and conflict would be the coolest? The Holy Land is overexploited, right? Otherwise, a Crusader State civil war campaign could be cool.