Got this nice map I want to simplify (and make graphically more attractive) and a rule set I want to adapt and also simplify.
For one, cut the number of provinces by more than half)
It's the Byzantines under Emperor Justinian and his famed general Belisarius setting out to reconquer the lost western Roman provinces of Italy and North Africa from the Ostrogoths and the Vandals and at same time fighting off other Barbarian incursions and endless advances against the Sassanid Persian Empire.
Slightly different warfare -- lots more cavalry ... cataphracts, lancers, mounted archers etc... the Roman armies look very different from the classical period we are using in the Civil Wars campaign.
Also perhaps slightly more detailed
So, one side would control the Byzantine's campaigns, while the other all the various Barbarian kingdoms and factions and the Persians ( a lot of the Barbarian tribes and kingdoms would activate by random die roll events ) ...
Battles as per usual resolved in FOG II -- but this time army strengths on the startegic board will be reflected on the FOG II battlefield (I just remembered you can adjust the points for each side when setting up a battle Challenge)
Now would there be enough players interested to play this period ? (before I launch into the design work in earnest) -- I know @Wellsonian is also thinking about creating an Assyrian 600BC campaign -- chariots and bronze!!
The more the merrier (considering how quick and easy the battles are to play)
For one, cut the number of provinces by more than half)
It's the Byzantines under Emperor Justinian and his famed general Belisarius setting out to reconquer the lost western Roman provinces of Italy and North Africa from the Ostrogoths and the Vandals and at same time fighting off other Barbarian incursions and endless advances against the Sassanid Persian Empire.
Slightly different warfare -- lots more cavalry ... cataphracts, lancers, mounted archers etc... the Roman armies look very different from the classical period we are using in the Civil Wars campaign.
Also perhaps slightly more detailed
So, one side would control the Byzantine's campaigns, while the other all the various Barbarian kingdoms and factions and the Persians ( a lot of the Barbarian tribes and kingdoms would activate by random die roll events ) ...
Battles as per usual resolved in FOG II -- but this time army strengths on the startegic board will be reflected on the FOG II battlefield (I just remembered you can adjust the points for each side when setting up a battle Challenge)
Now would there be enough players interested to play this period ? (before I launch into the design work in earnest) -- I know @Wellsonian is also thinking about creating an Assyrian 600BC campaign -- chariots and bronze!!
The more the merrier (considering how quick and easy the battles are to play)
