Field of Glory II AAR: Romans vs Macedonians at the Battle of Larissa

[Daniele]

Welcome to this AAR for Field of Glory 2, the upcoming sequel of the original Field of Glory and developed by the legendary game designer Richard Bodley Scott (Field of Glory Tabletop, Pike and Shot, Sengoku Jidai).

For this After Action Report, I decided on a Custom Battle, with the AI at the highest difficulty level: Deity (sounds intimidating)!

In Field of Glory II, Custom Battles allow players to build their favourite battle with a wide range of options at their disposal. You can choose between 78 army lists of the period (check here for the entire list!), you can set the force size, the map type, and many other settings. An interesting thing when you select your enemy is that you can restrict the selection to geographical and historical consistency (or you can just go ahead and make the Ancient British fight against the Sarmatians!).

I picked up the Roman Army (219 – 200 BC) and, for my opponent, I decided to face the Macedonians (260-148 BC).



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[zakblood]

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[rico21]

Very nice but where are the Diadochis? [:)]

[Muso]

ORIGINAL: zakblood

ield of Glory II AAR: Romans vs Macedonians at the Battle of Larissa

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Not anymore!

[zakblood]

i'd guess at further up the scroll m8 as the order letters shown are P,R,S only shown etc [;)]

[zakblood]

ORIGINAL: Muso

ORIGINAL: zakblood

ield of Glory II AAR: Romans vs Macedonians at the Battle of Larissa

is missing a F

Not anymore!

ty i did pm first, but nobody replied

[rbodleyscott]

ORIGINAL: rico21

Very nice but where are the Diadochis? [:)]

The initial release of the game covers the period from 280 BC to 25 BC, so after the time of the original diadochi. Seleukos I Nikator was the last of them, and he was assassinated by Ptolemy Keraunos in 281 BC. There are, however, Hellenistic armies galore: Pyrrhos, Macedonians, Seleucids, Ptolemaic, Pergamenes, Pontics, Graeco-Bactrians, Graeco-Indians etc.

Phillip, Alexander and his immediate successors will be covered later, when we extend the game back to 480 BC.

[rico21]

Great and thanks! [&o]

-Any campaign with core units?
-AI better than the FOG I?

[rbodleyscott]

ORIGINAL: rico21

Great and thanks! [&o]

-Any campaign with core units?
-AI better than the FOG I?

Yes to both.

See:

http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtop ... 77&t=78643

http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtop ... 77&t=78413

[rico21]

It looks very good!

And with PBEM I could win against Zakblood who is only strong with Arnhem battle! [:D]

[zakblood]

tis true that, then again i've played almost every ones that's out now, so unless someone makes me a newer one, i'm up for a new challenge at Arnhem

[Alan Sharif]

This looks great, much better than FOG 1.

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: rbodleyscott

ORIGINAL: rico21

Very nice but where are the Diadochis? [:)]

The initial release of the game covers the period from 280 BC to 25 BC, so after the time of the original diadochi. Seleukos I Nikator was the last of them, and he was assassinated by Ptolemy Keraunos in 281 BC. There are, however, Hellenistic armies galore: Pyrrhos, Macedonians, Seleucids, Ptolemaic, Pergamenes, Pontics, Graeco-Bactrians, Graeco-Indians etc.

Phillip, Alexander and his immediate successors will be covered later, when we extend the game back to 480 BC.

Sounds great. Can I pit Alexander vs. Genghis Khan?

[rbodleyscott]

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: rbodleyscott

ORIGINAL: rico21

Very nice but where are the Diadochis? [:)]

The initial release of the game covers the period from 280 BC to 25 BC, so after the time of the original diadochi. Seleukos I Nikator was the last of them, and he was assassinated by Ptolemy Keraunos in 281 BC. There are, however, Hellenistic armies galore: Pyrrhos, Macedonians, Seleucids, Ptolemaic, Pergamenes, Pontics, Graeco-Bactrians, Graeco-Indians etc.

Phillip, Alexander and his immediate successors will be covered later, when we extend the game back to 480 BC.

Sounds great. Can I pit Alexander vs. Genghis Khan?

Not to start with, as the initial release of the game only covers the period from 280 BC to 25 BC.