Other Ancient Warfare Games

[Wolfgang]

I play FoG and the AW series.
I designed a number of scenarios for FoG.
I did some of the graphics in the commercial release of HPS Roman Civil Wars.

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FoG:
Great interface, modern codebase, love the server based 'pbm' games: no shortage of pbm matches.

Less detailed/sophisticated than AW at the moment as far as what aspects of ancient warfare its rule set covers:
No siege craft / siege warfare (No siege of Alesia scenarios).
No Unit Formations (Line, column, wedge, etc).
No movement modes.
No ability to breakdown/recombine units.

After awhile, the scenarios feel a bit one dimensional due to that. And the eras can thusly start to feel a bit generic.

Map Scale/Unit Scale is variable to each scenario.
One unit can be a 100 or 1000+.


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AW:
20m a hex.

Can replicate nearly all aspects of ancient warfare that I can think of.

Including things like:
Supply,
Siege craft,
Fortifications,
Differing Unit Formations (Line, Wedge, Column, etc),
Differing move modes (Forced Marches, Charge, Regular).
It can also do multiple commanders (players) in pbm mode.
More realistic as far as limiting missile ammo (no endless supplies of arrows)

More sophisticated, detailed scenarios. Some are truly epic in scale, befitting the ancient world and the whole Cecil B. DeMille thing.

The unit and general game notes are pretty extensive and interesting too. I learn a lot about ancient warfare playing AW: If there is some aspect of a battle or a unit that you are wondering about, likely the notes will contain an answer. At times I experience the game more like a mini-book than a game.
The WeGo method(do I have the right game term here??) is different and not found too often out there, where events in a turn for both sides resolve simultaneously. I'm good with that.

It does suffer a bit from an aged codebase, and the graphics framework overall is a bit dated compared to the latest generation of hex wargames, but hopefully the game will get refreshed in the future soon as the series is a gem.

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I like both, both are fun games. You will probably end up getting both if you game enough ancient warfare lol.