Hail Caesar Battle Report- Athens vs Sparta
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- Опубліковано 10 жов 2024
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More ancient gaming today and a new video format that I hope makes the experience better. Please let me know!
Models from my collection, by various manufacturers. Hail Caesar ruleset by Warlord Games. Scenery from various sources.
Music: "Five Armies" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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I really enjoy your characterful narration, and the depth of thought you put into setting up the reasons for the battle. In this report, I appreciated that you slowed your narration down a bit, including pauses, as some of your other reports (e.g., Germanic tribes vs newly-trained Romans) are a bit fast-paced and hard to follow from audio alone. Keep up the great work!
Thanks very much I shall bear the feedback in mind!
Great battle report. I like the 8 minute version, rather than trying to watch an hour+ of someone else's HC game.
Thanks, although that was a bit short for my liking. I'm trying to hit a mid-point with my subsequent game.
Excellent battle report. Loved the format, commentary, editing, and conciseness. Definitely make more like this!
Thanks very much!
short but substantial. I like the background music and the amazing miniature collection really good video
Thanks that really does help to keep me uploading!
this has to have been the first video battle report I've enjoyed -- I've searched for exactly this format to no avail until now. I love it.
Thanks very much. There will be more Hail Caesar, as time permits!
very enjoyable battle report. Lovely painted figures.
Cheers!
Great video! Minor lighting and camera angle issues aside, it's really cool to see such a succinct and excitingly narrated demo of a historical tt system.
Thank you. My setup is pretty basic and my skill very basic, but I enjoy making them.
Well done sir!
I can’t wait for your next video
I really want to get into hail Caesar and these videos are very inspirational
Thank you!
Great narrative need to get your battles watched more great fun to watch
Thanks very much! Maybe one day I'll get many viewers, but in the meantime I'll just have fun.
Thanks for putting this up, I really enjoy this size of game.
Fantastic. I thoroughly enjoyed that.
Cheers! Could have been a bit longer, but blame the dice for that.
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Great video! Keep these coming. Would love to see a full length video with dice rolls and everything also.
Cheers!
Very nice battle report! I have not played Hail Caesar and looking forward to it when I get the Greeks and Romans painted. It seems like the rules are easy to learn for someone who has yet to play a historical game. Thank you for sharing this. Be Well. 👍👍
Hail Caesar is a very flexible set of rules that's good to have in your arsenal, because it fits with just about any basing style.
Gorgeous looking hoplites!
Ah, thanks! It's good to push them around on the board
Wonderful report. Looking forward to more.
Thanks!
Great report; thank you!
Thanks I appreciate every thank you.
Nice report and commentry.
Thanks very much!
please do more of this! im gonna have to learn these rules this seems so fun
There will be more to come, I guarantee!
This was your first battle report I've watched, looking for Hail Caesar to learn more about the game. While I enjoyed the summary of the battle in less than 8 minutes, I'd be also interested in the system behind the events - for example, why were the troops delayed in the beginning, or how did they overwhelm the phalanx, things like that. However, I'd understand if might be less interesting for veteran players.
Hail Caesar uses a leadership check to command units into movement. If the command check fails (typically rolling a 9 or higher on 2d6), the units don't move and no more orders for that division can be issued. It is very common for divisions to "stall" for a round or two early in the game. Sounds horrible, but it can make for some late game heroics when they finally arrive.
As with most systems, getting flanked adds penalties in combat. And a victorious unit can "Sweeping Advance" to fight twice in the same turn. The whole battle line can be rolled up in a single turn!
As explained by Rich N, Hail Caesar has variable movement based upon a command roll a leader issues to units or groups of units. The better the roll, the more they can do, however you must specify all of your intended actions prior to rolling the test. Sometimes you fail altogether, and the unit/division doesn't act at all- it's a very quick and effective way to represent the fog of war.
The main thing that differentiates a phalanx from other heavy infantry is that they can be defeated by a small margin in combat and count the result as a draw as opposed to a loss. Therefore they either stick around for longer, or they lose by lots and are thus more likely to break altogether.
Great report. I wish it had been a bit longer.
So did the Spartans.
Nice to see some ancients, do you only play HC?
No, I play lots of things. Hail Caesar is the easiest to video when it comes to ancients though.
"The freshly painted allies...."
Ah! I see the problem here! You relied upon a model in it's first fight! Rookie mistake
Oh yeah, I never learn...
very watchable.
Thank you!
The spartan shields are awesome. Are the ytransfers or hand painted.?
Those are transfers- my hand is not that consistently steady!
Impressive batrep and wonderful models. Excited for Epic. Are you? I subbed. please consider sending one my way. Thanks!
Ah cheers it's been really good to use the collection after I painted it. If I could afford another scale, and have space to store it, I'd be all over that new Punic Wars range.
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6x4 table ?
Yes indeed. My gaming room. Trying to demonstrate what you can do in a modest space.