I’ve had my Nikephorian Byzantine Army for twenty years now. They’ve seen a few sets of rules: 7th edition, DBM, Armati and now Field of Glory. They were never beautifully painted and over the years have just become a wee bit tatty. The advent of FoG has rekindled my passion for wargaming and so I’ve… Read More A new lease of life for the Byzantines
This is my fifth Field of Glory wargame and I’m beginning to understand how the rules work, and just in time for version 2 to change all that hard won knowledge! That said, what I really need to do is play with the same army a few times. So far I’ve used Later Carthaginians, Later… Read More Nikephorian Byzantines on the Khazar Steppes
A FoG battle report of an ancient grudge match between the Later Assyrians and a coalition of Later Babylonians and Elamites. I had no idea what to expect from these armies having never played a chariot based army before! The battle lines at deployment. The Assyrians are on the left with both armies deploying delaying… Read More Assyria Triumphant
Our first FoG game appropriately nicknamed FoG Academy as so many of us were learning that day! 1. The Later Macedonian and Later Carthaginian armies at deployment minus all our chip and ginger beer containers :-). The Macedonians deploy with their superior cavalry on the right flank.Their centre composes of three phalanx formations supported by… Read More Field of Glory Academy