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Ryan Powers
United States
Marble
Minnesota
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My journey through Chariots of Fire is the beginning of a long journey. Nine battles officially down, who knows how many more to go.
It's been an interesting ride so far. I was a bit concerned that there wouldn't be enough differentiation because of a dearth of solid information covering these battles. In the end, I think that lack may have helped instead. I think it allowed some extra leeway in the design.
As is "standard" in ancients warfare many of the battles are set piece affairs over open ground. Still the varying combinations of two and three man chariots, and presence or absence of runner infantry to go with them ensured that each of the chariot based battles had a distinct feel.
I'm a bit disappointed in the first two scenarios. I think that either one of the pair would have been sufficient and allowed for another actual chariot fight. TO me they seemed like learning scenarios and there were not enough new concepts introduced to justify doubling up. The pre-publication list of scenarios had a few that didn't seem to make it, so maybe one of those could have replaced one of the first two.
Troy was also an outlier, but an interesting enough diversion. SO I'm glad it was included. I'm not sure where it would have been a better fit, so Chariots it is.
All in all it's been enjoyable so far. War Galley and War Galley - Salamis are up next. As are some scenarios from Tyrant: Battles of Carthage versus Syracuse. Some of the Tyrant ones have already been played, so they'll get entries here, but it was a while ago so I'm not sure how much new I'll be adding to them.
I've got some additional lighting to install, so hopefully pictures will become a more feasible option in the near future. It's the biggest request I get., and rest assured I'm working on it. So, other than pictures, what else do you want to see?
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