Patch and I went through our usual round of CC:A recently, doing the revised Battle of Plataea from Expansion #6. (I think we’ve played this FtF before, but I’m not sure if it was 1 or 2 rounds, and it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for CC:Ancients
Patch and I did our usual between rounds of ASL game of C&C:A tonight. This time was the Battle of Himera from Expansion 1. It’s a little unusual, with an Syracusan MC+leader (Eumachus) starting adjacent to the Carthaginian camp, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Commands & Colors: Ancients Expansion #6 actually has two scenarios based on Thermopylae, and Patch and I played the second one tonight, as our between-ASL game. This one is much more unusual than the first, with impassible hills occupying much[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With “Came Tumbling After” winding up fast, Patch and I played the ‘Middle Gate‘ scenario from CC:A Expansion #6 over the last couple of Tuesdays. This is the ‘famous part’ of the battle, and features a special rule for three[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My latest ASL defeat by Patch was just about finished up, so we decided to do another round of Commands & Colors: Ancients tonight. This time was the Battle of Sepeia, a very strange Expansion #6 battle between the Spartans[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Patch and I had our regular between ASL games bout of Commands & Colors: Ancients tonight. This time was the battle of Thyreatis in 545 BC. It’s a very unusual battle from Expansion 6. First of all, both sides are[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With the latest ASL game done, Patch and I went for another round of Commands & Colors: Ancients. Since we polished off the last of the Truceless War scenarios last time, and several of the Expansion #1 scenarios were modified[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Being in between ASL games again, Patch and I played the final game from Truceless War tonight, the Battle of Leptis. It’s certainly weighted against the rebels, with 4 cards to 6, and starting very near the base line. However,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, the last short ASL scenario was shorter than I expected, and so Patch and I were back for another CC:A scenario from Truceless War. This time, Hannibal’s Camp was up, which is certainly unusual. It’s the first time we’ve[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, with a very long ASL game, and then another one that we needed to continue when that was done, it’s been a while since Patch and I have done any CC:A. So, tonight we played the battle of Hipparcritae[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
