Bear Yourselves Valiantly Ancients at Historicon

 

James “Tank” Nickle ran two ancient games, featuring Romans and Carthaginians, using the under-development Bear Yourselves Valiantly: Look, Sarge, No Charts: Fantasy, Ancients, and Mediaeval rules.  Both were hugely successful.

Elephants!  Tank made up some interesting rules about elephants going on a rampage that we’ll incorporate into the rules.

Most of the development is done.  We just have a few odds and ends to address.  I hope to begin writing the first draft around Christmas.  The process of writing, editing, photography, and layout usually takes me about four months.  Then off to the printer.  We hope to release them in time for Historicon 2014.

People have told us that these rules are the most fun they’ve ever had playing ancients games.  While the rules have a point system that is used to help figure out how many units a player should control, it is not meant to be a bullet-proof system for tournament play.  These rules are meant for scenario play.

I really like the look of the table with these rules.  Each Roman base represents a maniple.  The table looks like how I envision an ancient Roman battlefield might look.