07-29-2001, 04:59 PM
I missed this. i think actually it could be worthwhile. there are small but active online wargaming communities, one was visiting today actually has a number of threads with regard to Marian Romans, their shield desighns, equipment, how they should be painted. For one things these guys have a lot of knowledge, and any flow of debate between different groups has go to be good, if only because it'll provoke further dscussion which has to be a good thing. One couldn't expect it to be too active i suspect, at least at first, but to risk a heresy in some respects I think many wargamers have similar aim to reenactor, just on a smaller (or larger depending on your point of view, afterall these guys can have 1:1 scalew cohorts and legions). It's also possible if not extremely likely that the next game in the Total War series is going to be based on some period of Roman history. We'll know that by the end of the week actually, they're announcing what comes next on 2nd August. If you can stick another forum on for free i'd say do it, if it needs a mod I'm happy enough doubling up. <p><i>Unless the Persians fly away like birds, hide in the earth like mice, or leap into a lake like frogs, they will never see their homes again, but will die under our arrows</i></p><i></i>
In the name of heaven Catiline, how long do you propose to exploit our patience..
