Irregular Wars Wargaming

At the end of August, Gio organised an amazing looking Blood, Sweat & Cheers tournament in Mexico. It looks like an amazing time, with eight competitors sending their gladiators into the ring to claim the adoration of the crowd and the much coveted title of ludus champion. Putting a crowd-pleasing twist on the game, Gio arranged for Lego mini-figs to represent all the gladiators! I would encourage you to pop over to Gio's blog and have a look (in Spanish and English). He's graciously allowed me to borrow a couple of his images, but I only wanted to show a taste here. So go on, go check it out! Congratulations to Gio for what looked like a brilliant event, and to all the players - not least the ludus champion, Isaac!

*** These rule amendments to Dan Mersey's Dux Bellorum were  penned and playtested by Lee Cadieux and I back in 2019. We sought and recieved Dan's blessings to have them published in a magazine, and then the world went a bit mad and these were never submitted. Since then I have created Fantastic Battles which, for me, deals with hoplite warfare very well. However, having recently been contacted by somebody looking for a copy of this Classical mod for DB , I've decided to dust them off and to post them here. *** Adapting Dux Bellorum for Ancients (part 2): Hoplomachia Lee Cadieux and Nic Wright   Back in WSS Issue 70 (2014), the late Allen E. Curtis wrote a piece about adapting Dan Mersey’s Dux Bellorum for ancient battles. Curtis’ article came out hot on the heels of the release of Dux Bellorum ( DB ), the first of Osprey Wargaming’s blue title series. A surprising number of ancient wargames have been published between then and now – not least by Osprey Wargaming itse...