Commands and Colors: Ancients
Last night I challenged the infamous Andy Daglish to a game on Vassal. He agreed and suggested Commands and Colors: Ancients. We have played Battle Cry before, which uses the same Commands and Colors system, so it was a natural progression.
I do not have it, but Andy has a copy and taught me the rules. He is one of those guys who gets very passionate about particular games. Telling him you do not like C&C:A or War of the Ring will get you an impassioned argument. He wrote a witty, insightful review at the Geek.
It is a sweet little game. I was thinking about buying Memoir ‘44 recently, the second in the C&C series, but that has gone right out of my mind. Commands and Colors: Ancients is definitely the better option for gamers. The rules are a little more elaborate, but the extra variation in tactics more than makes up for it. Thematically, ancient warfare suits this system far better.
I cannot remember who, but someone contrasted DBA against Commands and Colors: Ancients, which is a natural comparison. Commands and Colors: Ancients is far superior as the rules are comprehensible and simply because I dislike minis. Apparently people are thinking up schemes for converting DBA’s army lists to Commands and Colors: Ancients, which sounds like an excellent idea.
8/10 – I can see why this has shot to #5 at the Geek – despite the high price (£40).
