Ancient Greek Geek - Ancient Wargames

 Warhammer Ancient Battles (WAB) - Greeks Mercenaries versus Early Successor - July 2021 I hadn't played a wargame in over 15 years, but had always maintained my interest.  New Year's resolution: use the Greeks this year or sell them.  Well, here I was using them against Phil's Early Successor army.  I used to play a lot of WRG 6th in the past and it was important to forget some of the rules for that set that had no bearing on WAB (very easy to forget at my age!). I fielded a Greek Mercenary army based on the Alexander the Great (AtG) WAB supplement and the list available on Jeff Jonas's Ancient Battles site here: Mercenary Greek Armies We deliberately had no terrain so that we could focus on learning the main elements of the game. I nearly went straight home when Phil rolled a double 6 for his oracles!! (Phil's photo, of course!). Initial deployment (not to scale - obviously - and the figures are representative) Both of us advanced across our whole fronts. The Succ

W elcome  to the Ancient Greek Geek  blog (a title suggested by my better half!) This is the first post on a subject which has fascinated (obsessed??) me for many years;  Ancient Greece , and, in particular,  Ancient s Wargaming. If you share my fascination, then I hope that this site will be of interest to you, and you may even feel inspired to contribute.  I'll have various themes for the site, which I hope to expand upon in the future. Currently, these will include book reviews, wargaming in the ancient world (and impartial reviews of figures – when I can afford to buy them!), and commentaries on visits to ancient sites (usually meaning when we’ve been on holiday and I’ve nipped off for a day to see a local site of interest). Enjoy the site. Andy Copyright Please note:  All images and text are copyright Andrew Moran and must not be reproduced in any form without the author's express permission. Thank you. Please note: all images and text are copyright Phil Olley and should n