Saturday, July 25, 2020

Mortem Et Gloriam first try with new edition

Game with Stephen using new edition of Mortem Et Gloriam.
We last played MEG back at start of 2018 so pretty much starting afresh with rules.
I fielded trusty Punic Romans and Stephen had Hannibals chaps.
We tried the new Magna sized game (essentially 2/3rds scale) which uses a 4' x 3' table.
This was mainly due to my Romans not having enough Triarii or Legionaries for full sized game (now termed Maximus).
My Romans having been re-based as 'doubles' for L'Art De La Guerre not optimal for MEG which allows for unit expansion and suchlike (like Field of Glory) but doable with a few pipe cleaner markers.
Thankfully the cards and dice from first edition are still perfectly usable with new set.


Game was great fun despite our having to re-learn even the basics.
The card 'activation/orders' system is great linked into its colour coded system and similar dice system.
Moves are large (base widths) and armies get into action in at most 2-3 turns.
Shooting (we had few shooting types) and Combat all very easy to relearn.
The QRS is comprehensive and clear but maybe a bit small in it print for aging eyes on either side of the table.

Game saw a clash of Infantry type all along the table with Cavalry on flanks.
To and fro with dice rolls although for some reason rolling a 'blank' seems less traumatic than rolling a 1 :-)

Carthaginians were in ascendancy when we finished (game not completed) but no bloodless victories in MEG as both sides taking a lot of casualties.

Fun stuff and we will be trying these again.

Stephens comment of game being Ancients "how Barker intended" seemed apt but we are novices with intricacies of tactics.

Interested to try the Pacto version (single file units) as a direct comparison to LADG scale.















5 comments:

  1. I've never tried MEG but it looks like it gives you a decent game. I love the look of ancient armies drawn up facing each other. I used to play Mr Bakers' WRG in the 80's but have sold off / given away most of my ancients. The only armies I have left are Saxons and Normans in 28mm. I remember Carrickfergus was a Norman stronghold in Northern Ireland. Cheers Greg

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    1. Yes Carrickfergus Castle built by Normans. MEG (and of course other sets) perfectly useable with 28mm :-)

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  2. Looks good , Gary , I remember having several games with the 1st set . I like card driven games , but they’re not to everyone’s taste .Have you tried Aurilean by Sam Mustafa ? We’ve played these using card units .

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    1. Aurelian is a Sam set I dont have due to not having relevant armies.

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  3. Hi I love reading the blog, now you've tried MeG you should try ReG, really good fun and 400+ lists to play with, cheers Alasdair

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