by Philip J. Viverito
Fall Campaign proved to be well worth the trip. We got to see many North West Pacific HMGS friends. Steve, Mark and Joe to name just three. Even with the mentioned troubles of delivery Lynne and I managed to create a new base for Troy and the games went on. We put on two games Saturday and one on Sunday. I picked up a great travel case for figures from The War House. It is like a carry-on suit case with handles and wheels containing a foam boxes. Ideal for the dilemmas of travel which I mentioned before. The figures are all encased in foam blocks. Marcelo helping out The first demonstration game was put on using the City as a back drop. Three battles were fought on three different corners of the table. Homeric Hack being simple, the players ran their own battles without too much help. The Trojans managed to hold their own except in one corner. Marcelo was a big help! That evening saw another game put on using only two of the four corners. The Trojans were driven back into the city. Sunday as the Achaeans hold their ships safe and sound as the Trojan Heroes were killed off. I decided The Hero idea was to be expanded at Fall In! This was a good idea and as you will read later it worked smoothly at Fall In! Marcelo proved a big help in playing the game and having some experience. Back to Table of Contents -- Classical Hack Newsletter # 4 Back to Classical Hack Newsletter List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2004 by Phil Viverito. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com |