Trying out a new look...

I've been playing around with a 3D design program and came up with a sample of a Secutor.

If I can learn to manipulate these images, I may try to use these for BatReps for Red Sand, Blue Sky.  What do ya guys think?

Bad News for Me.....

     I had a hard drive crash and lost everything I had.  I wasn't able to back anything up so the Vassal Mods for Red Sand, Blue Sky, along with Charioteer and a few other Two Hour Wargame mods I've been working on are gone...Damn it all!!!

     So I gotta start all over from scratch.  So there wont be any BatReps for a while I'm afraid.  Sorry to anybody who has been reading these.  Back to the drawing board.  

October 106 A.D. 2nd Match

     The 2nd match for this month has my murmillo, Kagan with stats of Savvy-4 Strength-3 Speed-3 to go against a rolled up opponent who is a thraex named Porcio, with stats of Savvy-2 Strength-3 Speed-3...bad luck rolls on his low Savvy...I guess you can attribute this to being a very inexperienced or undisciplined fighter, which gives a big advantage to Kagan.  That's good for me as I have already had my 1st match end in a loss.
     So begins the 2nd match...

                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      

                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      

A great match for Kagan up until the end, where he got into a bit of trouble and was fortunate to have a large shield to block that final blow which could have been dangerous...also fortunate that the thraex was out of energy at the time as well.  Porcio decided at that point that it was all or nothing, since he had many wounds and time seemed to be running out for him as both his arms were almost useless from wounds received from the murmillo.  All in all, I'm happy with the results.  Kagan gets the win and Porcio lives to fight another day.  Fringe of the Empire locales dont have very many deaths in the arena.  But that will change when I get the chance to move my ludis closer to Rome where the rewards are greater, as are the risks and opponents.

Up next, 3rd match for October 106 A.D.

October 106 A.D. First Match

October, 106 A.D. First Match: Marco/Hoplomachus of House Tyranus vs. Cassius/Murmillo

Ok, not much to report in this quick match. My man, Marco used up all his energy just trying to maneuver into a favorable position to attack but was never able to do so. Sometimes it's not so much about delivering the killing blow but outlasting one's opponent. So, to start October's matches, House Tyranus begins with a loss.

Match 2 to come...

October 106 A.D. Match List

The October games are about to begin. Still out on the fringe of the Empire, the gladiators rolled up are mostly sub par, which is good for a ludus in its beginning stages. Once they get enough experience, House Tyranus will pick up and move closer towards Rome where the competition gets better, as do the rewards.

First up will be Marco vs. Cassius...

Update After September Matches

An error on posting comments

There seems to some kind of error with me trying to post comments. Whenever I try to post a reply comment in the "comments area" at the bottom of each post, I keep getting looped back to sign in through my Google account...strange...I can sign in and post match reports and all, and others can post comments, but I cant post any comments myself...weird, I dont know why...but wanted to thank any commenters that post.
So thanks, Tito Pullo...this seems to be the only way I can do it until I get it figured out.

Until the next report, be it a battle or race...

Thanks for reading...

Phill