I've been enjoying 3500, gives you enough room to include most of the goodies in a list.

Quote from: Agoz on March 03, 2023, 12:48:00 AM

In my experience the fact that the game is on square bases with over 50 models per side is enough to turn away most players. Time wise for a mass battles game MEG moves at a fair clip  compared to other games. It already substitutes handfuls of dice for a single roll-off, which is a major time-saver. Really if time is a big factor, the solution is just to play DBA. I think its okay for MEG to just not be the game for people who don't want what it offers, which is a good mid-complexity ancients to medieval ruleset with an eye for simulating the historical feel of real armies.

I am not sure I agree with your first sentence.  The size of the Maximus game does turn away some players, but is also an attraction for others.

However if the number of models in Maximus is an issue, then try  playing MeG Pacto.  About the size of a double-DBA game.

It's very dependant on local sensibility,  as an American, most wargamers around here start with either 40k or some other skirmish game and, as they age, slowly dip their toes into historicals, typically something WW2 as we tend to glorify our contribution to that war in popular media, as well as just plain not having much history past that. Unfortunately the common factor in all of these tend to be games with round bases operating in loose squads. Because of this, something like SAGA, which is similar, has a sub 50 model starting point, has a decade of name recognition, has flashy special rules bordering on fantasy, and is frankly dead simple to play, is an easy sell. I think for what MeG is trying to achieve it's as streamlined as it is going to get.

The 2020 version of the QRS is still available in the 2020 rules materials section of the website. The current version is only available as a purchase.

The correct answer is 204, which is what you get if you plug the stats into the army builder spreadsheet.

Could be, I just remember when I asked about Rhomphaia being classified as being melee expert instead of 2hcc the gladius was given as an example of a similar weapon rated as melee expert.

The new general exists and gets cards as normal, they just don't get to show up to the battlefield until the specified time. They can play cards while off table, counting as out of command.

It doesn't say they don't get to shoot at all on page 157. It just doesn't say anything about shooting in one rank, which is not the same thing. If it is the case I think maybe it should be clarified.

It'd be nice if each page had a footer listing which chapter you are in. To make flipping to sections easier.