There’s A Clash Of Spears Coming From Fighting Hedgehog
October 2, 2019 by avernos
If you've missed our Historicon coverage or managed to dodge my whittering on in the XLBS then it is just possible that you are unaware of the hotly anticipated ancients wargame Clash of Spears coming in time for Christmas! (other gift giving celebrations are available)
The game is a beautifully designed labour of love for the brothers, Alvaro and Francisco, who make up Fighting Hedgehog. Clash of Spears is a warband style game for ancient warfare that, from the initial scouting deployment to the command and control mechanics, forces you to think tactically about how you use your warband as a whole. Simply pushing your biggest unit of elite troops into the enemy will see them isolated and overwhelmed. This could well be the sleeper hit that ancients has been waiting for, a rule set so good that @torros is considering buying 28 mm minis for it!!
The game is set to cover 4th to 2nd century warfare to begin with, but from what I've seen of the system it will easily expand from this period if people are willing to put the time in to research and write their own lists, I expect however that Fighting Hedgehog will not be wanting to rest on their laurels and if the game proves successful will adapt it to later periods, or perhaps even Fantasy 😉
In the run up to it's release there is a pre-order so if you Sign Up Now you can stay abreast of any interesting news that may come out and also take advantage of an early bird access before the game hits the stores as well as an exclusive discount. So join us in helping some brothers out and sign up
Will you be shocked to see what Torros is working on in 28mm?
"This could well be the sleeper hit that ancients has been waiting for, a rule set so good that @torros is considering buying 28mm minis..."
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I’m certainly shocked!
But certainly looking forward to this it. From what I’ve seen it has some interesting mechanics in it
I can’t wait to see his Persians 🙂
To paraphrase General Browning ” That might be a paint job too far”
I might yet use paper figures
Want! And thanks for the sign-up link
looks good.
Watched the game they put up on youtube. I’ll be having some of this i think.
You won’t be disappointed. In my hats with the guys they’ve talked about their plans. I won’t go into it now until they are confirmed but I’m excited and hopeful for this
I am so looking forward to this game as from what I have seen and heard it is going good
Played it and have a play test version and I’m very impressed with it
I´m into it, also I can use my Mortal Gods Athenians with this game too (and get into a bigger force ^^ )
plays very differently from MG as well Jocke, so you’ll have a completely different experience even with the same forces on the board.
I´m interested to see the scouting phase in action.
Do you guys plan a Lets Play of Clash of Spears?
@jocke this us a full game though not sure if it has the full scouting part
https://youtu.be/44FUc-P0VJw
I plan on doing everything, whether I get to is another matter. The let’s play they do below starts with the scouting it’s a complete run through