SanchoPanza Rides Again - ReVamping Gangs of Rome
Quick Update on the Progress of Rome So Far
The Empty Streets of RomeI am nearly the final stages of the first phase of my Gangs of Rome Project as I have complexed most of the buildings, just a Temple and two houses under construction to complete and a Aqueduct under construction to do. I am loving these Streets of Rome buildings from Sarissa Precisions as they are really helping in bring the city to life.
I know that some people say that the buildings can look a little flat, but remember that these are gaming pieces and you can add to the surfaces using texture and stencils, I think of them as starting blocks for you to bring to life. Personally I don’t have a problem with the flatness as it is the game that’s important.
This is the first time I have seen all my buildings together and playing about with the board layout as is needs to be open enough for the game and especially the mobs to play in while still giving that feeling of Rome. What I like under the new version of Gangs of Rome is the fact that the playing table should be more open, you don’t need all your toys on the one table, and also the game doesn’t has to set in a urban environment, in fact the game is as happy do on Hostus Pompilius Torquatus’ rural villa or Cossus Atrius Galarius’ farm as much of Ratae’s Forum to the streets of the Avertine.
I am pleased, very much so, with the look and feel of the table so far and cannot wait to see it full assembled, with mobs and gangs running through the streets, demoing it for the general public.
What do you think?
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