Wargamer Weekly: Onslaught By Joe Robinson

It’s another lean entry this week, mainly because the lack of news mean’t I had to write some of it up mid-week. The highlight of course was Strategic Command: World War One’s release yesterday, which has become a definitive work in WW1 strategic wargaming.

We also had one finally check in with our 2019 war games guide, to see what if anything was still due out, and what was likely to skip to next year.

Meanwhile, in the world of wargaming…

Imperator: Rome 1.3 Livy

We’ve lightly touched on Imperator: Rome because of it’s surprisingly deep military mechanics. The most recent major update, 1.3 Livy, has just added dedicated ‘supply’ for armies in the form of food. Each army carries are certain amount of food with it, which can be enhanced by making the new Supply Wagon unit.

While at the moment it’s a little over-powered, it’s still a really interesting addition that will have significant impact on the range of operations you can get away with. Due to this and the other changes that have happened since April, we’re completely revamping our Imperator Rome Warfare guide, which we hope to have done before Christmas.

Fantasy General II DLC & Console Versions

Matrix Games & Slitherine have been courting the mainstream press this week, as I had to get this story from VentureBeat. The main point of the article is that Fantasy General II is coming to consoles next year, but I personally was more interested in the fact that it's finally getting some DLC.

Called ‘Onslaught’, this DLC will come with new content:

A 15-20 map campaign of procedurally generated maps. You pick a hero and faction and set out to hunt for something called the Crown of Fire.

13 new aerial units, such as Giant Eagles, Nightmares, Flamethrowers, Hunters, and Firebirds.

An Ironman mode

A new Invasion campaign map that introduces aerial units and a new Barbarian Clan: the Eagle Riders.

It’s not clear if the DLC will be launching in time for the console launch, but I’m sure we’ll find out soon when Slitherine do a general announcement themselves.

Two new John Tiller Software games

While Wargame Design Studio have been doing a lot of work on JTS titles this year, JTS themselves are still making new games, two of which were released this week:

Napoleonic Battles: Wellington's Peninsular War - is another entry in the Napoleonic Battles series, and simply covers the Peninsular campaign. We’ve got Bill on the case.

Naval Campaigns: Wolfpack - is a real-time game that covers the Battles for the Atlantic, and features over 50 scenarios. We’ve got the ‘other’ Joe reviewing this one.

And the rest…

That’s all there is to really highlight this week. Again if you spot anything we’ve missed let everyone know in the comments! We don’t want anyone to feel intentionally left out.