A provincial Roman Villa - this one being 28mm, but you get the idea. A 15mm version would be around 8" x 10" (roughly the size of an A4 sheet of paper) - which given a typical 15mm skirmish board is rarely bigger than 48" x 48", and more normally 24" x 24" makes it a fairly sizeable thing to fight over/round/through.
This would give my Romano-British something to fight for, and something for my Saxons to raid, not to mention the Scots-Irish and Pictish warbands also in the club. As with the other pieces, it would also double up for Songs of Splintered Lands, and Pride of Lions (if I ever get that far).
The decision I'm stuck on is whether to have the Villa abandoned, or have it occupied in a good state of repair?
Historically the villas remained in use after 465AD, but seem to have slowly fallen into disrepair as the old skills were lost, and the Saxons encroached ever further westwards. From a gaming perspective it has relative merits either way.
Thoughts, chaps?
nice looking villa! Have you decided what you are going to do yet?!
ReplyDeleteNot yet I haven't. The roads, woods, and marsh/swamp turned up on Wednesday - bloody brilliant. I'll get to taking some photos with the Romano-British when I get a moment. Hopefully tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteI think the Villa will wait a while - need to investigate some trees first. Got plenty of the green bottle brush type, so might go for something a bit more realistic