Legio Wargames

Did Greek Hoplites ever fight naked? There are plenty of depictions on vases that suggest they did. Most people believe this to be an...

The last Spartan unit is painted.

Painting a unit of Athenians for 'Alala!

Athens and Thebes have united to fight for Greek liberty against Philip of Macedon's growing power. The armies meet near Chaeronea. Using...

Needing more Greek hoplites that could slot into any army I have just painted up a unit of mercenaries. The white shields and some...

My rules for Greek Hoplite battles have now been published by the Society of Ancients. They are available from the Society website here....

Last weekend I put on an Alala! game at the 19th Society of Ancients Battle Day featuring 2nd Mantinea (362 BC). As ever, the day was...

I have been having great fun playing around with different shield designs for my next unit of Greek Hoplites. Most are hand painted but I...

I have just finished painting my first Hoplite unit for Alala! and the Society of Ancients Mantinea Battle Day. These are Newline Designs...

Yesterday we managed to get a second test game of Alala! hoplite rules in before the upcoming Society of Ancients Conference. It was...

I have been working on some new simple rules for Hoplite battles which I call Alala! — from the ancient Greek war cry. I will use these...