What's that precipitation? Hail, Caesar!

Pre-set up. Conquest map overhangs the table

Apologies for that quote from Crabro's in-game banter. :-) Not much else of note to report on this one. I like it...well I love those lovely galleys, catapults etc., but my opponent wasn't overwhelmed even though he was clearly winning when we ran out of time and abandoned. He felt it was typical of a certain type of  standard war-game and had been improved upon by others of the genre since its publication. A very big game in the literal sense at least as it overhung Crabro's, usually more than adequate, games room table. I remember it being a much different game with 5 or 6 players but a lot of time was spent expanding without conflict in the two-player. As it was the game was stopped after the first major battle and it was decided not to pursue this as the Thursday evening game, with the nod possibly going to Rise of Empires instead.