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Many thanks to Giulio for assembling this great campaign system, linking scenarios and creating result tables.
Gallic War Campaign (58-54 BC)
Second Punic War Campaign (218-202 BC)
Play them all and don't forget to report your results!
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Written by alecrespi. Posted in Latest
Hi guys,
recently Benedetto shared with me a couple scenarios.
Here you go.
Thank you Benedetto for your contributions.
Don't forget to see all his scenarios in his "Designer Page" (Benedetto Giovanni Roselli).
Enjoy playing these CCA maps!
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Hi guys, Travis Taliaferro submitted 6 new scenarios.
Thank you Travis for your contributions.
If you would like having a look to all maps created by Travis, then take a look at his "Designer Page" (Travis Taliaferro).
Enjoy playing these CCA maps!
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Hello everybody,
I've just setup a new website module to show all scenarios from actual map category.
If you enter in a specific scenario and scroll down at the bottom you'll find a section called "Maps in this Category".
This section groups all scenarios from the actual map category in a more graphic way.
This option is available in both scenario view and category view. It's also fully functional on mobile device!
I hope you like it.
Alessandro
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Written by alecrespi. Posted in Latest
I've just published the latest scenario from Giulio!
GI04 Lake Regillus (496 BC)
I'm also posting reference to the previous one because I haven't done it before.
GI03 Adrianople (376 AD)
All scenarios from Giulio can be found here (or inside "scenario designer" section).
Giulio Bottazzi
Thank you for sharing!
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Written by alecrespi. Posted in Latest
Hi guys,
another year passed by and we have to prepare for the brand new 2018!
This website is a "one men" work so feel free to contribute in every way you decide using the PAYPAL icon on the top-right corner.
Thank you in advance.
Sincerely
Alessandro
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Written by alecrespi. Posted in Latest
C&C: Ancients Community is proud to welcome and enjoy a new Scenario Designer: Giulio Bottazzi.
From now on you will find the complete list of his works in his "Designer Page".
Welcome aboard Giulio and thank you for your submission.
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Written by alecrespi. Posted in Latest
Hi guys,
just to inform you that I've just completed the update of all armies in "Variants - Army List" category with all cross reference about enemies.
After porting old website to the new platform I lost all armies internal links but now I've recovered them (adding army name too).
Hoping for you to enjoy this new feature and let you easily choose your army when playing "Scenario X" variant.
Don't forget to enjoy every game.
Ale
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C&C: Ancients Community is proud to welcome and enjoy a new Scenario Designer: Michaël Lagarde.
Here under you can find his linked scenarios to recreate Alesia Battle.
From now on you will find the complete list of his works in his "Designer Page".
Welcome aboard Michaël and thank you for your submission.
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Written by alecrespi. Posted in Latest
Hi guys and Welcome in this "fresh new" website dedicated to Commands and Colors: Ancients game by Richard Borg.
A big thank you goes to Robert Koch for creating "Game Results" recording component.
You can see it "in action" in each scenario page, with restored data from previous website.
I've also restored Ancients Scenario Statistics webpage, linking it also on Top Menu, under Maps.
Moreover I've added "Most Played" and "Last Played" visualization on Homepage bottom, adding a table style to better show values.
For suggestions, reference, corrections or any other issue you can use the website FORUM.
Welcome back!
Alessandro
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Written by alecrespi. Posted in Latest
And here it comes the "Autumn Gift": 5 new scenarios, mostly from Sicilian Wars.
Thank you Jim for submitting 5 new scenarios on commandsandcolors.net/ancients map database. Your contribution is awesome.
If you would like having a look to all maps created by Jim, then click his name Jim Duncan and see his "Designer Page".
Don't forget to update CCA Vassal extension with all his maps.
Enjoy playing these CCA maps!
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Written by alecrespi. Posted in Latest
I've published 5 new maps by Jim Duncan.
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I've published 5 new maps by Jim Duncan.
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Written by alecrespi. Posted in Latest
30.000 unique visits and 200.000 page views!
To celebrate this great event I would like to propose an unique scenario, written by Jim Duncan and set in Issus (333 BC): JD60 The Thirty Thousands (333 BC).
It's also available a new Extension that groups Jim Maps from JD41 to JD60. CLICK HERE to download it.
Nowadays our Maps Archive counts 358 different Scenarios!!!!!!
Many thanks to all Scenario Designer for help our map database growht.
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Written by alecrespi. Posted in Latest
I've published 5 new maps by Jim Duncan.
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Written by alecrespi. Posted in Latest
I've created 2 new sections:
- Under RULES MENU you will find a new ink called UNITS, where you will find detailed unit statistics plus some strategy guidelines.
- Under VARIANTS MENU you will find a new ink called CAMPAIGN SYSTEM, a system that lets you play multile scenarios linking them together (derived from an original idea by Leo Tischer).
Comments and feedbacks are always welcome.
Enjoy playing CCA.
Alessandro
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Mr. John Foley (Author of the very first official website dedicated to CCAncients - http://www.thewargamer.com/ccancients) recently contacted me to congratulate about the website and, after my request to publicly quote his comment he elegantly replied:
You deserve much more than this, John.
I want to THANK YOU, because your meticulous work gave me the impetus to start this adventure.
Thewargamer.com is the First Attack, commandsandcolors.net/ancients the Momentum Advance.
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Aaron Bell (a.k.a. bestbandis on BGG) is back, publishing his hexless variant for Commands & Colors: Ancients!!!
For easier reference, HEXLESS VARIANT RULES has been added to "Variants Menu" on the left (CLICK HERE).
In Download Area you will also find the original PDF by the author (CLICK HERE).
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Just published 5 new maps by Jim Duncan.
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An online tournament using the Vassal C&C Ancients module.
The Game:
Commands & Colors Ancients is a board game designed by Richard Borg and published by GMT Games (http://www.gmtgames.com/), which allows you to re-fight epic battles of the ancient world.
The Vassal Game Engine:
Vassal (http://www.vassalengine.org/) is a free software utility that allows you to play board games in real time over the internet. A module for playing C&CA is available from the Files section of its webpage on the Vassal website.
The Tournament:
The tournament is hosted on the C&CA Vassal Players Yahoo group (http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ccavassal/). It features two phases of play. In the first phase, players will be organized into a Swiss system draw for match play (playing both sides of a scenario against their assigned opponent in each round). In the second phase, the top eight players will be seeded in a single-elimination quarterfinals bracket to determine the ultimate champion. The full rules for the tournament can be found in the Files section of the Yahoo group.
To sign up for the tournament, you will need to join the C&CA Vassal Players group and go to the Database section where you will enter your information in a tournament player database.
Registration is open until October 25, 2009.
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Written by alecrespi. Posted in Latest
Here you can find a couple useful articles about some good strategies to be aware of before playing this great game.
Many thanks to Michal for writing them.
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Written by alecrespi. Posted in Latest
Hi guys,
under Articles --> CCA Related section you will find 3 interesting articles by Michal.
Thank you Michal for sharing these great articles!
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Written by alecrespi. Posted in Latest
Hi guys,
I'm working on a "refresh / restyle / update" about CCA Vassal game module.
Here you can find a very first preview of latest additions (changelog):
- modified default icons (from left to righ: undo, next, disconnect, change side, p1, p2, dice from 1 to 7, terrains, units, notes, charts, end turn / clear)
- I've also modified Zoom, "LoS" and Clear moves icon
- card back with white round corner
- player's hand windows with grey / bronze background (following toolbar icon color)
- changed dice piture with HQ images and round corner)
- draw icon on player's hand (hand icon) to automatically draw to hand 1 card (with log on main log window)
- right click (or shortcut) on selected card to be "played" (as to say: send it to the center of the map, instead of drag'n'dopping things around) deck card counter (a small number to show remaining cards)
- swapped "draw" and "discard" deck to keep more visible "actual card in play" (instead of scrolling to the right)
- thicker "movement trail" to be more visible
- "color coded" movement trail to better understand relative faction
- added a "star icon" to identify actual in turn player (icon shows on top or bottom of the map) linked to "End Turn" hourglass icon
- added "cards left" counter below command card draw deck
- added sound: dice roll
- added sound: draw / flip / play a card
- added sound: reshuffle deck
- right click on command card to play it on main board
- redesign victory track bar (what do you think about placing one at the top and the other one at the bottom of the sidebar, instead of both at the bottom?)
- added "report in log window" for marker actions like "attack" and "target"
- slightly changed markers: attack = double swords, target = bullseye, battled = tick)
- integrated all extension materials (markers, units, terrains, chards, scenarios, ecc) inside main module, so we are going to have a single VMOD file including all official components
- added scenarios menu (submenu) with unlinked scenario vsav files
- added units with color-coded movement trails
- unit movement using numpad keys
- added a "Hide units" icon to easily show the map with terrains only
- added "Area of Effect" trait to see ranged combat max distance for bow, sliger (foot and cavalry) and war machines.
- added links in "About menu" to easily reach Units and Terrain section on Official Website
Please follow the "work in progress" and post your suggestions on BGG Forum.
Thank you in advance.
Alessandro
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Written by alecrespi. Posted in Latest
Hi guys,
the user "LeonardoAngelo" found some missing scenarios and I think it would be great for us to cover the gap.
Let's see if there are some good scenario designer out there (I do know there are a lot of them) to create these missing scenarios.
Here you can find a brief list.
More details in the forum thread.
First Punic war
| 1) Multistrat 260 BC |
| 2) The Battle of Egesta. 260 BC |
| 3) Parop battle . 260 BC |
| 4) Liliba 250 BC |
| 5) Battle of mount Eryx. 249 BC |
| 6) Battle of mount Eryx. 244 BC |
| 7) Battle of mount Eryx. 241 BC |
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Written by alecrespi. Posted in Latest
Hy guys,
I've just published some new staff:
- Battle of Carthage completely translated into Russian language (by Leonid Kukushkin)
- Custom Image Dice set to be used with C&C Ancients (by me)
Belove you can find direct download links.
Again, Happy New Year 2018 and enjoy playing as usual!
Alessandro
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Written by alecrespi. Posted in Latest
Hi guys,
I've finally published 3 scenarios from Vae Victis magazine.
Many thanks to Michal for sharing them.
Enjoy playing.
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Hello everyone,
i've tried to restore a previously available filter / tag called "Playable with Base Game"
You can find it here.
with this TAG you can group all scenarios that can be played with base game only (based on unit counts).
Enjoy playing and don't forget to record each play stat!
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Hi guys,
It looks like yesterday when I decided to group all C&C website under a single web domain (commandsandcolors.net)... but a full year has passed!
A single domain has the great benefit to ask for a single renewal so I'm here asking for your contribution to keep this website free, updated and without annoying ads!
Feel free to contribute in every way you decide using the PAYPAL icon on the top-right corner.
Thank you in advance.
Sincerely
Alessandro
I'm cross posting this message on all other C&C website.
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Written by alecrespi. Posted in Latest
Hi guys,
I've changed a little bit "top menu".
After login the right most link will be changed in "user" menu with the following "submenu":
- Your Profile
- Played Games
- Personal Messages
- Submit an article
- Logout
These should be "self explanatory"... :D
I've also tried to introduce "Played Games" as a sort of "own played game record". Every users should see his own played games.
Let me know if you'd like to have more details under this menu.
Regards
Ale
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Hi guys, with kind permission from Rodger B. MacGowan, I've just published 2 new EPIC maps taken from C3i Magazines #26.
If you would like having a look to all maps from C3i Magazine, then click the name and see the "Designer Page".
Enjoy playing these CCA maps, and don't forget that...
all material from C3i Magazine is Copyright ©Rodger B. MacGowan (RBM Publication)!
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Hi guys,
under kind request of user Mark McG I've enabled PMS system also here on C&C Ancients website.
You can simmply contact a user using the little "baloon" icon under his profile (inside FORUM).
In case of problems, please report them on the Forum so that I can fix them ASAP.
Enjoy gaming, playing and surfing.
Ale
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Written by Miguel Marques. Posted in Latest
One of the (many) things we like about CCA is the HUGE number of official scenarios: just before Exp#4 brings us a lot more there have been
98!!! However, they are split into 4 booklets, 4 C3i journals, and 2 bonus packs, with often interlocking periods... So not very easy to choose one, or even go through a period without changing booklets (
Exp#2 and
#3 mostly, but also some battles in the period 260-200 BC and not in the Punic Wars, for example).
I have gone through the list, and sorted them
chronologically, with the
battle name color-coded by the booklet, the
armies by the blocks used, and the
star indicating the historical victor. I had in mind the binder someone suggested at CSW, with pre-punched sleeves, so I scanned the scenarios for which I didn't have a pdf version (all expansions plus C3i), and now I have printed them and put them in sleeves into a binder.
But once the scan part of the work was done, I thought that a nice bonus to the list could be obtained by adding a "stamp-like" icon with the battlefield, just big enough to get a rough idea of what the battle looks like, and the number of victory banners. Now you can look for a given period, or a terrain free battle, or a given number of banners (short/long battle) at a glance!
Miguel
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I've published 4 new maps by Jim Duncan.
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Hi guys, recently I've created some USERBARS to be used wherever you like:
- Forum signature
- Profile decoration
- Website backlink
- I support commandsandcolors.net/ancients website
- I prefer Carthaginians
- I prefer Romans
- I prefer Greeks
- I prefer Eastern Kingdoms
- I prefer Barbarians
- I prefer Marian Romans
If you like them, please, ask me for creating your own personalized UserBar. It's FREE.
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In Download Area you will find 2 new files:
1st Edition corrected Dice symbols
For those who still find a "1st Edition" CCA for sale somewhere, the original game had the dice stickers slightly too large to fit into the recessed portion of each dice. GMT quickly posted these as replacements.
The Phalanx V1
Unofficial variant for scenarios featuring Macedonian/Successor Heavy Infantry. (by BradyLS)
For easier reference, The Phalanx has been also added to "Variants Menu" on the left (CLICK HERE).
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Written by Kevin Duke. Posted in Latest
I've recently seen the sticker art for the purple Roman army and wanted to report a "nice touch" that is being included... if players do own the rest of the system (likely most purchasers) and want to do a side shuffle of sorts.
The victory banners here are Roman eagles, with a gray background.
If you remember, the base game Roman VBs had a red background. The Red Romans of RvB had VBs with a purple background. By giving a gray background VB to the purple Romans, those who wish for a little more literal alignment can swap VBs around in their armies-- so that each Roman army has VBs of it's own particular army background color.
Base Game
Rome vs Carthaginian
|  |  ner.jpg" border="0" />
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Expansion 2
Rome vs Barbarian
|  |  ner.jpg" border="0" /> |
Expansion 4
Imperial Roman
| PURPLE
BLOCKS
| Eagle + Grey
Backgound
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Base Game
Rome vs Carthaginian
| | Eagle + Grey
Backgound |
Expansion 2
Rome vs Barbarian
| | ner.jpg" border="0" /> |
Expansion 4
Imperial Roman
| PURPLE
BLOCKS
| ner.jpg" border="0" /> |
That's nice under any circumstances, but might be particularly nice if you're doing RCW type battles with two Roman armies fighting each other.
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Written by alecrespi. Posted in Latest
In these days Miguel worked a lot on a restyle for his MM01 Thermopylae map.
Here you can find his work report:
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Just published 4 new maps by Jim Duncan!
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Recently Bill Bennet posted on CCAvassal Yahoo Group! some news the new version (v 3.2) of famous C&CAncients module to play online using VassalEngine.
Extension files fully compatible with version 3.2 of the C&C Ancient module are also available. In order to simplify downloading, you will find them assembled into a single archive file, named "CCAv3_ExtensionPack.zip".
Unzip the file into an extension folder named for the v3.2 module, as appropriate to your system (i.e. "C&CAncientsv3_ext").
You should find all extension files contained in the archive file:
- Expansion1.mdx
- Expansion2.mdx
- Expansion3.mdx
- Expansion4.mdx
- RandomScenario.mdx
- ScenarioX.mdx
You can download it here: CCAncients_V3 and also Extensions.
If you are searching for the "Italian Cards"... I'm working on it! Stay tuned.
Thank you Bill for your great work! Commands & Colors: Ancients online game experience is even better with your new Vassal module!!!
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Written by alecrespi. Posted in Latest
On left menu under "Rules" you will find "Expansion 4" with full details about:
- New Unit Type
- New Game Mechanics
- New Special Rules
- New Terrain Hexes
Moreover you will also find a complete scenario list HERE.
Many thanks to GMT Games LLC and to Mr Tony Curtis (GMT Games LLC manager) for granting permission to publish all these materials.
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