Pocket Battles -- I was right, Zev was wrong.

metalface13 wrote:
Any chance you'll do suggested army lists for Celts vs. Romans to align with the other sets?

We would have to ask Paolo and maybe we can post it online.

Sagrilarus wrote: Who's doing the art for ACW? Quite a different beast from the original three.

S.

We are using our in-house artist, Chris Quilliams, to do it in the style Karim did it in. It's amazingly close.

Pleased to hear about the reprints. I had Celts vs Romans, liked it, but traded it away somewhat prematurely I think. I should have been kept it a bit longer and tried mixing the different sets together. If I can pick them up at normal price, I might rebuy CvR and the rest of the series too.

The announcement has been posted on ZMan's site:
zmangames.com/nouvelles-details.php?id=402

Looks like the art is pretty close and I'm happy to see this line see life again.
Of course now that the new game is almost in stores and not played yet, it begs the question: When's the next game coming out and what's the pairing? Personally I'm hoping Rebel vs Imperil.

Pocket Battle of Vienna: Poles vs. Turks
Pocket Battle of Kadesh: Egyptians vs. Hittites
Pocket Battle of Almost Moscow: Napoleon vs. Polar Vortex

I love Pocket Battles, or at least the historical versions. I'd like more ancient battles, but I'll happily buy ACW. Or even Napoleon vs. Polar Vortex.

My question about the ACW set, will the armies be varied enough to be interesting? I'm not an expert on the technology of the time, but these games are -made- by having asymmetry and variety.