Kings of War - Historical

Some pictures from my first game of Kings of War - Historical by Alessio Cavatore, published by Mantic Games.
Franco taught me this rules using his beautifully painted Romans and Britons and these are my first game impressions.

The rules themselves are quite easy to master. The game is easy to learn and fast paced, due to the totally IGO-UGO system (the active player rolls also for morale test "nerve test" of the targeted troops). The nerve testing is nice and also the rolling to hit system runs smoothly.

The cons are: the flavour is provided mainly by use of special rules and some details of ancient warfare are totally absent, for example there aren't rules for lines relieves (and for a ruleset aimed at reproducing entire ancient battles is a great defect), the units keep fighting at full strength even on the edge of breaking and the melee isn't simultaneous. 

In conclusion: a nice fast paced ruleset, probably it won't become my first choice for ancient wargaming, but it remains still an enjoyable one evening game.