When it was first published, almost 20 years ago, I bought a box of Commands & Colors: Ancients. Although I did apply the stickers to the wooden blocks, I never got around playing it, and I sold it at some point. I have played variants of the C&C system (Memoir 44, ...), but never the Ancients version.
Last Friday, my wargaming pal Wim invited me to his club, HQ Gaming Club. They have a large gaming area, with several tables. After some chatting we ended up playing C&C. I was familiar with the overall framework of the game, but not all individual little optimization about what unit is best attacking what other unit etc. Since it also had been some years since Wim played the game, we decided to play the intro scenario - no terrain, and only some basic units present.
I played with the Carthagians, against Syracuse. What can we say? A sound 5-1 victory, after I pushed strongly in the centre battle line of the Syracusans. Let's call it beginner's luck :-)
CCA is a GREAT game! We play mostly with miniatures and it is even better.
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