Romans, Come Out To Play-Yay!!!!!

"A gang of Roman soldiers (" The Heroes ") are accused of murdering Cato, the great gang leader of all the gangs in the city of Roman.  A large reward has been placed on the capture or killing of this gang.

  Our heroes must make their way to safety, but every gang in the city is out to get them.

  The Furies, The Lizzies, The Wolf Men, The Celtic Riffs, and the Wing Men among others are on the hunt for the Romans.

  Can You Dig It????"

  Brilliant skirmish game by Jim based on the 1979 movie, The Warriors.  This movie is believe it or not is an adaption of  Xenophon's Anabasis but set in modern New York City and with street gangs.  The game featured excellent terrain, beautiful 54mm plastic figures and a fun simple set of rules.  Each player was given a bag of money which could be used to bribe the police or other gangs.    The entire purpose of the game was for the Heroes to make it out of the city and back to the Roman camp.  For the other gangs it was to get as much loot/money as possible and kill,capture the Romans and make sure they didn't get home.

First off, its a long way from the Roman camp to the city...

A careful glance at the buildings in the city illustrates Jim's sense of humor...

Game starts with Cato accessing the gangs.  He is killed, the Romans are blamed and the fight starts....

Bribes are paid, fights break out and the Romans battle their way out of the city....

The Lizzies , who joined forces with the Romans, and the Celtic Riffs battle it out.  The Furies just attack anything they see.   The Romans march on....

The Wolf Men emerge from the Woods!  (this was my command). They are attacked by the Furies and lose a figure.  At thus point I survive we can throw spears.  And they don't run out.  So, while everyone else is kung Furies fighting I stand off and throw spears.  After seeing me eliminate the Furies the Celtic Riffs line up to attack.  I mow them down and capture two figures.  Reasoning together the Gifts ransom the captives back and then pay me to not fight them for two turns.  The Romans also pay me to not fight them for two turns.  My bag of money grows....

The Romans cannot get a break.  First they run into a traffic jam caused by a bunch of sheep....  

Then some other Romans marching out of the camp run into a familiar looking holy man who delays them for two turns....

Treachery!   Romans pay another gang to not attack them.  The player (Alice)  takes the bribe and then starts to cut down trees to drop on the road and at least one Romans head.  Hey!  I said I would not attack you I said nothing about delaying you or dropping things on you!

Finally, within sight of the Roman camp....

But too late!  The leader of the heroes is killed just before they get to safety.  A sad ending to a long journey.

Thank you Jim for putting in a most excellent game.  I greatly enjoyed it and had a ball.

And thank you to my followed players.  I could not gave asked for a mire friendly and fun group to play with.