Roman Halfling Core Units First Draft

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This page is about 90% work in progress. I’m writing it solo between my full-time, cursed bills (sigh) and a vanishing social life. But ideas never stop coming, piling up in my head day after day, sometimes good, sometimes bad…you decide. Progress is slow, but this is the part of the hobby I truly love and the project keeps growing, one piece at a time.

That said, instead of leaving everything empty and outdated, what follows is a first early draft: the homebrew starting point meant to show the direction of this page and, hopefully, one day become a fully playable army with a kitbashed miniature collection.

Let me introduce you to the Apuccinian Core Units!

Core Units

Legionaries – the backbone of the Roman and thus Apuccinian army. Likely mandatory, well-armoured and well-disciplined. When equipped with scuta (tower shields), they can form the iconic testudo formation. I desperately want to see this on the tabletop…

Sagitta-Legionaries – the auxiliary and ranged counterpart to the legionaries. Still well-armoured and well-disciplined, but equipped with short bows. The option to take crossbows as an expensive upgrade is appealing and actually not that far off historically.

Hastati – as the Latin name suggests, they are those armed with the hasta: spears, javelins or even pikes. Within a cohort, they are the youngest soldiers, yet the first line of battle. While they may not have the Weapon Skill of a Swordmaster of Hoeth, their discipline is unquestionable! The Hastati are, after all, sons of the Little Republic of Apuccinia.

Velites – levy skirmishers capable of hit-and-run attacks with javelins. They are typically deployed on the flanks of the army as support troops. Protected at most by light armour and shields to be Fast & Flexible.

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