Konradin's Italian Campaign (1267 to 1268)

by Tillman Moritz, from Germany

Konradin's story is one about shortness, shortcomings as well, about youth and prematureness. He started too early, loosing his father in 1254 at the age of two, inheriting a lot of legal claims along with a lot of sworn enemies. And he ended too soon, becoming a mere puppet to political ambitions of both friend and foe, finally put to the sword in 1268 at the age of 16. So, actually, there is no story about Konradin. It's rather a story about his time, about politics and culture, about ideas and ideals and the change of these things in the 13th century.


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The Rhoxolani for Impetus

by Monty, from the Twin Cities (USA)

The Rhoxolani were a Sarmatian people that migrated toward what is now the Baragan steppes in Romania.  The historian Strabo described them as nomads.  The Rhoxolani were defeated by general Diophantus in Mithradates' Crimean campaign and subsequently came over to fight with the Pontics against Rome.  There is a small mention of 100 Sarmation cavalry distinguishing themselves in the First Mithridatic campaign.

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How to make a Basic Impetus army in 10 days

by Michael, from Austria

After some private turbulence which caused me to neglect the hobby for several weeks I decided to make a comeback and do a little project. As I recently got into Impetus and quite liked it, it was obvious to do something for it. Just what should it be? I tinkered around with my crusaders, painted a few Spartans and even did some 40K figures… but no real „drive“ would develop. Then suddenly the postman delivered 2 packs of Perry figures which I had ordered because my friend Christopher got me into a Wars of the Roses Impetus experiment

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Galatians calling!

by Monty, from the Twin Cities (USA)

The Galatians were a Celtic people who settled south of the Pontic kingdom on an upland plateau. They forced their way into the region, fighting a series of campaigns against the armies of the local states who all stubbornly refused to be driven from their lands. As a result, the Galatians were forced to settle on a poor stretch of land where none of their neighbors considered it worthwhile to force them off. The difficulty of their situation meant the Galatians were eager to work as mercenaries

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Become a contributor of Impetus News

We would like to give to Impetus News a more "journalistic" approach.
You, the Impetus gamers, may help as "journalists".
If you have a blog and you are posting something related to Impetus, why not prepare a small introductionary story, with a couple of pics, for Impetus News? Then there could be a link "read more" to your blog.

In this way we could keep Impetus News more updated and rich of stories and pics. At the same time this is a good way to advertise your blog and collect contacts.

Don't you have a blog? No problem, Impetus news can host your story/post.
If you prefer you can use the Impetus forum for the develop of the "story" etc.

In this way Impetus News can collect stories, scenarios, battle reports, galleries etc becoming a more useful source.

Contributes could be sent to dadiepiombo AT libero DOT it

Impetus competitions at Triples

There will be 2 Impetus competitions at Triples 2012 (Sheffield - UK).

Saturday 19th May 28mm Tournament
more info at http://impetus.forumsland.com/impetus-about3287.html

Sunday 20th May 15mm Tournament
more info at http://impetus.forumsland.com/impetus-about3304.html

Impetus at Little Wars

There will be plenty of opportunities to play Impetus at Little Wars (April 27-29) this year.

Two games on Friday -the first features Vikings in Ireland (see pictures) and the second is the battle of Adrianople 378 AD.
Samurai battle on saturday (Road to Edo) and an open gaming event Saturday night: bring a 300 point 28mm army to play with!
Sunday open gaming.

These games represent the efforts of four different local groups from the Chicago area, Madison, and the Twin Cities.

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Little Wars
April 27 - 29, 2012
Technology, Innovations & Advancements
Pheasant Run Resort Resort, DuPage Expo Center
4051 East Main Street, St Charles, Illinois 60174, USA
Little Wars website

Wars of the Roses campaign

Fat Wally reports about the first stages of his Wars of the Roses campaign using "The Pretender" system (Extra Impetus 3).
LINK

New beta lists

Two new beta lists are now available:
British and Welsh Kingdoms
and Later Anglo-Saxons

LINK