Another Skirmish Idea

I recently played an aerial dogfight game (battle report coming soon). I realized that aerial dogfights are great for quick games when I am pressed for time.

This got me thinking about quick land skirmishes, and a crazy idea popped into my head.

Arena of Heroes

Arena of Heroes is one of my failed miniature projects from a few years ago.

It began when I discovered a free set of rules on Lead Adventure Forum called Age of Heroes. I liked them a lot (so much that they became the basis for MicroBattle, but that is a story for another day). 

I decided to use them for arena battles so I ordered a number of 10mm figures to form teams. I planned to have 6 matching pairs:

• Imperials vs Barbarians (i.e. Romans vs Gauls)
• Knights vs Desert Raiders (i.e. Crusaders vs Turks)
• Paladins (using the Crusaders) vs Skeletons
• Elves vs Orcs
• Dwarves vs Goblins
• Halflings vs Lizardmen

I never got around to painting the figures. I eventually gave them away.

Arena Redux

I am now thinking of reviving this project, but using counters instead. 

I have some top-down figure designs from an aborted fantasy campaign that I can repurpose for this project. Here are some examples:

An Imperial commander, gnoll shaman, desert warrior, cleric, and a monster

I don't think it will be hard to create imaginative and distinct figures for the factions listed above (although I will likely drop the halflings and lizardmen).