My beef with most "biblicals" miniatures sets I've run across is that they never seem to include the Hebrews. This one has a Jewish high priest, prophet, shepherd, and a couple other generic civilian types. That's certainly an improvement. However, all the warriors are Assyrian or Persian. There's not a Philistine giant, sword-slinging Joshua or Gideon, or slingshot-packing shepherd boy in the bunch. It's sort of a catch-all set, trying to include several different ancient cultures without giving us as much of each as we might want. As with other Arion Games offerings, this one provides a good variety of character types for the role-player but not enough soldiers for the wargamer seeking to create an army. The illustrations are colorful and detailed.
The Good: Provides a variety of beautiful character types, including Hebrews
The Bad: Doesn't give us enough figures to fully represent each of the three cultures included
Rating: [3 of 5 Stars!] |