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Reply To: Medieval Era Systems – Skirmish and Large Battles

October 22, 2018 at 12:20 am #1290138

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Skirmish:

Saga is brilliant. Will be even better at the end of november when the scenario book comes out.

Lion Rampant is good too, but it was the first in the series and later iterations(pikeman’s lament and dragon rampant) are a lot better. House ruling some of their rules back into Lion Rampant could work though.

Otremer, also from osprey, seems like it could be fun. Very small scale skirmish, only about 5-10 warriors per side. I’ve got the rules and minis just haven’t had the time to play.

Larger sized battles:

Warhammer Ancient Battles. Very good. Basically Warhammer 7th edition(the best in my view) but without the heroes, monsters and magic.

DBA/DBM. I loved DBA back in the 90s. Very abstract though. DBM felt more like a proper wargame but i remember it taking ages for a game. They’ll probably feel a bit dated now, definitely a different style of wargame.

Hail Caesar. Good and quite fast-paced. Rulebook needs a rewrite though to make it a bit more accessible. Much like Warlord have just done with Black Powder.

Kings of War Historical. Not played it but seems popular.

Deus Vult and Swordpoint. I am always tempted to pick these up but there is a definite lack of info about them (demo vids/battle reports/etc).

I have heard good things about L’Art de la Guerre and Soldiers of God. Not played them myself though.