Osprey Publishing Sets A Date For Honours of War
May 26, 2015 by stvitusdancern
Osprey Publishing has made it known that their new rule set for the Seven Years War called Honours of War will be released in November of this year.
This period before the more well played Napoleonic Wars shows how the smaller and yet arguably more professional armies fought. This book covers the tactics and formations used in this time period and is formatted for smaller skirmish games on up to bigger battles and does have an emphasis on re-enacting the historical battles.
If you collect rulebooks like I do, this should be on your list.
Are you interested in this time period?
"This period before the more well played Napoleonic Wars shows how the smaller and yet arguably more professional armies fought"
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Most definitely interested!
The only thing missing are plastic troops for Prussians, Austrians, French and British.
The latter two could of course be used for fighting in the colonies as well (FIW).
Maybe one day..
My first instinct depending on the scale of the game is Adler or Baccus, though without any knowledge of it I can see it being aimed at the same size of game as Black Powder
A most interesting period and maybe should be called the First World War stretching from Europe to North America and India. Back in the dawn of time in wargaming terms the period was. more popular than Napoleonics, and the the basis for nearly all imagi-nations campaigns for decades
Be interesting to see what scale its aimed at for it to compete with the likes of Might and Reason etc
OK… I have had a look at a few blogs and playtests of it and looks interesting, It actually uses Av dice ( well in the playtests) which I havent used for years. Be nice to see them used if nothing more for old times sake
This was from a blog I found: hey are a fast play style set and in that regard do exactly what they say ‘on the tin’. Systems are slick and easy to pick up with shooting & melee resolved with Average dice (not used these types in ages) and very few factors. Units are rated as Superior (Grenadiers, good Cuirassiers and Guard) Standard (most ‘average’ types) and Inferior (ummm…..inferior types). There are no army lists (at least not in the draft) but units point costs are included and there are National Characteristics. Examples are Prussians moving more efficiently when moving… Read more »
Gianna, I collect rules just for collecting sake, I have rules sets dating back some time, I do not have to have a massive interest in the periods being played. Rules are an excellent source for a massive knowledge of games mechanics, which in turn mean that house rules for gaming is made easier. I have taken many odds and sods from old to the latest and we end up with the best of all. I believe I have a couple of double ups, if I haven’t gotten shot or given them away I will send them over to BoW… Read more »