Deucey  | 14 Apr 2011 11:36 a.m. PST |
Which would you prefer to play in a pickup game? DBA
Warmaster Medieval
Knights and Magic
Piquet
Day of Battle
Some other rules
Not interested in Medieval Warfare |
| Rassilon | 14 Apr 2011 11:37 a.m. PST |
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| RobH | 14 Apr 2011 11:40 a.m. PST |
Now Impetus, before that Armati |
| Mooseworks8 | 14 Apr 2011 11:42 a.m. PST |
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| anleiher | 14 Apr 2011 11:44 a.m. PST |
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| redmist1122 | 14 Apr 2011 11:44 a.m. PST |
Flower of Chivalry from the CWG. P. |
| Who asked this joker | 14 Apr 2011 11:47 a.m. PST |
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| Bohemund | 14 Apr 2011 11:50 a.m. PST |
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| Daffy Doug | 14 Apr 2011 11:55 a.m. PST |
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| SBSchifani | 14 Apr 2011 12:28 p.m. PST |
BBDBA (I don't greatly enjoy standard 12 element DBA, though it's not bad) for pickup games, modified Days of Knights for campaigns, Flower of Chivalry melded with Ancient and Medieval Wargaming for historical refights. |
| sharps54 | 14 Apr 2011 12:30 p.m. PST |
Montjoie! for skirmish, Pig Wars for larger forces, I don't have enough figures to play larger than Pig Wars. Jason
Stafford, VA |
| Tom Reed | 14 Apr 2011 12:30 p.m. PST |
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| quidveritas | 14 Apr 2011 12:31 p.m. PST |
I have never found a set of Medieval Rules that I liked. WAB is as good as any and maybe better than most -- all things considered. |
| Norman D Landings | 14 Apr 2011 12:45 p.m. PST |
Long-term favourite: the tremendously enjoyable 'Blood and Chivalry'… ticked off that they're OOP, because my copy is falling to pieces! Recently, Tyneside Wargames' Club rules:
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| 21eRegt | 14 Apr 2011 12:53 p.m. PST |
Never found a set I liked, though I'm going to give Impetus a solid look. |
| ancientsgamer | 14 Apr 2011 1:08 p.m. PST |
FoG but you really have a hard time just picking up a game. Might of Arms is really, really good for medievals. DBA big battle is a bit more fun than basic DBA. I will try Impetus some day. Should work well for Medievals as it models unit scrums well (but so does FoG IMO) Keep in mind that playing in period really allows for most rules to work. It is when trying to match up armies out of period that many rules tend to have the bigger problems and rightly so. As an example, nothing I have seen models the Mongol tactics on a smaller scale. |
John Leahy  | 14 Apr 2011 1:14 p.m. PST |
Flower of Chivalry, Days of Knights 1st edition and Pig Wars. |
| DeanMoto | 14 Apr 2011 1:33 p.m. PST |
WAB + Armies of Chivalry supplement. Great supplement with a lot of good lists. Dean |
| Wombling Free | 14 Apr 2011 1:51 p.m. PST |
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| Dasher | 14 Apr 2011 2:21 p.m. PST |
AD&D Battlesystem, Second Edition, sans Magic and Monsters. |
| Thomas Thomas | 14 Apr 2011 2:26 p.m. PST |
Hordes of the Things with the Magic etc. left out. DBA, Big Battle DBA. TomT |
| redbanner4145 | 14 Apr 2011 2:50 p.m. PST |
Medieval Warfare by Terry Gore |
| yorkie o1 | 14 Apr 2011 3:04 p.m. PST |
Impetus, failing that then DBA or BBDBA. |
| Sundance | 14 Apr 2011 3:05 p.m. PST |
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| Waterloo | 14 Apr 2011 3:06 p.m. PST |
Another vote for Medieval Warfare. Tom |
| Tony Aguilar | 14 Apr 2011 5:00 p.m. PST |
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 McKinstry  | 14 Apr 2011 6:27 p.m. PST |
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| Grand Duke Natokina | 14 Apr 2011 6:28 p.m. PST |
Not really interested in Medieval Warfare.
Weaselhoffen. |
| (Leftee) | 14 Apr 2011 8:29 p.m. PST |
Impetus – my Ordonnances swear by it – 5 pikes up! |
| Wackmole9 | 14 Apr 2011 8:41 p.m. PST |
Flower of chivalry is my favorite |
| Valator | 14 Apr 2011 10:46 p.m. PST |
3rd Edition Warhammer Fantasy Battles, but without the fantasy elements. That was one heckuva set of rules. |
| Lord Raglan | 14 Apr 2011 11:18 p.m. PST |
Yet another vote for Medieval Warfare. Raglan |
| dayglowill | 15 Apr 2011 2:32 a.m. PST |
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| Uesugi Kenshin | 15 Apr 2011 3:35 a.m. PST |
Medieval Warfare by Terry Gore:
link |
| The Person Above | 15 Apr 2011 4:20 a.m. PST |
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| Karellian Knight | 15 Apr 2011 4:30 a.m. PST |
We just use Command & Colours for army size games and Songs of Blades & Heroes for skirmish. |
| religon | 15 Apr 2011 5:28 a.m. PST |
Karellian Knight's suggestion is sound. I have a convention game of C and C Medieval upcoming. I skirmish with LOTR SBG, but just a personal preference. |
| Warbeads | 15 Apr 2011 6:25 a.m. PST |
Not interested in Medieval Warfare anymore. Gracias, Glenn |
| parrskool | 15 Apr 2011 7:01 a.m. PST |
Now use Neil Thomas "Medieval Wargames" and subsequent adaptions. Tried:
Ed Smith Wars of the roses
Medieval Tactica (not bad)
Poleaxed (good but fiddely)
Flower of Chivalry (don't like command rules)
Warhammer Medieval supplement (Skirmish only)
Warmaster (too abstract)
DBA (ditto)
Warrior Kings ( interesting reaction charts)
and many others.
Might of Arms
Days of Knights
Impetus ( not for me) |
| David Manley | 15 Apr 2011 7:16 a.m. PST |
DBA (either vanilla or "big battle") and for naval, for there was such a thing as medieval naval warfare, my own "home grown" rules. |
| Mapleleaf | 15 Apr 2011 8:15 a.m. PST |
another vote for Flower of Chivalry from the CWG. |
| RockyRusso | 15 Apr 2011 10:28 a.m. PST |
Hi Lets see, as in ancients this gets asked regularly without context and the usual suspects reply. I think it would be simpler to just have a bit in the area with a synthesis. Pick up game? Art of War doesn't require anyone rebase or anything to play. How is that as an aspect? Rocky |
| dagc54 | 15 Apr 2011 11:00 a.m. PST |
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| Prince Lupus | 15 Apr 2011 2:08 p.m. PST |
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| postal124 | 29 Aug 2014 6:03 p.m. PST |
Day of Battle is good, Days of Knights is good, but I most often use Rally Round the King by Two Hour Wargames. I also play Montjioe fairly often. |
| uglyfatbloke | 30 Aug 2014 3:20 a.m. PST |
Probably depends on what era/location of 'medieval' you want to play. Looking at western Europe in the 14th century (with the caveat that I'm a medieval historian by training) I've not found anything that really works. Hail Caesar looks interesting – have n't tried it out yet – but it seems to stipulate that infantry are automatically disordered by cavalry which is, at best, pretty questionable. |
