| Nicholas71 | 22 Jun 2014 3:25 a.m. PST |
Any opinions for the best Hundred Years War Rules?
I usually play with Impetus recently i tried ''Flower of Chivalry'' for a change and in my house i have ''Tactica medieval'' that i have never tried before and i am thinking of giving it a shot..
my armies are 25-28mm and quite large because i have been painting for 2-3 years…
any input from more experienced Medieval War gamers Thank you
Nicholas |
| passiveaggressive | 22 Jun 2014 3:57 a.m. PST |
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Dave Jackson  | 22 Jun 2014 6:22 a.m. PST |
Passiveaggressive……fine…but with what modifications |
| Pictors Studio | 22 Jun 2014 6:25 a.m. PST |
I have used WAB in the past and it works pretty well. |
| bjporter | 22 Jun 2014 7:02 a.m. PST |
I have used War and Conquest, which also seems to work very well. |
| Wizard Whateley | 22 Jun 2014 7:37 a.m. PST |
I use 'Field of Glory' with the "Storm of Arrows' supplement. For WoR, too. |
| Rudi the german | 23 Jun 2014 2:15 a.m. PST |
I used WRG (very realistic) DBA(nice) Ancient warfare (very good) WAB ( very Bad) and i can recomment Matt Fritz Junior General rules. link |
| Great War Ace | 23 Jun 2014 7:50 a.m. PST |
Period specific rules are of course potentially the most satisfying way to go. But expensive too if you're not cooking up your own. I've always felt that the way to go is "one set to rule them all". Then you can add on a few specific "house rules" to tweak the "One Set" to fit the given scenario. If your rules cover the ancmed period, by providing good results from copious play-testing of historical battles, then you have a good system. If it's fun to play in the bargain then, "by Grabthar's hammer, what a savings". link |
| BelgianRay | 23 Jun 2014 11:53 a.m. PST |
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| Thomas Thomas | 23 Jun 2014 2:38 p.m. PST |
I've played/researched HYW for most of gaming career. DBM up to (but not including) 3.0 worked well. The new DBA 3.0 works suprisingly well. Not so good: WAB
WRG7th
FOG TomT |
| Henry Martini | 23 Jun 2014 6:01 p.m. PST |
Although 'Poleaxed' by Skytrex dates to the seventies my memory tells me it was mechanically ahead of its time – and of course it's particular to the late medieval period. |
| Atheling | 25 Jun 2014 5:04 a.m. PST |
Although 'Poleaxed' by Skytrex dates to the seventies my memory tells me it was mechanically ahead of its time – and of course it's particular to the late medieval period. Is this the same rule set taken up by the Lance and Longbow Society? If so it's a great rule set and worth a try- cheep too! At present Hail Caesar, with some modifications, would be my personal choice at present but I've played using Impetus with a lot of success too. HC has the advantage that you should be able to find more players willing to give it a go too as it is undoubtedly more widely distributed than most other rule sets. Darrell. Just Add Water II Blog (Painting etc):
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La Journee Blog (Hundred Years War):
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Gewalthaufen Blog (Late 15th Cebtury Blog):
gewalthaufen.blogspot.co.uk |
| Gamesman6 | 25 Jun 2014 9:47 a.m. PST |
The Coat of Steel rules being discussed elsewhere, have good feel of the accounts of battle and war of the later middle ages… the would need some simple mods and there is discussion of adding in more options for cavalry in some up coming updates, It is certainly already for a pretty good fit for the later part of the HYW, being they are WotR…
They would be my choice as they are about the only rules sets that actually evokes the feel of medieval battle through how the rules are structured and written and the nature of the mechanisms… |
| KatieL | 27 Jun 2014 3:48 a.m. PST |
Fantasy Warriors HYW expansion… |
 miniMo | 30 Jun 2014 9:09 p.m. PST |
DBA 2.2 or 2.2+ works quite well for small games or big battle versions. I've been gradually building up a pile of armies centered around the campaigns of the Black Prince and John of Gaunt. |
| Marshal Mark | 01 Jul 2014 7:03 a.m. PST |
We had a good 100 Years War game last night using the Sword & Spear rules TMP link.
The rules worked well for this period and gave a good game (but as the author I am biased), and they will work with your Impetus based units.
I'll post a full AAR in a day or two but here are a couple of pictures from the game:
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| Gamesman6 | 01 Jul 2014 1:33 p.m. PST |
KatieL
Where can one get hold of the HYW expansion for Fantasy Warriors |
| GGouveia | 02 Jul 2014 7:33 a.m. PST |
For 100 years war my vote goes to Terry Gore's Medieval Warfare. |
| KatieL | 02 Jul 2014 3:15 p.m. PST |
The base FW rules are available from the Frothers; link The HYW expansion rules are available in the FW yahoo group; link
I compacted the armylists down a bit and made a single page version of it;
PDF link |
| Gamesman6 | 02 Jul 2014 3:25 p.m. PST |
Thanks. I've had the FW rules since the early 90s but didn't know of the HYW expansion. STrange I looked on yahoo to see of there was a FW group and couldn't find one my google fu must be weak.
Thanks again and for he lists
j |
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