"Lion Rampant AAR " Topic

I set up a game of Lion Rampant at the club for my friends Pål, Mattias and Jocke, the last two running the exellent Northern wargaming blog.

We run the "Sausages with Mustard" scenario from the book as that work fine for the historical Raid on Penningby 1466, that was a Raid by the Union friendly Swedish Archbishop Jöns Bengtsson from the House of Oxenstierna and his troops.

The Raid was as a first strik against Nils Bosson Sture from the House of Natt och Dag that was a allied to the deposed Swedish King Karl Knutsson from the House of Bonde, this was also the start of a 2 year civil war and rebellion against the Archbishop of Sweden.

You can see more pictures from the game at my blog

Great stuff, good looking terrain and figs.

Wonderful looking game and has inspired me to get my forces painted to run some Lion Rampant games.

Beautiful game and a great report as always! With Saga releasing it's new crusades supplement, which do you prefer, Saga's style or that of Lion Rampant?

I have played both SAGA and Lion Rampant and I will take Lion Rampant hand down. While the mechanics of SAGA are kinda of neat I have found in Lion Rampant the type of war game I always wanted for playing in a Medieval setting. Lion Rampant is easy to understand, plays fast, has to me the right level of abstraction while providing a ton of flavor and character.

And while I have not tried this yet, I think Lion Rampant has the capacity to scale up or down. You can play a small skirmish of say 18 or fewer figures per side or take it up to a larger battle with perhaps hundred or more figures per side. I will be helping a friend of mine run a Lion Rampant game at an up coming convention so we want to be able to accommodate about six players. I think Lion Rampant can do this. In many ways I think this rule set is the successor to Pig Wars.

WOW! Ok, now I want to dive into another period, been reading the rules, but this is pushing me over the edge. What size table did you use? 4x4?

Yes more info on the rules and the mechanics? I love your terrain BTW.
Cheers happy gaming.

The table and figures look just gorgeous. I received my copy of Lion Rampant yesterday, so seeing pics like these makes me even more excited to get going with it.

It's also nice to see a skirmish from a lesser known conflict (at least here in the States).

Oh no, can this be the end of Pig Wars?

I agree Daryl and the particular scenario above is what makes Lion Rampant such a perfect set of rules for the Middle Ages. When you take a detailed look at Medieval war fare regardless of whether it is the 12th Century or all the way up to the 15th Century, large set piece battles such as Crecy, Agincourt, Visby, Grunwald, Tewskesbury et. all., were the exception and not the rule. Raids, punitive actions, and the settling of scores between rival nobles tended to be more common form of combat. That is what Lion Rampant captures so well. I would go so far as to say the rules do something truly rare and capture both the flavor and feel (as we understand it) of Medieval combat while also creating a fun almost cinematic vibe.

That is one stunning table top. Great looking game.

Excellent looking table, love the pigs! Great AAR. Thanks for posting.

Wow, I´m glad for your greate responce.

I would choose Lion Rampant before SAGA, like them both but LR gives me a game feel that I like more.

The gaming table in the AAR are 120x120cm, I use to run Lion Rampant on that size as I feel the minis get quicker into the fray then on a 120x180 table… and we might press 2 games in on one night and still have time for beer:)

at Dan Mersays blog you can find several posts about the mechanism in the rules, hope they help you out: link

Have a greate weekend !

Best regards Michael

Thanks Michael

Great AAR and lush table. I've got the rules, read them and am now busy painting lovely Front Rank Hundred Years War figures. The rules are written in such a refreshingly clear way that I feel just after one quick read I could play quite confidently. I cant wait to play this game, I haven't been so excited about a rule system since Fireball Forward!

Thank you very much !

It is really a joy to have contributed to a set of wargaming rules that have got such a greate responce by the wargaming comunity.

I really hope you will have good games with Lion rampant.

Best regards Michael