"Skirmish Rules For F&I War" Topic

I am looking for advice on the available rules for F&I skirmish miniatures games.

Thanks in advance for your advice.

I am an old time gamer and use GLORY which was released in 1984. Old but in my opinion good. Small up to thirty per player or side. Weapons are divided into cases and have a percentag chance to hit based on it.
Melee are dice comparison.

Muskets & Tomahawks.

Song of Drums and Tomahawks from Ganesha Games. Great rules, easy to learn.

This Very Ground. You are fortunate to have a number of good sets to chose from, so it is really going to me a matter of taste as to which one you prefer/like best.

We've used two:

"The Sword and the Forest" is a variant of the venerable "The Sword and the Flame" by the late Larry Brom. It can be as simple or as complex as you desire it to be.
sergeants3.com/18.html (2nd page, 5th down on right), but TSATF is required for the complete rules.

"Drums of War along the Mohawk" by Bill Protz. It is available from the author at oldregimerules.com . Bill is also the author of "Batailles de l'Ancien Regime" rules which is the 'big battalions' SYW rule set enjoyed by many.

Good gaming to you,

Jim

I really like Muskets & Tomahawks from Studio Tomahawk.

Rabbit

Songs of.. is good for a max of about 10 figs per side and only 2 players, but it is fun.

The others mentioned are for larger games. I'll also add in Sharp Practice 2.

Steve

Brother Against Brother has rules for F&I and AWI.

Muskets & Tomahawks is great fun!

Our club uses Muskets and Tomahawks and it always gives a good game.

Ditto to nnascati above. Song of Drums and Tomahawks

The two authors are wargame geniuses :-)

'Close Wars' in Featherstone's book Wargames.

Thank you all for the suggestions. I realize now that I should have added two data points. One is that the rules must cover Indians, settlers / militia, and regulars. Sounds like most of those suggested will do that. The other is that, ideally, the rules would allow skirmishes in the range of 30 to 100 figures per side, either individually based or on single-rank bases not exceeding three figures per base. I'll look into the sets mentioned.

I'm in 25 / 28mm but my working assumption is that skirmish rules are scale-agnostic, or, even if not, can be easily adapted to a different scale.

More comments / suggestions are still welcomed.

In my experience NOTHING is better than Muskets and Tomahawks!

Mine are free and on this site link
They are designed for exactly the types and size game you want!

I like This very ground

Was a BIG fan of This Very Ground….but, I really enjoy the TFLs "Sharp Practice 2".

P.

SP2 is my choice for F&I skirmish. It easily handles that size. Lots of free support on the TFL forum and yahoo group.
Mark

Brother Against Brother is a great set of rules, and it has a French and Indian supplement in the rule book.

Rawdon,

The first set I recommended (The Sword in the Forest) would fit your requirements to a "T". You can see a couple of battle reports here:

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Good gaming with whichever rules you decide to use!

Jim

Song of Drums and Tomahawks.

Muskets and Tomahawks

Song of Drums and Tomahawks while you build your collection, then Musket and Tomahawk, or Sharp Practice 2, or This Very Ground when you have enough figures.