"Satisfaction: 18th Century Rules" Topic

On a scale of 1 to 10, how satisfied are you with the current crop of 18th Century rules? Where 10 is totally satisfied, and 1 is totally dissatisfied.

I'm not one to go for the "Ooooh! Shiny!" Latest rules.
Age of Reason is fine with me.
10

18th Century has always been a tough one for miniatures games. Early 18th Century battles of the Great Northern War and Marlborough are different than the mid-18th Century battles of Frederick the Great, and the wars in North America were on a completely different scale. Age of Reason tried to capture the whole century and did a reasonably good job with only very slight modifications in organization and scale.

I prefer Koenig's Kreig, but you can't use them for AWI. I tried Black Powder, but I can't get over the armor saving throw mechanism Rick Priestley and Jervis Johnson brought over from Warhammer.

I use Might & Reason and its a 10 for me.

M&R and it is 11

I use Die Kriegskunst, 10

We only game European battles, so Might and Reason is just fine.

GaPa is great for GNW and WSS. Love playing Maurice, totally different kind of game from GaPa, but like them both.

As I say on all the 18th Century rules threads,King of the Battlefield. 10.
But I've been playing it for many years.

5
is any one ever completely happy with any set of rules?

I play early 18th with Twilight of the Sunking. 10 from me.

We use Age of Reason and Black Powder – everyone seems to like them and understand them and most of all we have a blast gaming with them so I give them a 10

Nothing is perfect, but depending on the scale of game desired we use three different sets and all are 8 or 9.

10. I don't expect to ever move on from Volley and Bayonet.

10.

BLB is great for the early 1700's but I haven't played one I like for the rest of the century.

Pretty dissatisfied. Our group chose Koenig Krieg and I see no good reasons to play them.

Same goes for BAR, Maurice, Final Argument of Kings, Black Power, Volley and Bayonet, Age of Reason.

BTLB is a 8 for me, I hope version 3 puts this up to a 10!

My own 7YW rules are obviously a 10 for me, when you write your own they have everything you want!

House rules for AWI are just fine would rate a nine. Been playing Fredrick's Battles only because the guy with the figures plays them. SYW version of NB. They seem to play better in the SYW version. Would rate them a solid seven. Hate the winners casualty though, otherwise I would have rated an eight. If I was running those rules I would house rule that away. If I ever decided to do SYW I would probably go with AOR.

King of the Battlefield – 10+.

Fast play (games last 3 hours typically) with loads of troops on the table (can control 20 – 30 units per player with ease). Multiple players per side.

We don't bother with any other 18th C rules.

The problem with most sets of rules for the early 18th century is that they invariably leave you with that awful sunking feeling.

If I win, then 10. If I lose, they must be defective, so 1.

"Ball and Bayonette". 11.3 – best set of rules I've written. :)

The only 18th C. warfare I play is the AWI, and I give both Guns of Liberty and Regimental Fire & Fury a solid 7 for that.

I've only played other people's games in other 18th C. wars/theaters, and wasn't really stoked enough by any of them to start collecting for a new period (though I thought AOR was fun enough that I bought the latest version from Todd himself at the 2017 SYW con).

- Ix

That is a pretty wide period to span for any one particular rule set. We play British Grenadier for our AWI battles and feel that they have the right feel to them for that time period.

Hey All,

Long time lurker, recent member. I like HoW, which doesn't seem to be that popular hereabouts, and Maurice. I'd give them a 7 or 8.
Just downloaded a copy of herkybird's rules. They seem like fun based upon the cursory glance I've given them. I plan on trying them out soon.

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I like Maurice.

King of the Battlefield for is a 10 from me.

The last few weeks have been a real treat using KotB.

Old friend came and stayed so a couple of hours playing Friday night and most of Saturday too between eating, drinking and yakking. Loads of units on a 12ft table.

Bank Holiday Monday featured a "Bring 'em and get 'em on the table" SYW bash. Seven of us on an 18ft table.

Ramillies Doubled on a 25 foot table in a community hall with sixteen players and approximately 10,000 15mm figures.

Life is good.
Have fun.

P.S. That's games in Surrey, London and Cambridgeshire. It's good to have KotB friends.

10 from me. It may that C18 lends itself to the tabletop but there are a few good sets if rules out there.

Are King of the Battlefield rules still available somewhere? I have never seen this set? I would love to get a copy based upon the responses here.
Thanks