| Hlaven | 15 Mar 2018 11:56 a.m. PST |
Can anyone suggest SIMPLE rules for Viking battles? Skirmish or bigger battles. I am looking for SIMPLE. No pages and pages of rules. Just movement and fighting. Is there anything out there that you can suggest? Thank you Harv |
| parrskool | 15 Mar 2018 11:59 a.m. PST |
neil Thomas's Ancient & medieval wargames |
| Mick the Metalsmith | 15 Mar 2018 12:08 p.m. PST |
Song of blades and heroes..not really hard at all. Think DBA skirmish. ..although somewhere out there is a freebie called one page rules for dark ages or something. It was a basic as it got and was not a bad set of rules. Blood Eagle is real simple |
| Mick the Metalsmith | 15 Mar 2018 12:31 p.m. PST |
The one pager rules I referred to are called "Ravensfeast" vers 1.3. Free and pretty good d6. |
 T Callahan  | 15 Mar 2018 1:05 p.m. PST |
Battle Troll is a simple game. Lots of fun. Terry |
| 6mmACW | 15 Mar 2018 1:39 p.m. PST |
Another vote for Ravensfeast! Free, one page, and lots of fun. Our club has played it many times with warbands ranging anywhere from 6-20 figures per player. Hard to beat a one-page set of rules, but even there it still somehow covers shield wall and some special rules to add period flavor. |
| Tgerritsen | 15 Mar 2018 1:43 p.m. PST |
I find Lion Rampant to be very simple, and as already stated, Song of Blades and Heroes. As an interesting side note, I have a friend I tried to get into miniatures gaming and we used Song of Blades and Heroes. It's really simple and fun to use. You can't get much simpler. My friend, who is a big board gamer, spent the whole time complaining how miniatures games are so much more complicated than board games. I was shocked. His favorite current game? Gloomhaven, which is a game so complex it is mind boggling. |
| JimSelzer | 15 Mar 2018 2:06 p.m. PST |
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| Hlaven | 15 Mar 2018 2:15 p.m. PST |
Thank you all so far. I will be checking them all out. |
| Hlaven | 15 Mar 2018 2:31 p.m. PST |
I can't find the Ravensfeast rules. Could somebody kindly post a link. Thank you. |
| OneHuaiTicket | 15 Mar 2018 3:20 p.m. PST |
Stay a mile away from Blood Eagle if you want simple! The rulebook gave me a headache and an aching desire to never play Vikings.
Simple, choose Song of Blades and Heroes. A BIT more complex, Age of Blood, free to download, based on the LOTR GW game rules, simple but full of Viking flavor |
| Ed the Two Hour Wargames guy | 15 Mar 2018 3:26 p.m. PST |
link And they are free. All the tables are on two pages. Have Stop boxes that talk you through the rules. Have a question, ask on the Forum. link Will have an answer within 24 hours. |
| Hobhood4 | 15 Mar 2018 3:45 p.m. PST |
I'm looking into FUBAR Medieval One page rules Recommended in Dan Mersey's wargaming books (not his rule books!). |
 Extra Crispy  | 15 Mar 2018 4:02 p.m. PST |
Lion Rampant is fast, easy and FUN. Silly, but fun. |
| FusilierDan | 15 Mar 2018 4:57 p.m. PST |
Here's another vote for Battle Troll |
| Memento Mori | 15 Mar 2018 9:05 p.m. PST |
"DAIS" Dark Age Infantry Slog by Andy Callan Easy to play and gives the flavour of the period and is free link |
| Mick the Metalsmith | 16 Mar 2018 8:15 a.m. PST |
Misspelled it, RAVENFeast. |
| wehrmacht | 16 Mar 2018 8:41 a.m. PST |
We've used GW's "Lord of the Rings" skirmish rules to good effect. |
| Hlaven | 16 Mar 2018 10:20 a.m. PST |
Ok. I even got Ravenfeast now. And all the others too. There are some great choices here. Thank you all very much. What a great hobby we have. Harv |
| Dexter Ward | 16 Mar 2018 10:50 a.m. PST |
Lord of the Rings works very well as a Dark Age skirmish set. Nice and simple, and easy to get hold of. |
| PrivateSnafu | 16 Mar 2018 12:30 p.m. PST |
Here is that link for Ravenfeast. PDF link |
| Olivero | 17 Mar 2018 3:44 a.m. PST |
If you encounter problems with that website try here for the rules and additional stuff: link And similar discussion here TMP link |
