I hope you guys will stop and visit at Historicon.
Even though the rules will not be available until Novemeber-December we will be at Historion running demos of CLASH of Spears. ( link )
CLASH of Spears is a tactical set of rules aimed at representing raids and skirmishes in ancients and medieval times. Sort of a platoon level game for ancients !
The game uses alternate activation sequences with reaction opportunities to the opponent and forces players to manage carefully the fatigue of their troops as they engage in combat with the enemy.
Scenarios are based around scavenging raids, scouting the enemy army, patrols, raids etc…
Rules work better with individually based models but they are base agnostic so square circular bases or whatever works.
Aimed mostly at 28mm, can be played in 15mm with not much adjustment required.
Standard 600 pts armies are about 30-40 figures per side and take about 2-2.5 hs, though smaller or larger games are possible and the rules scale well accordingly.
The armies are composed of line troops in units, usually 6-8 figures per unit, and characters that command the units through the use of command points.
Our demos will feature samaller and standard game alternatives depending on the length of time that people want to stay at the demo table.
We'hope you'll stop by and try some of our demos Friday and Saturday… see you there