"might of Arms rules" Topic

Anyone still playing these rules?
Putting my cards on the table, l bought these rules when they were first available, have three copies the first being well worn out. Never felt that they achieved the acclaim , perhaps they should have, a recent attempt to master ADLG, has sent me scurrying back to them . I tend to use the army lists as a guide only, when l first enquired about them l was advised they were a sensible use of the DBX concept.
Am interested in the communities thoughts on these rules, I'm aware of the WRG comparisons, personally l have no problems with that, post what you want , l believe in free speech but I'm only really interested in constructive discussion refer to other rules too if you must, I've probably got got them on my shelve….Gentlemen ….might of War.

Anyone still playing these rules?
Putting my cards on the table, l bought these rules when they were first available, have three copies the first being well worn out. Never felt that they achieved the acclaim , perhaps they should have, a recent attempt to master ADLG, has sent me scurrying back to them . I tend to use the army lists as a guide only, when l first enquired about them l was advised they were a sensible use of the DBX concept.
Am interested in the communities thoughts on these rules, I'm aware of the WRG comparisons, personally l have no problems with that, post what you want , l believe in free speech but I'm only really interested in constructive discussion refer to other rules too if you must, I've probably got got them on my shelve….Gentlemen ….might of War.

I have 2 of the original run of rulebooks. I like them. I think the biggest failing is that they were not followed up on, and that the army lists are closed. If you like obscure armies, or armies off the beaten track, then MoA is limiting, or you have to write your own list and gain agreement with your opponent.

I would love to see a new edition, perhaps with some themed army books, to expand the roster with more options.

I haven't played in a long time, but often when I look at army building, I do so to make them compatable with MoA as well as DBx games.

Damon.

My group, in Phoenix, AZ, use MOA fairly regularly. I have never been enamored with the importance to melee of a random d6 roll. These rolls are critical to inflicting casualties yet have no relation to troop quality. The morale system, on the other hand, works well.

Thanks Damon, l agree l tend to use the lists as guidelines only, having War gamed for over 40 years, l remember days when you had to work really hard to come up with an army list.
Then , you bought the figures from one place, the rules from another , the paints from where ever you could etc now you are more likely to obtain them all from the same company which of course is progress.
Bob Bryant who wrote the rules did mention the fact that we could use any published army list we want , we just need to covert to MOA s categories , which isn't prescriptive enough , perhaps for competition gaming which is ok as that's a different beast and to be honest, l would use DBMM etc for competitions , and in my opinion DBMM army lists are hard to beat, however, l understand where your coming from.

Thanks Gray Bear l appreciate your point, but l don't mind the random element in MOA , it's much more controlled than in some games l played in the past when the chances of winning a melee game down too whether the opponent carried a side arm etc.

I haven't played them in years, but I thought they were the best medieval rules that I had gamed with. I think that I found the melee a little confusing, and I remember limited army lists. It has been too long for me to comment on them other than that. It was a set of rules that one or two guys ran but that everyone would play. When they moved out of the area the use of the rules stopped.

use average dice instead….gives better balance

We tried MoA 15 years ago when we were casting around for a new ancient rules set. We found the game a bit tedious and slow moving. The mechanisms seemed "stiff" to me at the time and we eventually moved on to another set.

I have them but rarely play them anymore. They are well written, and play well, but are slightly dated with the charts and record keeping