 Editor in Chief Bill   | 23 Apr 2024 12:14 p.m. PST |
You were asked – TMP link Do you have a favorite ruleset that never became popular in the hobby? And in the final round of voting: 24% said "Warmaster Ancients" 11% [TIE] said "Tactica" OR "Battlesystem (TSR)" |
| Kropotkin303 | 23 Apr 2024 12:48 p.m. PST |
I have owned these and they were what I played long ago.
Not sure if they were the best, but it was what I had. |
| Martin Rapier | 24 Apr 2024 12:53 a.m. PST |
We used to play the SEKWG Middle Earth rules too. They were actually pretty good, much better than Chainmail. |
| Louis XIV | 24 Apr 2024 4:08 a.m. PST |
Warmaster Ancients I don't know if it never caught on. It had a bit of a run before GW closed the Specialist Game Studio. Tactica had too many figures and you could only move straight IIRC. Most games that don't catch on have a deal breaking "fatal flaw" |
| nickinsomerset | 24 Apr 2024 4:15 a.m. PST |
Kropotkin/ Martin, have both, as part of a Minifigs Mythical Earth project intend to use the bottom set as whilst I had them I never actually played them! Might search out for some flares, platform shoes and tank top, to go with the Slade soundtrack as I play them! "Tactica had too many figures and you could only move straight IIRC" I played ADLG a while ago and a Macedonian Phalanx was able to split up and send columns to fend off light Cav! Tally Ho! |
 miniMo  | 24 Apr 2024 6:33 a.m. PST |
Warmaster certainly had its day in the sun.
But there was a tragic flaw in this polls question that was obvious when it was first suggested — whichever rules got the most votes would be the one liked by the most voters here and therefor had caught on more than the other nominees. |
| Grattan54 | 24 Apr 2024 11:07 a.m. PST |
Did chainmail really catch on? I hear people talk about it but I am the only that I know of who actually played it. |
| miniMo | 25 Apr 2024 11:05 a.m. PST |
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| platypus01au | 25 Apr 2024 10:31 p.m. PST |
Milgamex Ancient Warfare. It had a LotR section. And some very innovative rules for the late 1970's.
link |
| Sgt Steiner | 28 Apr 2024 4:36 a.m. PST |
Might Of Arms
This was a set mate and I enjoyed but it never seemed to have much traction in UK (USA may have differed ?) as WRG 7th dominated at that time.
It was ahead of its time in many ways |
| 79thPA | 29 Apr 2024 11:23 a.m. PST |
MoA was (is) a good set of rules. A local guy ran them semi-regularly, but the games stopped when he moved away. One guy with a set of rules and multiple armies can certainly influence local gaming habits. |
| pfmodel | 02 May 2024 9:51 p.m. PST |
One guy with a set of rules and multiple armies can certainly influence local gaming habits. Very True |
| Bohemund | 03 May 2024 1:31 p.m. PST |
MoA was an excellent ruleset. Easy to play, straight-forward rules. Never ran into it outside of my group. |
| pfmodel | 04 May 2024 3:37 a.m. PST |
I have found some home grown rules to be rather good, the best example of a recent set of rules is LWRS, which you can download from groups.io/g/LWRS . Going back into the past I found a good set of ancient's rules from Australia called Anabasis, which today is dated but in the time gave you a good fun game. You can find a link to download a copy from this site. link The only issues with these rules are they typically never get any form of long term traction. These days you need a professional set of rules with good supporting material to get any traction and even in this case its hard. |
