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Tango0119 Jan 2026 12:50 p.m. PST

" The ‘Midgard, Heroic Battles' rules come from the Two Fat Lardies' stable / Reisswitz press, authored by James Morris being a rank-and-flank set covering – as per the sub-title – ‘Historical, Legendary and Fantasy Battles in the age of heroic deeds'.

Legendary' as described by the author has overlap with what I call ‘semi-historical', where an army has via myth accreted a few fictional elements while otherwise being true to historical sources. An example being the Alexander romances where his army contains what you would expect in a 4th-3rd Century Makedonian force but adds Amazon riders, Roman archers and an eagle-powered vehicle.

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