Good news! Our latest rulebook, The New Kingdom – which is the seventh book in the On Bloody Ground series of period-specific mass-combat rulebooks – is back from the printers; and as promised, all pre-orders have already been shipped. Everyone that pre-ordered will have had a notification that their order has shipped and is on its way, and most, if not all, should already have their new book in hand by now.
The Setting: New Kingdom Egypt after the expulsion of the Hyksos invaders in the 16th Century BC and the rise of the 18th Dynasty, through to the eventual fall of the Empire during the 20th Dynasty in the 11th Century BC, after continual warfare and internal divide.
The New Kingdom is now part of our current catalogue, with all orders shipping immediately, from stock.
This period-specific rulebook includes these seven army lists:
- New Kingdom Egypt
- The Hittites
- The Sea People
- The Mitanni
- The Nubians
- The Libyans
- The Israelites
What Does Each Book Contain?
- Full core, and period specific sensible rules that are clearly written.
- Rules for deploying armies that are a tactical and challenging addition to each battle.
- Easy-to-use terrain rules, that provide realistic tactical challenges.
- Commanders that play an important role, but only as part of a balanced army.
- Command points for out of sequence orders that can change the dynamics of a game.
- A movement system that avoids tedious complexity, whilst retaining realistic limitations.
- Combat that is engaging for both players and reflects the push and shove of battle.
- Ranged attacks that are designed to reflect their effectiveness during each period.
- Psychology rules to represent depletion by erosion rather than disintegration.
- Army lists that are balanced, comprehensive, and easy to use.
- Character design rules that allow players to create their own balanced characters.
What Else Should I Know?
- We don't bulk our rulebooks with unnecessary words and pictures.
- Our rules are stable, with no need for 'new editions'.
- Each period book is a complete game, with no 'supplements' required.
- All of our books contain comprehensive contents and index pages.
- Familiarity with the rules quickly becomes second nature.
What About Supporting the Game?
It's easy to say we have lots planned for the system (which we do, of course!), but an important thing for any game is growth, which we're gaining all the time as we regularly release new books (on average, one new book each month during 2025).
Continued support from us via our website and Facebook page primarily, but probably more importantly, we're always on hand to answer questions, provide insights into what we're currently developing for those that are interested, or just to chat about tactics and army building!
YouTube
We're making much more use of our YouTube channel, so if you want to get an idea of how the game plays, why not pop over there to see our regular battle reports. We'd love to hear your thoughts about what we've done so far, or what you might like to see from us in the future.