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Dominion of the Roses

This stand-alone set of rules is built on the Dominion of the Spear solo-game system with appropriate rule changes for the Wars of the Roses, most noticeably missile fire before melee starts in earnest and units being defeated after two hits instead of one. These are very, very simple rules with armies of three to six units and a solo battle can be fought in ten minutes or so. An example play-through is included of the Battle of Tewkesbury 1471. There is a Quick Reference Sheet on the back cover. Use paper and pen (or model figures of any scale) as there is no measuring (grid used). Uses two six-sided dice.

There are rules for creating and fighting generic Wars of the Roses battles but 17 historical battles are included ready to play, each with a brief background, army lists, deployment, and brief account of what happened historically.

The battles are:

1. First Battle of St Albans 22nd May 1455
2. Battle of Blore Heath 23rd September 1459
3. Battle of Ludford Bridge 12th October 1459
4. Battle of Northampton 10th July 1460
5. Battle of Wakefield 30th December 1460
6. Battle of Mortimer's Cross 2nd February 1461
7. Second Battle of St Albans 17th February 1461
8. Battle of Ferrybridge 28th March 1461
9. Battle of Towton 29th March 1461
10. Battle of Hedgeley Moor 25th April 1464
11. Battle of Hexham 15th May 1464
12. Battle of Edgecote Moor (Banbury) 26th July 1469
13. Battle of Losecoat Field (Empingham) 12th March 1470
14. Battle of Barnet 14th April 1471
15. Battle of Tewkesbury 4th May 1471
16. Battle of Bosworth Field 22nd August 1485
17. Battle of Stoke Field 16th June 1487.

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