Heroes of Victoria's Empire

HEROES OF VICTORIA'S EMPIRE (HoVE) was a set of Colonial wargames rules specifically written to reflect the importance of heroic individuals (and villains!) during the expansion of the British Empire. The rules were written with the objective that they should be fun, and should enable a battle to be fought to a conclusion in no more than two hours using approximately 60 – 100 15mm-scale individually-based figures on a small tabletop (3¼ foot x 2½ foot/100 cm x 75 cm). It was also important that they should enable the story of the battle to unfold in front of the players.
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Designer: Bob Cordery
Year Published: 2004
Status: In Print
Contents: Available online (25-page PDF)

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