These rules are a reaction to the well known (main stream) table top battle rules which currently saturate the Tolkien wargaming market. I simply don`t get along with that `other` set of rules, or it's equally as expensive myriad of supplement manuals; so I have created this simple alternative as a
(free) counterpoint to the other somewhat unwieldy monstrosity.
“The Red Arrow” is a rules system which closely follows Jim Wallman`s Follow Me, Men and my own 6mm generic fantasy rules Fire At Will, Men. These 6mm One Brainer Lord of the Rings rules
are my personal extrapolated contribution to the original work(s).
These rules have been written with 6mm toy soldiers in mind. 1" represents 20 paces. 1 figure represents only 1 person, 1 monster, or 1 engine/artillery piece. 1 figure: 1 man works well for Middle Earth at this scale. But if you choose to play truly 'epic' encounters, you will need to increase the general figure scale to 1 figure equals 10 or 20 men… and
lay out a much larger playing area..
– "The Red Arrow" page 2
shows us how they do things down in Sri Lanka...
