"Field of Glory? " Topic
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| Father Grigori | 25 Mar 2015 8:00 p.m. PST |
Ochoin: I agree. No one set of rules suits everyone. FoG just doesn't grab me, but having said that, I'd still consider playing in a tournament or if someone wanted a game, simply because I enjoy the social side of events. Different rules for different people and needs. One comment though, that I think is applicable to pretty much all popular rules sets, is that their information comes primarily from Classical sources. That is to say, rules are structured to produce the results seen in eg. Roman vs Gallic/Carthaginian battles, and other time and geographical areas tend to be shoehorned into the Classical model. It's always going to be a problem with generic sets covering such a long timescale and diversity of military systems and cultures, but I still think that a wider focus would help to reduce it a bit, while understanding that the information is simply not available in some areas (Chinese accounts, for example, are maddeningly vague). In the same way, I think Renaissance wargaming suffers from the English Civil War – it tends to get used as a base model for rules which then get extended to cover the late C15th and late C17th. However, the choices are there. Do you want a game or a simulation? Large or small scale? Quick or detailed? There are enough rules sets around to satisfy every taste. |
 ochoin  | 25 Mar 2015 8:14 p.m. PST |
@ FG
Your second paragraph is particularly interesting. I certainly see your point about generic sets & agree with it. I think it fair to say that FoG-A uses army lists as a coarse tool to cater for differences in millennia of warfare. Too coarse? Probably. We use FoG-A for chariot wars (NKE & the Hittites/Sea Peoples) & the Punic Wars….almost the two ends of the spectrum. As we game several other periods from WW2 to the Dark Ages, we really didn't want to have to master more rule sets than we had to. As the poet said, "You pays your money & you takes your choice." |
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