Fantasy Rules



What is a "Mass Combat" Fantasy Game?

We define a mass-combat game as one in which large bodies of combatants - entire armies, sometimes - meet in battle. Although the game may involve individual heroes, leaders, or monsters, the game also includes regiments of infantry and squadrons of cavalry. These games are also called epic-scale games, or battle-scale games.

Unlike their historical counterparts, designers of fantasy rulesets seldom specify how much time a turn represents, how far an inch on the tabletop is "in reality," or how many men each figure stands for. Therefore, even though there's a world of difference between a mass-combat game and a skirmish game, knowing which game falls into which category isn't always obvious.

Our Rule of Thumb is pretty basic - if figures move about the tabletop in formation, or if there are multiple figures per stand, then it's probably a mass-combat game.

Demonworld game on display

IN PRINT
15mm Rules for Fantasy Armies
Armalion
Armies of ArcanaReaders' Choice
Battlestorm
Carnage
Clan WarReaders' Choice
Dark Heaven ApocalypseReaders' Choice
De Bellis Multitudinis (DBM)
Demonworld
Down Styphon!
Dragon Hordes
Fantasy Conquest
Fantasy Legend
Fantasy Rules!Reader's Choice
Fantasy Warriors
Fire Storm
Grunt
Hordes of the ThingsReaders' Choice
Inferno
Legendary Battles
Legions of the Petal Throne
Missum!
The Overlord's Tower
Qadardalikoi
Rag'narokavailable on the Web
Raven
Ravens of Karnage
Robert's Rules of Warfare
Spear & Shield
War Cry (Black Games)
Warhammer FantasyReaders' Choice
The Warrior Code
Wreaking Havoc

OUT OF PRINT
Archworld
Battlesystem
Chaos Wars
The Emerald Tablet
Fantasy Wargaming
Fantasy Warlord
Fantasy Warriors
Knights and Magick
Royal Armies of the Hyborean Age

Last Updates
6 October 1999added Legions of the Petal Throne,
Missum!,
Qadardalikoi
9 September 1999redesigned
7 September 1999added Holistic Design link
16 August 1999added Ravens of Karnage
9 June 1999added Chronopia link
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