A Game of Knights and Knaves Fire and Ice 2nd Edition

[Thomas Thomas]

We have just released on WargamesVault the second edition of a Game of Knights and Knaves.

A Game of Knights and Knaves the Fire and Ice 2nd Edition allows you to recreate both Historical and Fantistorical battles and campaigns set in the medieval period.  You can create an army from your favourite fantasy book, television series, movie or, if you, prefer from history.  A campaign system lets you and your friends take the command of a great house and battle for the throne of mythical Westerlands or historical England in the War of the Roses.

Starting with the Basic Game it features a programmed learning system with scenarios after each rule section.  The Basic Game contains all you will need to recreate a typical medieval battle.  After you have mastered the basics, the Advanced Game adds Crossbows, Longbows, Poleaxes and variations on armor and formation.  Finally the Fantistorical section adds Heroes, Dragons, Mages and Undead, so that you can bring to life any fantasy setting with a medieval background.  (As an added bonus I included ship and siege rules.)

The game uses a simplified variation of DBX mechanics which allows you to fight an entire campaign in a series of linked battles in a single afternoon.  This volume includes The Battle for the Throne campaign system and complete orders of battles for a campaign set in mythical Westerlands, England during the War of the Roses and an alternative history campaign featuring exiled Lancastrians, Spanish Conquistadors, the Aztec Empire, a Native American Confederation and a Viking Colony all battling for control of the New World.   

Besides the introductory rules (based on the Knights and Knaves system I originally taught my then 10 year old son – now a multiple DBA tournament winner), the Advanced Game contains a set of medieval specific mechanics that cover that period in more detail.

These rules do not replace any of the DBX sets and don’t cover eras prior to 1200 nor are they designed for tournament play.  The intent is to help new (and a few old) players learn the basics of DBX, add medieval specific rules and provide a campaign system to battle for your favorite throne, whether drawn from television, books, movies or history.  You can use the same game and campaign system to command House Wolf against House Lion and House Dragon or House Lancaster against House York and House Tudor.

As with all our games updates are free for former buyers, so if you have already purchased the first edition, just let us know and we will forward you the new edition.  Our next Knights and Knaves game will cover the Olde World, both the historical Hundred Years War and a traditional fantasy setting with orcs, elves, dwarves, ratmen, chaos fanatics and so forth.

Thomas J. Thomas
Fame and Glory Games
TomAndKate@aol.com

[Captain Blood]

Sorry folks. No cross posting on LAF. Check out the Forum rules, point 2.10. I’ve removed the duplicate thread in medieval. Good luck with the ruleset.

[Thomas Thomas]

Sorry folks. No cross posting on LAF. Check out the Forum rules, point 2.10. I’ve removed the duplicate thread in medieval. Good luck with the ruleset.

Sorry did not know the rule.  The game covers both historical (War of the Roses in this edition) and fantasy (similar set up to War of the Roses but with Dragons and Undead etc. but no Elves or Dwarfs - a Fantistorical setting).

So what do I do if a posting would apply to both Fantasy and Historical as all my A Game of Knights and Knaves will?

Thanks in advance - great site.

Thomas J. Thomas
Fame and Glory Games

[Captain Blood]

Hi Thomas.

The forum rules are here: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=16293.0

The rule on cross-posting is:

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