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Author Topic: What ruleset do you like for 15mm?  (Read 1704 times)

Offline shakespear

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What ruleset do you like for 15mm?
« on: September 11, 2017, 06:55:52 PM »
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Offline SteveBurt

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Re: What ruleset do you like for 15mm?
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2017, 11:03:18 AM »
For what period? Surely that matters much more than the figure scale. Most rules will work for most figure scales.

Offline von Lucky

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Re: What ruleset do you like for 15mm?
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2017, 12:04:45 PM »
I'm guessing Renaissance (~1500 - ~1700) period (as it's on this board).

I still prefer Field of Glory: Renaissance, as the amount of figure and Battle Groups feel right on the table. Sure, it has its issues, but overall I can't see moving to anything else (yet).
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Offline mellis1644

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Re: What ruleset do you like for 15mm?
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2017, 12:41:34 PM »
Pikemans lament for smaller actions - works great for 15mm figs.
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Offline Sir Rodney Ffing

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Re: What ruleset do you like for 15mm?
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2017, 05:05:01 PM »
Victory Without Quarter, which works well for larger battles, and Forlorn Hope.   

Offline Irregular Wars Nic

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Re: What ruleset do you like for 15mm?
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2017, 06:55:44 PM »
Irregular Wars!  :D

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Offline Sandinista

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Re: What ruleset do you like for 15mm?
« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2017, 09:24:30 AM »
Warlord Games Pike and Shotte rules do it for me

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Offline DintheDin

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Re: What ruleset do you like for 15mm?
« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2017, 11:12:23 AM »
I'm guessing Renaissance (~1500 - ~1700) period (as it's on this board).

I still prefer Field of Glory: Renaissance, as the amount of figure and Battle Groups feel right on the table. Sure, it has its issues, but overall I can't see moving to anything else (yet).

Pikemans lament for smaller actions - works great for 15mm figs.

I second both quotes, for the above mentioned reasons.
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Offline von Lucky

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Re: What ruleset do you like for 15mm?
« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2017, 11:34:47 AM »
I think what I like most about FOGR is that pike blocks (of all types) have considered rules for coherency, movement and combat.

Offline mellis1644

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Re: What ruleset do you like for 15mm?
« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2017, 01:01:20 PM »
I like FOG-R but it never caught on around here really.

Offline DintheDin

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Re: What ruleset do you like for 15mm?
« Reply #10 on: September 18, 2017, 04:34:40 PM »
I like FOG-R but it never caught on around here really.

If you ever visit Athens, please, be our guest for a FOG-R game!
By the way, 1644 was a year of great turmoil...

Offline mellis1644

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Re: What ruleset do you like for 15mm?
« Reply #11 on: September 18, 2017, 09:32:40 PM »
If you ever visit Athens, please, be our guest for a FOG-R game!
By the way, 1644 was a year of great turmoil...

May take you up on that but it's a long trip just for a game...

As or 1644 yes exactly - one reason I chose the number. Europe was in flames - with wars from Britain to Poland, Portugal to Sweden in various wars. Fighting was occurring over in the Caribbean and the new world as well - which included a separate native Indian war as well. China was in a mess with wars as well. There was even a large war going on in Africa between various kingdoms there I believe. ;)

Offline Cat

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Re: What ruleset do you like for 15mm?
« Reply #12 on: September 19, 2017, 09:45:31 PM »
DBA-RRR, preferably with at least double-sized armies for each player.

Offline mellis1644

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Re: What ruleset do you like for 15mm?
« Reply #13 on: September 19, 2017, 10:16:11 PM »
Used to really like DBR-100 but fell out of fashion...

Offline Baron von Wreckedoften

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Re: What ruleset do you like for 15mm?
« Reply #14 on: September 26, 2017, 10:18:10 AM »
I still prefer Field of Glory: Renaissance, as the amount of figure and Battle Groups feel right on the table. Sure, it has its issues, but overall I can't see moving to anything else (yet).

Another vote for FoGR, with probably the same reservations you have, although our club (Wessex Wargames Society) doesn't see them as fatal for friendly games, even though a few of us occasionally get nostalgic and dig out our copies of Gush.  FoGR doesn't handle out-of-period/theatre "what if" actions very well (a doubles competition earlier this year consisted of three Arab armies - lots of camels and archers - and a dozen European TYW-era armies; guess which ones finished in the top three?), and a couple of armies that were historically quite good tend to get steam-rollered by hordes of tooled-up gendarmes (early) and panz.... errr, sorry, I mean cuirassiers (late).
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