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Scrubber

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Re: 1066 and all that.
« Reply #15 on: 26 December 2019, 02:45:29 PM »
So what do you do when your board on Boxing Day. Stand lines of soldiers up.
Definitely not skirmish rules numbers way to high.

Saxon army so far, 52 Huscarl and 274 select Fyrd. 2 figures seem to have go AWOL or I never had enough.
« Last Edit: 26 December 2019, 02:49:52 PM by Scrubber »

Online Digits

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Re: 1066 and all that.
« Reply #16 on: 26 December 2019, 03:05:22 PM »
Yup...definitely not skirmishing!

Offline SteveBurt

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Re: 1066 Rules wanted for large battle.
« Reply #17 on: 28 December 2019, 03:48:51 PM »
To the Strongest. Unit size and basing not important.

Offline bluewillow

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Re: 1066 Rules wanted for large battle.
« Reply #18 on: 28 December 2019, 03:58:30 PM »
Advanced Impetus would be my choice, works well for the period, the sheildwall is tough to crack as a norman

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Offline princeman

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Re: 1066 Rules wanted for large battle.
« Reply #19 on: 28 December 2019, 04:09:47 PM »
I agree with SteveBurt - To The Strongest. We use these rules for playing Crusades and they are great.
A man aughta do what he thinks is best.

Offline Harry Faversham

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Re: 1066 Rules wanted for large battle.
« Reply #20 on: 28 December 2019, 04:35:24 PM »
Love it... 'I found a box of soldiers, I forgot I had'!

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Scrubber

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Re: 1066 Rules wanted for large battle.
« Reply #21 on: 28 December 2019, 04:53:17 PM »
Mr Faversham. Full story. 20+ years ago my ex went after monetary value of my soldiers, so I squirrelled some away to my mums. Few years ago had to sell mums house to pay nursing home fees.
Boxes came back here and went into loft. Now I want to move next years, so it’s explore time.

Thinking of new thread, “forgotten armies”. Yes I’ve found more uncompleted armies. And not only 25/28mm.

Offline Eric the Shed

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Re: 1066 Rules wanted for large battle.
« Reply #22 on: 03 January 2020, 11:55:37 AM »
We ran the 1066 battles last year using hail caesar - all the details on the blog

Battle of Fulford

http://shedwars.blogspot.com/2019/03/1066-battle-of-fulford-in-28mm.html



Battle of Stamford Bridge

http://shedwars.blogspot.com/2019/02/1066-battle-of-stamford-bridge-wargame.html



and of course the big one - Hastings

http://shedwars.blogspot.com/2019/03/1066-battle-of-hastings-28mm-wargame.html






Offline Atheling

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Re: 1066 Rules wanted for large battle.
« Reply #23 on: 03 January 2020, 02:43:16 PM »
Oooh, good point...... I'd forgotten (no pun intended)

We ran this Gate Fulford, The Forgotten Battle of 1066 game in conjunction with Gripping Beast in the early 2000's at Claymore- won best demo game.














Offline Eric the Shed

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Re: 1066 Rules wanted for large battle.
« Reply #24 on: 03 January 2020, 03:03:56 PM »
Lovely looking game !!

Scrubber

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Re: 1066 Rules wanted for large battle.
« Reply #25 on: 03 January 2020, 05:50:05 PM »
Now that’s what I call a wargame. Very nice.

Offline Atheling

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Re: 1066 Rules wanted for large battle.
« Reply #26 on: 03 January 2020, 06:24:41 PM »
Now that’s what I call a wargame. Very nice.

Thanks

Lovely looking game !!

As are the games you posted Eric  8) 8) 8)