Favourite Medieval Skirmish Rules?

[Dan]

I'm quite fond of the Lord of the Rings sbg. Its got everything you'd want for medieval skirmishing  .

If you want to stat your own stuff there's a useful points calculator here:

http://membres.multimania.fr/l01c/lotrcostcalc.html

Thanks for that link, its just what I needed to point up my Robin Hood project.

[Poiter50]

Just found my Simon McDowall "Goths, Huns & Romans" - now for a read while SWMBO is out tonight. 

[blacksmith]

CR Swordplay final version has just been released. Here you can see a step by step demo of how it works: http://2hourblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/john-carter-step-by-step-swordplay.html

[HerbyF]

I am still kind of partial to "Pig Wars". Dark Ages but not much difference for skirmish level gaming.

[Lowtardog]

Steve Barbour rules arent too bad for small skirmish

[CyberAlien312]

I was looking for medieval rules too, and due to this topic, I've found it! Thanks!

[Mainly28s]

I'd say Chainmail (the original set, not the "re-imagined" one), or Rules According to Ral.

[charla51]

Ah! Retinue...fond memories. I doubt I'd have the concentration span for them these days.

I do remember that shooting with a bow at long range, it was easier to hit your intended target if you actually aimed at the figure NEXT to him.

More recent rules found on the Internet are:

Chevaucee [spelling?]
Knights and Knaves
Baron Wars

I always like Bill Lamming's Medieval Rules, an old set. Perhaps soon to be reprinted by JohnCurry?

[max]

I've tried many rule sets and i find LOTR the best, less calculation and stats to add to this dice roll and that. In a nutshell, more streamline (for me of course  ).
You could try a SAGA variation, but i've never played this game so i don't know how it'll turn out.
Max

[Mattias]

We have been playing some 15th c skirmish lately using LOTR. It is a great rule set for that purpose. One thing that we do is using the rules for handweapon and shield for our guys with halberds/bills. As a majority of LOTR models comes with a sword and shield combo and we didn't want to many sword/buckler guys in our 15th c - but alot of polearms instead - this modifaction gave us the look we were after in a very simple way, without upseting the balance of the game.

If you like you can see some examples of game play here http://northern-wargaming.blogspot.se/search/label/Lord%20of%20the%20Rings.

/Mattias

[DonVoss]

Thanx, Matthias for the AAR-Link. Some great games, very imaginative.

My vote would go for LotR and SAGA. But I am a big fan of the "Songs..."-engine, too. Never tiered of these rules...

DV

[max]

We have been playing some 15th c skirmish lately using LOTR. It is a great rule set for that purpose. One thing that we do is using the rules for handweapon and shield for our guys with halberds/bills. As a majority of LOTR models comes with a sword and shield combo and we didn't want to many sword/buckler guys in our 15th c - but alot of polearms instead - this modifaction gave us the look we were after in a very simple way, without upseting the balance of the game.

If you like you can see some examples of game play here http://northern-wargaming.blogspot.se/search/label/Lord%20of%20the%20Rings.

/Mattias

Mattias, first off, like the blog (following even ). Just a quick thought, you could use pole arms as just spears. For me, weapons became more developped as armour became tougher, so i don't really use them as double handed weapons (no point wearing lots of plates to be killed on a 5+...).
have you ever seen the yahoo group for LOTR? There is a PDF file Age of Trebuchet with stats that provide a good starting point for gaming in this period.

[commissarmoody]

is the LOTR yahoo group still active? I sent the a message requesting membership 4 days ago and no responce as of yet.

[CyberAlien312]

is the LOTR yahoo group still active? I sent the a message requesting membership 4 days ago and no responce as of yet.

I had the same thing! I sent the membership request about a week ago, and still no reply.   

[commissarmoody]

Boo group fail!