Favourite Medieval Skirmish Rules?

[Gibby]

Hi all,

I'm a bit bored of the Ganesha Games formula. It always feels like a re-skin of the same game regardless of what era/models you use (and this includes the variants such as Flying Lead and Drums & Shakos). I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for exciting rules that I could use for a bit of War of the Roses skirmishing?

Cheers,

Gibby

[Vinlander]

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

[Paddy649]

I use a very old set called "Retinue" - I'm not sure if they are still available.

[Patrice]

I would say "Argad!"...

 ...if the supplement for the 15th century period was already rewritten and translated but I still haven't finished that !

http://www.argad-bzh.fr/argad/en.html

[Pentaro]

Last month we tried a variation of "In the Heart of Africa". It may sound odd but it worked great!

[janner]

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

Seconded - LotR really catches the feel of mighty six-foot killing machines like Edward IV dominating the swirling melee and the glave rules work well for bills.

[Golgotha]

Agreed "Retinue" was great and had an elegant percentage system. Any colour and atmosphere was however up to the creativity of the players.

[Stecal]

I use a very old set called "Retinue" - I'm not sure if they are still available.

Another vote for Retinue.  I have very fond memories of that game from the mid-1980's

[Nighthawk]

Now I know that this is a Historical gaming site. But I have to agree with Janner. I find LOTR very easy to adapt to almost any period. I've done it.

[Schogun]

Pig Wars?

TFL are working on a new game, but the rules are in early development.

Hmm -- maybe these are too Dark Ages.

[dm]

Affray were quite a good a set of Medieval skirmish rules from way back and remember they played very well, think they may have been published in Wargames Illustrated in the mists of time and they were online at one time

[Gibby]

Thanks for all these ideas guys I'm leaning towards converting the Lord of the Rings rules.

[blacksmith]

You could try Chain reaction Swordplay from Two Hour Wargames. It's skirmish oriented and free.
http://store.twohourwargames.com/chre3sw.html

[Faust23]

Hi all,

I'm a bit bored of the Ganesha Games formula. It always feels like a re-skin of the same game regardless of what era/models you use (and this includes the variants such as Flying Lead and Drums & Shakos). I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for exciting rules that I could use for a bit of War of the Roses skirmishing?

Cheers,

Gibby

You can check out my rules as noted in this thread http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=38423.0

They work very well for Medievals.  You will like the granularity.
Thanks,
Faust

[Momotaro]

Big fan of LotR rules - the LotR Yahoo group has a number of mods for the base game, including "Age of the Trebuchet" for medieval games.