It seems that things are off to a great start for the Kingdom of Rocaria and its neighbors, my pseudo-medieval imagi-nation. All of the players are here: Knights in mail, cataphracts, horse archers, germanic "barbarians" (Not that I'd ever say it to their faces), religious orders and a fanatic church, wealth, power politics, duplicitous dealings, and even the odd old man in robes, prophesying doom and gloom while secretly working to avoid it...
The Gents and I played a test game on 23 April, using a Feudal Rocarian Army and a sort of conglomerate cavalry-heavy force loosely representing one of its neighbors, the Inusian Empire. We used unpainted miniatures, as that's all I've got right now, which were based in the standard 4-3-2 scheme for those other rules, and we played a modified version of Father Aelred Glidden's Ancients Rules, thoughtfully provided by the Jackson Gamers (See their blog and website. Seriously. Jay Stribling's Battle Reports are properly entertaining, make no mistake!). It was a narrow Rocarian victory...
What followed was an unmitigated success! We determined what we liked about he rules, what needed to be changed, and how to change it. The Morale Rules needed an overhaul, as well as adding rules to cover weapon types, formations(Line, Column, Wedge, Shieldwall, etc.), and troop grading (Better, more experienced warriors vs. Those who are less so). I, for one, feel the rules are the best we've come across yet, and they can only get better from here.
Now it's time for me to paint a Ton of figures and grab a few odds and sods to finish out an army or two. The next post should be a full battle report with pictures of nicely-painted chappies and Brother Godfrey's learned (-sounding) narrative...
To Battle!
Nate
The Gents and I played a test game on 23 April, using a Feudal Rocarian Army and a sort of conglomerate cavalry-heavy force loosely representing one of its neighbors, the Inusian Empire. We used unpainted miniatures, as that's all I've got right now, which were based in the standard 4-3-2 scheme for those other rules, and we played a modified version of Father Aelred Glidden's Ancients Rules, thoughtfully provided by the Jackson Gamers (See their blog and website. Seriously. Jay Stribling's Battle Reports are properly entertaining, make no mistake!). It was a narrow Rocarian victory...
What followed was an unmitigated success! We determined what we liked about he rules, what needed to be changed, and how to change it. The Morale Rules needed an overhaul, as well as adding rules to cover weapon types, formations(Line, Column, Wedge, Shieldwall, etc.), and troop grading (Better, more experienced warriors vs. Those who are less so). I, for one, feel the rules are the best we've come across yet, and they can only get better from here.
Now it's time for me to paint a Ton of figures and grab a few odds and sods to finish out an army or two. The next post should be a full battle report with pictures of nicely-painted chappies and Brother Godfrey's learned (-sounding) narrative...
To Battle!
Nate
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