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09/09/2014 at 20:23 #7770
Steve Johnson
ParticipantI received my copy of the new medieval skirmish rules by Dan Mersy today, published by Osprey as part of their wargaming series. I have put up my first impressions on my Blog, if you’re interested.
http://wwiiwargaming.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/lion-rampant-first-impressions.html
11/09/2014 at 22:14 #8029fairoaks024
ParticipantExcellent review, I’m waiting for my per ordered copy, supposed to be out on the 20th of this month,
tension is killing me 🙂
regards
jim
12/09/2014 at 01:01 #8046Allen Campbell
ParticipantI have the rules, but have not played the final version. Dan was nice enough to let me playtest and I enjoyed the games that I played from that version. I am not sure how close it is to the final product, but my guess is that it will be a fun game.
Allen
12/09/2014 at 08:49 #8065David Blood
ParticipantBetter than SAGA, seriously?
I have these rules on pre-order from Amazon, but if they are better than SAGA than they must be very good, indeed.
To be honest, I don’t know how seriously I can take a review that says SAGA “trod over the same ground as ‘Dux Bellorum'”
12/09/2014 at 09:36 #8075Steve Burt
ParticipantAside from the fact that Dux Bellorum covers a time 400 years before the Viking age, it is certainly a totally different style of game to Saga.
I wouldn’t say the two compete with each other at all.
12/09/2014 at 12:21 #8092Derek H
ParticipantTo be honest, I don’t know how seriously I can take a review that says SAGA “trod over the same ground as ‘Dux Bellorum’”
Or Dux Britanniarum for that matter. All completely different games.
12/09/2014 at 15:51 #8109Allen Campbell
ParticipantI have played Dux Bellorum and Saga and I don’t find them similar at all….just my opinion. Both good games in their own right though.
12/09/2014 at 16:30 #8110Steve Johnson
ParticipantI was refering to the time period , rather than any reference to rules mechanics etc, with regards to SAGA and Dux Brittaniarum versus Dux Bellorum. I know they are all very different games, but they never gripped me as rulesets. Just personal gaming preferences really. However I can see that my wording could have been clearer on this point, so apologies for any ‘confusion’…
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I’ve also put up another post with some links to Dan’s articles on his Blog, a preview on Amazon and so nice AAR’s, which will hopefully give more info. Neil Shuck also has a good review in the current issue of Miniature Wargames, which is worth a read.
http://wwiiwargaming.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/lion-rampant-more-detailed-info.html
13/09/2014 at 07:49 #8161NTM
ParticipantI have been reading about these on Dan’s blog and plan to pick them up for Barons war games I’ve fancied doing for some time.
15/09/2014 at 11:49 #8359Mark Lewis
ParticipantWhat is putting me off about these rules is that (if my understanding is correct) combat is unit vs unit, and a unit fights at full strength until it has taken 50% casualties, when it fights at reduced strength until it is wiped out. That doesn’t sound right to me for a skirmish game where one figure equals one man. In a skirmish game (with units of 6 or 12 figures) surely each individual figure should contribute to the fighting strength of the unit? The mechanics make it seem more like a unit based large battle game rather than a skirmish game.
16/09/2014 at 09:46 #8444Billy Fish
ParticipantAny unbiased reviews? And any particular analysis of the game mechanics? As said above, unit v unit melee doesn’t sound skirmish-like, it sounds more like ‘A Glutter of Ravens’.
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