Reply To: Medieval Era Systems – Skirmish and Large Battles

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I had my first game of Dragon Rampant yesterday and had a great time.  It’s very simple, but had lots of fun and dramatic moments. It flows well and the rules don’t get in your way. It is the fantasy extension of Lion Rampant, but has a few additional rules that could easily be ported back for use in historical games, like the multi wound figure thing. I like the size of the games – around 50 figures is a satisfying level.

I used it to play a Game of Thrones battle and it was great. I think it is also a system that can be used as a tool box, you can easily add house rules to it or layer on a bit more complexity to the basic structure if you like.

For example, we wanted to give the players a way to mitigate the risk of failed activations, since these end your turn. So we gave the generals Command Points, which allowed them to allocate a few rerolls to units at the start of the turn to help get the key activations off. Also added a decision making point for the players.