Reply To: SPQR – Warlord Games

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Guess they aiming this at the “Hero Hammer” market 🙁

HOWEVER it might be good to get the young ‘uns playing it (they do like math hammering these lists to death). So anything that tempts them towards playing some “proper” historicals is a good thing.

Then again look at other releases such as Gods and Mortals (from Footsore), it’s not a pure historical game (with bits like the intervention from the gods and healers able to instantly heal wounds). There’s not that many rules out these days that act as a pure historical game anymore (what the word the marketing people keep saying……cinematic…that’s it).

I’m sticking to my set of Skirmish rules from Tabletop Games (Sword and Shield by Richard Stevens), it’s stood me well for 30 odd years and probably will continue to do so (although newer gamers step back in shock at the amount of maths, D100s ets in such a little book) 😀

Edit, I just wish there was someway to get hold of these old rules in a PDF (as probably a reprint would be business suicide), mind you looking at the prices they charge for a 38 page A5 booklet with card covers it’s insane 🙁

https://www.nobleknight.com/Products/Miniature-Rules-Tabletop-Games