ochoin wrote: ↑Tue Dec 15, 2020 2:39 am
Paul: you'd agree that a "big" battle in the Dark Ages would have been a couple of hundred a side?
I'm thinking a little later in the period (Late C9th into the C10th) where a significant battle could easily be ten times that size, but I see your point. Certainly during the 'raiding' period a Viking 'army' probably had, on average, no more than about a hundred fighting men. Even the "Great Heathen Army" of 865 was probably only in the region of 1000-2000 Warriors and that's at the low end of what i'd like to do (getting back to my very first wargames with metal figures about forty years ago!) The big three battles of 1066 were in the region of 15000-20000 total warriors which would look great done at 1:10 in 6mm
And the early ones at 1:1 which makes heroes easy to manage. I don't do pointy sticks, but I have thought about it, a lot. COTOTS with 10-15mm size heroes. The heroes fight lie gods, but are also a big morale factor. NO, NO, NO, that way lies madness!
4g) Hero’s Challenge. If opposing heroes, attached to units that find themselves in a melee, either player may issue a challenge. This reflects the nature of this Heroic Age.
Each player throws a D6 – the higher score wins, the lower indicates the death of that hero. The unit the deceased Hero belongs to, immediately conducts a morale test (below).
A single die throw seems a bit arbitrary for heroic single combat? Surely at least, rock, paper, scissors best of three?
The starter forces for Dux are 44 figs for the Britons, and 38 for the Saxons. In 28mm, I will probably take a couple of weeks of painting for each. Of course, these can be added to as you become more successful and attract more followers, and wealthier to hire foederati. I haven't worked it out but Jeremy could probably tell you the theoretical maximum you could reach in a campaign.
Wargames dreams never die, they just get left in a box.
That's what I am expecting to add eventually. The annoying one though is light cavalry, I may need a unit of 4, but the plastics box will then leave 2/3 unused.
Oh, and the sprues are 3 horsemen each... arrghh.
Wargames dreams never die, they just get left in a box.
Kein Plan überlebt den ersten Kontakt mit den Würfeln. (No plan survives the first contact with the dice.) Baron Mannshed von Wreckedoften, First Sea Lord of the Bavarian Admiralty.
Not yet, and having seen Rich use them, I would agree. I think my regular gaming buddy is going to stump up for those - we like to spread the costs on anything we are both going to use.
Kein Plan überlebt den ersten Kontakt mit den Würfeln. (No plan survives the first contact with the dice.) Baron Mannshed von Wreckedoften, First Sea Lord of the Bavarian Admiralty.
