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Post by zuludon on Mar 29, 2024 22:24:22 GMT
I finally bought myself a 54mm castle, a Barzso/LOD recast of Nottingham Castle. I bought just the walls, gatehouse, and a breached wall section. I plan to use the castle for Medieval, as well as Napoleonic, Peninsular War sieges. I am wondering what rules to use. I am thinking that figures should best be based individually, in units of no more than ten or twelve. I want rules that will recreate the drama and individual heroism of the Forlorn Hope so I don't think that rules like The Men Who Would Be King are quite right, not without a lot of additional rules. On the other hand, I want something that plays faster than a one man one figure skirmish. I recall that Howard Whitehouse wrote a set of rules for sieges in the Peninsula in the old Courier Magazine and I've got them filed somewhere. I am hoping some of you out there have a preferred set of rules you would like to share.
Thanks in advance, Nick Stern
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Post by spiritofethandune on Mar 30, 2024 7:12:28 GMT
Nick,
I've never played them but there are a set of simple siege rules at the back of the Medieval Tactica rulebook. They read well and look painless and elegant compared to some.
Cheers
Anthony
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Post by clive on Apr 5, 2024 20:15:57 GMT
Hi Nick, I've done medieval siege games in 28mm, I wrote some simple siege rules which I used with the Neil Thomas Ancient and Medieval rules. I can probably dig them out if you are interested. Here is a link to a siege battle report on my blog - linkThe other set of rules to consider would be Lion Rampant, I'm sure someone will have done a siege variant. Good luck with the project! Cheers, Clive. |
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Post by zuludon on Apr 6, 2024 3:01:07 GMT
Hi Clive,
Thank you very much for the link to your blog. Very inspiring! I have Lion Rampart as well as Neil Thomas' Ancient rules. Both look promising. I also bought a copy of Medieval Tactica. Although I never enjoyed their other Ancient rules, I heard good things about the Medieval siege rules for over thirty years!
Cheers,
Nick
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Post by clive on Apr 10, 2024 12:14:48 GMT
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Post by rossmac on Apr 10, 2024 13:09:33 GMT
"Medieval soldier model toy set: including medieval soldiers, TANK (!!?), castle,...."  Looks like a useful buy with minimal work. I wonder which piece of equipment got labelled as a "tank'? The " tortoise" probably. ( battering ram with shed on wheels). I may have to build one for my 40mm Elastolins. Ross |
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Looks like a useful buy with minimal work. I wonder which piece of equipment got labelled as a "tank'? The "tortoise" probably. (battering ram with shed on wheels). I may have to build one for my 40mm Elastolins.