Good rule sets for 54mm fantasy?

thanks aduck i've seen rules for dragon rampant they might be the way to go

We use Kings of War for LOTR and it gives a fast, very simple game with a lot of tactical subtleness...

I am looking at using Saga: Age of Magic, or something like Warlords of Erewhon, Dragon Rampant or similar. I think any set of 28mm rules could be adapted. I am also looking at Soldiers of Rome for battles. It has a card driven system for movement that I like. Command and Colors and Battlelore also work really well; I usually play them on the tabletop w/o hexes. This is easily done by reading each instance of "hex" in the rules as "6-inches", so a unit which shoots 2 hexes, shoots 12" and so on.

Soldiers of Rome does not use hexes but uses similar cards. Similar but not exactly alike: in Soldiers of Rome the armies are divided into Battles, left, right and center. In Command and Colors the battlefield is divided into left flank, right flank and center. In both cases the command cards apply to units in the same zone. In C&C the cards are labelled by particular zone. In SoR they are types of cards (each also having a special ability) which can be applied to any zone.

SoR goes further than C&C by requiring each army to choose a battle plan. Cards are then selects that are appropriate for each plan, one card per Battle. These Battle Plan cards are always held on the table edge behind each battle. In addition, each turn the players each receive a hand of cards, just like in C&C. The difference being that a player can opt to play his battle plan card rather than one from his hand. This should allow him to carry on with his plan.

The special abilities are specific to certain armies: Roman, Barbarian and Parthian. These are the three lists provided in the game which is set in Early Imperial times. To make a Carthaginian army would require some fudging.

It seems a reasonable system though i have not played it yet. I am already tinkering with the basing and probably other aspects. :-)

I also have my own set of rules which I hope to use for my Tekumel games. It is called "A Band of Joyous Heroes". The last iteration turned out to have an error in it; I post it here once I've made sure to fix the error.

You might look at Swordplay 2020 by Two Hour Wargames

www.twohourwargames.com/free.html

They’re free, made for solo and same side play, and I think that they are fun.

I would look at D&D or Pathfinder pre-paints. Some of their trolls are quite large. There are multiple types from multiple ranges. This site summarizes most, if not all: LINK
I found this pic online from an old eBay sale. The Ogre Executioner, lower left, is quite large, as is the War Troll Champion, middle back. According to Toad & Troll the champion is 6" tall. 



Ogre Executioner example  LINK   << Toad & Troll online store. Do a search for Troll, they state the size with each listing. Most seem to be about 2" tall.