1. A Gathering of Hosts. An updated version of these Morschauser inspired rules that I started working on around 2015. The plan, once again, is to use the same rules for three collections: my vintage 25mm medieval/fantasy armies, my 40mm Prince Valiant collection and my 40mm 16th Rough Wooing armies.
2. IN THE DAYS OF KING ARTHUR
A Whiff of Dice. A set of Horse & Musket rules, under constant fiddling, as is its cousin, currently under the title Ross's Quick Play Horse & Musket Rules available here. Eventually there will be ONE set of simple/quick Horse & Musket era rules.
The Plastic Army of the Potomac. (Updated May 2026 ) A simple game for Divisional to small Corps sized American Civil War battles,
OLD STUFF
The Square Brigadier. A set rules primarily for Small Wars on the frontiers of Empires in the period of roughly 1870-1910 but adaptable forwards or backwards. Its is designed to be played on a square grid but can be easily adapted to hexes and to use with a ruler instead of a grid.
One Page Quick & Easy: Pike & Shot.
Original With MacDuff to the Frontier Colonial Rules as published in the Courier
Original With MacDuff to the Frontier French & Indian War variant as published in the Courier (digital copy pending.
Original (Jan 2003) Morschauser Meets MacDuff Quick Play Horse & Musket era rules (predecessor of Hearts of Tin)
2. With MacDuff to the Frontier published in the Courier in 1997. I belief online versions of the Courier are available but I've lost the link
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| A game from Nov 2021. |
One page Pike and Shot.
ReplyDeleteExcellent rules. Question about melee:
which units use 3 dice? which units use 2 dice?
Thanks for the clarification.
Lex
Lex, "3d6 per pike & shot, highlanders or cavalry unit fighting to front, dragoons, commanded shot, clubmen and inferior cavalry roll 2d6." Inferior cavalry is a judgement call.
DeleteThe Square Brigadier rules seem to have been deleted!
ReplyDeleteAh....,. I don't use the grid anymore but I'll put the Sq Brigadier back on the list
DeleteWhy did you abandon the grid?
DeleteAh!... It wasn't a quick decision. Technically, I still have a game in a box (gridded with terrain painted on, 2 18mm plastic (1870 Fenians vs Canadians) for emergency evacuations or being put into a home when I reach my 90s, but it lives in the cupboard.
ReplyDeleteOn my main, now smaller, table, I decided to play with fewer but larger linear units. Having a linear unit taking up 2 squares became awkward, especially with opponents being on an angle. It came down to choices for 18/19thC games: small units(or small figures) on the grid, or else long lines and fewer units with a measurement stick etc
It's working for me now, but 10 years from now? Who knows?