What are good rules for bronze age skirmish?
Posted: 22 January 2007 08:57 PM   [ Ignore ]
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Does anyone have some good rules for bronze age skirmish games? I’m talking about maybe four players, twenty to thirty figs a side. I think I’m going to do Greeks ... or perhaps bibical figures like Israelites v Philistines.

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Posted: 22 January 2007 09:24 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
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I don’t know of any dedicated Ancients skirmish set that’s been recently published, but groups that I’ve played with in the past have used variants of GW’s Necromunda, Mordheim or LotR for skirmish games for a number of periods not intended (WWI, F&IW;, Vietnam, etc.).  The system is flexibleand colorful, and might be worth a try for the Bronze Age.

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Posted: 23 January 2007 05:38 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]
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I?d second the LoTr skirmish set, and also suggest that you look into Savage Worlds. It?s a generic system from Pinnacle that I haven?t yet tried, but plan to do so with Vikings in the near future.

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Posted: 25 November 2009 02:06 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]
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You could try Chain Reaction 3.0 Sword Play.  It is a good small scale skirmish game that is very flexable and you can even include rpg elements if desired.  you can get it for free here, http://www.angelfire.com/az3/twohourwargames/CR3.0Swordplay.htm

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