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’’Hordes of the Things (HOTT)’’ is the name of a popular fantasy miniature wargame, based on De Bellis Antiquitatis. It is published by Wargames Research Group.
HOTT is a generic fantasy game, and can represent armies from a wide variety of settings. Some gamers even use HOTT to game other periods, since, for example, a “Shooter” can just as easily be a company of musketeers as it can a company of archers.
HOTT follows the same basic game play of De Bellis Antiquitatis, with the addition of the ability to use magic during the movement phase.
A HOTT army is made up of 24 “points” worth of troop stands, drawn from the following troop types. Note that each type of troops has a different cost in points.
* Aerial Heros - Heroes who can fly, or have a flying mount
* Airboats - Large flying platforms, like zeppelins
* Artillery - Powerful, long ranged missile weapons
* Beasts - Savage creatures, like wolves
* Behemoths - Elephants, Giants, Dinosaurs, etc.
* Blades - Well equipped foot soldiers, like the Roman legion
* Clerics - Religious leaders who perform an anti-Magician role
* Dragons - Large, super-intelligent flying creatures
* Fliers - Giant Eagles or other dangerous flying creatures
* Gods - Powerful supernatural entities, like Zeus
* Heroes - Mighty warriors of renown
* Hordes - Endless seas of poorly trained and equipped fighters.
* Knights - Armored horsemen who charge ferociously into mêlée
* Lurkers - Creatures that hide in dark places
* Magicians - Spell casters, sorcerors and conjurers
* Paladins - Warriors of Great Virtue
* Riders - Mounted soldiers who fight with missile weapons in preference to mêlée
* Shooters - Soldiers who fight with missile weapons, such as Archers and Javelin men
* Sneakers - Ninjas and other sneaky assassin types
* Spears - Well ordered soldiers fighting in phalanx
* Warband - Ferocious soldiers who lack discipline but not bravery