Bow Levy are great for cheap line of defense against mounted, keep in mind there are a lot of troops that can evade from your heavy infantry, but not from Bow Levy. Rabble are good for group moving through rough terrain and swamping a a flank., and they can mess up elephants if they get lucky. They ...

Will see if we can get some more info out on this for people to start play testing. As I point out in the video, you can do whatever you like to create historical and fantasy games. The framework is already there in the basic rules. The goal of making "standard" fantasy rules is to provide a common ...

Ok, maybe we can do a run down on the various cards.

Teaser to Fantasy Triumph!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XCCYEu94e8

I have been threatening to do a video discussion on the Fantasy Battle Cards.

Maybe time to do that.

What I have found in pike armies is they are powerful in mass to the front with secured flanks and the right terrain. If they loose on the flank they often lost the battle. That is pretty much how they were historically. They do slightly better vs mounted, but they can win against heavy and elite fo...

Take a look at my video on Pike. They sort of are strong now, to the front when double ranked.

It is interesting to me how many people think that. If you have ever done any reenacting (like black powder era) with say a 100 man unit you find out real quickly the opposite. In reality a column is easy to form and is useful to move a lot of people at the same speed and easy to control direction. ...

They can be very useful, but dangerous when maneuvering near the enemy.

Not a formation you want to get caught in at the wrong moment.

No requirement for a camp to be a square?

I have big ones and small ones, most are not square.