Warband Rules!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Hello and welcome Jez!

[Ithoriel]

Nothing new under the sun I see

I've been working on a set of rules, tentatively called "King of Kish," for Sumerian City State warfare.

60mm square bases with lots of 6mm figures (48 for formed units, 32 for warband types, 16 for skirmishers) who have what I call "cohesion" as their "hit point" equivalent. At 0 Cohesion the unit routs but can be rallied unless it leaves the table or is contacted by an enemy unit. Cohesion is marked with a 5mm dice in a dice frame (another order heading your way soon Leon ) and units remain on table unless they rout off or are "Scattered" by contact.

Formed units were originally going to be 60 strong but Rapier do units of 48 so I decided my units would be suffering 3D effects - Disease, Desertion and Detachments Besides 60 men would really need 80mm wide bases, so I can get more on the table this way.

I thought I was coming up with something novel!

[Upgraydd]

Thanks all for the welcomes and the quick, clear responses.

I like the dice frame idea and will definitely incorporate it into my bases. I think modelled combat tokens will be the way to go, they make it easy for onlookers to see what's going on and look good for pictures when doing AAR's.

Jez

[Luddite]

Can't wait to see them Jez!   

[Leon]

Just arrived now!



We picked up the QRS sheets today as well, so we just need to get a load of them packaged up and we'll have them on sale at York on Sunday!

[toxicpixie]

Shiny!

[Leon]

And in typical Sod's Law, the clear cellophane envelopes we'd bought to put the rules in arrived as well... and they've sent us the wrong size.    

We've got a backup option, but they don't look as nice and shiny in a gripseal bag.  

[Chieftain]

They look great Leon!

And just in time for York too. 

[Roy]

Does that mean we can't thumb through them before purchase, if they're all in bags?
Or will there be a display copy on the stand?

[cbr3d.com]

Hi Leon,

When will us poor bu**ers who can't get to York be able to order one?  (Damned stupid Sunday train timetables.     )

[Leon]

Does that mean we can't thumb through them before purchase, if they're all in bags?
Or will there be a display copy on the stand?

There'll be a copy on the show stand, no worries there. 

When will us poor bu**ers who can't get to York be able to order one?  (Damned stupid Sunday train timetables.     )

We're just waiting on the webguy to add a 'Non-VAT' function to the website (as rules don't have any VAT on them), so we're hoping that's done by Monday/Tuesday and then we're good to go.

[nikharwood]

Shiny +1

[Upgraydd]

Excellent! Looks like I tuned into the ways of the Pendraken just in time...now the wait to get them to the other side of the world once I place my order.

[fsn]

Leon! Leon! LEEEON!

Another person from a flung part of the world. Put away the pigeons and get out the homing albatross!

[petercooman]