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Wider Wargaming => Genre/Period Discussion => Ancients to Renaissance (3000BC - 1680) => Topic started by: Dragoon on 23 November 2017, 01:25:01 AM

Title: Renaissance Rules ??
Post by: Dragoon on 23 November 2017, 01:25:01 AM
Has anyone used Field of Glory-Renaissance (FoG-R) Rules for 10mm. Games? I've long thought of the 16th Century and the 80 years war has been considered years ago but then there were no figures and les information,
However Sydney Roundwood's article in Wargames soldiers & strategy reminded me.
One option is to play the rules as printed and add 50% more figures to the base.
The second option is to reduce the base width from 40mm to 30mm and reduce all measurements by 1/3rd.
Giving larger battles or smaller game tables.
Title: Re: Renaissance Rules ??
Post by: Sandinista on 23 November 2017, 05:35:09 AM
Yes, just add more figures to the bases. To me that is the whole point of 10mm.

Cheers
Ian
Title: Re: Renaissance Rules ??
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 23 November 2017, 06:57:25 AM
For FoGR I have:
Mongol/Tibetans
Williamite Anglo-Dutch
Poles
Samurai
And all in 10mm, just bung a few morwfigires per base.
Heavy foot =10, medium foot =6-8, skirmishers =4
Heavy cav = 4or 5, light horse = 3
But most importantly, remember the rule of cool! What looks good.
Rules work great.
Title: Re: Renaissance Rules ??
Post by: T13A on 23 November 2017, 08:44:08 AM
Hi Dragoon

Another thumbs up for the above. I play FoGR (ECW) using 15mm figures, if I was starting again I would do exactly what Sandinista and Mad Lemmey are suggesting.

Cheers Paul
Title: Re: Renaissance Rules ??
Post by: Leman on 23 November 2017, 09:17:58 AM
I've played 10mm FoGR ECW and am building FoGR Italian Wars armies in 10mm.
Title: Re: Renaissance Rules ??
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 23 November 2017, 10:11:19 AM
Did I mention I also have Henrician English too!  :-[
Title: Re: Renaissance Rules ??
Post by: FierceKitty on 23 November 2017, 10:35:55 AM
Yes, it does.
Title: Re: Renaissance Rules ??
Post by: Westmarcher on 23 November 2017, 12:46:14 PM
If you decided to go for smaller bases, reducing the base width from 40mm to 30mm means you only have to reduce ranges & movement rates etc., by a quarter and not a 1/3rd (coz your base is now 3/4 the width of what it was before).  :-B

However, from someone who wargames a different era using 10mm figures on 15mm scale bases and measurements (i.e., moi), I recommend you do what everyone else is saying and just cram more figures on the standard base.  :)

@ FK: "Yes, it does" what?  :-\
Title: Re: Renaissance Rules ??
Post by: Leman on 23 November 2017, 01:15:31 PM
Agree with the above. I also use 6mm Ancients on 15mm bases for Impetus, i.e. 80mm width.