I've been thinking about member's suggestions about keeping any rules simple/short and so, last night, I re-read the Ancient rules in Terry Wise's "Introduction to Battle Gaming"-aimed of course at the beginner and very suitable for young readers (well, I used to have this out on semi-perm loan, from the school library ). My copy is the one Ed.by John Curry.

Maybe, with a little tweek here or there, these rules could be ideal; simple, fast-play, lots of casualties and easy to Umpire/explain. Sure, they're not about trying to simulate Ancient warfare, in the manner of the obvious well-known sets, but why not give them a spin, just to allow the kids to play with the models and have a big fight ?

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