Although you'll often find us using the more popular games and rules sets, we play loads of other ones as well from time to time. We're always keen to give new things a try too, so if your favourite isn't here let us know and we'll try to do something about it. Rules sets and games we've recently played include:
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| Field of Glory - ancient and medieval warfare | Field of Glory Renaissance - the new Renaissance rules set, currently in beta-testing | Warhammer 40,000 - Space Marines, chaos and more | Wings of War - aerial dogfights from both World Wars | Flames of War - Second World War company level action |
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| Command Decision Test of Battle - World War II battalion level battlegroups | Spearhead - World War I and II divisional and corps level | Crossfire - World War II and Vietnam 20mm section level combat | Napoleon's Battles - Napoleonic warfare | Signal Close Action - Napoleonic naval actions |
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| General Quarters: Fleet Action Imminent - naval battles from the early Great War to the modern day | Dreadnoughts - computer-moderated World War I naval | Fire & Fury - American Civil War | Rebels and Redcoats - Jon's American War of Independence adaptation of the Fire & Fury rules | Wild West Skirmish - yee-ha! |
Big battles that recreate the decisive actions of history are great fun for people to join in with and use to learn new rules sets. They can also be a fantastic spectacle to watch or be a part of. And sometimes they even end up with results like their historical prototype!
We've used big battles recently as a way to introduce people to the Field of Glory rules, emulating the battles of Magnesia - the great clash of the Roman Republic and the Seleucid empire - and Gaugamela - the Persian Empire's last stand against Alexander the Great. We've got some great plans for other big battles we'll be running soon, as well. So if you fancy your chances as Alexander or Caesar, come along and join in. Just remember there are no guarantees that historical results will repeat themselves on the wargames table!