(Lion in the Stars @ May 26 2008,03:13)
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hmmm... a little OT, but the FLGS (now owned by and right next to a bookstore) just got in a copy of a ruleset called Field of Glory, which is put out by the same guys that do the research for Osprey.
It's distinctly ancients, and a little bigger in model/stand count than DBA. ?Just a thought.
Funnily enough I have just been researching Field of Glory. I am looking for one ruleset that can cover up to mediaval period and then another that can cover from say English Civil War through to American Civil War with only small number of additional rules for each period e.g. Napoleonic squares. Its a factor of getting old and playing too many gaming systems- I struggle to remember all of the rulesets and end up mixing rules from different systems up at times.
I am hopeful that Field of Glory and Black Powder might together be the answer especially with the recent and forthcoming ranges of 28mm hard plastics:
-both Warlord Games & Wargames Factory will be doing 28mm hard plastic Romans & Celts
-Perry twins marvellous 28mm ACW infantry & cavalry
-Perry's Napoleonic French and Victrix Napoleonic British
I await further developments of Black Powder ruleset with interest.
Cheers
James