The rules I will definitely plan to use are:
Armati II Intro scale
My favourite rules. Intro is just about the full rules using smaller bases so games tend to last the same amount of time - about 1.5 hours for my friends and I. By reducing the board and points, maybe it will become only a 1 hour game.
Warrior Kings
Fast and furious and unpredictable. Converting from inches to centimetres allows the game to be played on a 2'x2' surface. Played this a few times and games are always less than a hour.
Justified Ancients
Have a soft spot for these rules - used them a few times and I like them (though none of my friends do!)
Fantasy Rules!
Not the FR!2 Ancients set but FR: TCE. Haven't played them but they seem as though they would be fast playing and, without the fantasy elements, would seem to give a reasonable historical based game.
Rules I would like to fit in in a fairly loose priority order of preference (I may comment on these in later posts):
- Irregular Miniatures Ancient Rules
- Mighty Armies
- Age of Might and Steel
- Fast Play Ancient Warfare
- Basic Impetus
- DBM100
- Might of Arms
- DBA
- ABC
- Ancients D6
If I ever do get to playing with even half this number of rules, I will be content.
Good luck on your rule comparison, although I think you are doing the readers a disservice by NOT using DBA. DBA is pretty much the de facto standard for a < 1 hour game of Ancients so it would be good to see how the game plays out in DBA for a "baseline" comparison to the other sets.
ReplyDeleteYou make a good point and I may actually play game. I have played DBA about 10 times (not solo) and it just wasn't me. It is the command roll and lack of differentiation in troop types that does it for me. I preferred DBM100 if I w to play a DBx fast game. But your point is still valid so will likely do it.
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