Willoughby's Chase

Nick Jones' innovative, fast play campaign rules for the English Civil War in Lincolnshire, designed for 2mm armies using Dominion of Pike and Shot or similar rules, are now available from Wargame Vault as a Pay What You Want download;

https://www.wargamevault.com/m/product/536576

Cheers Nick 😁 

Dominion of Pike and Shot

  

These rules look interesting. They are designed for very fast play and for solo use, with a minimum of units per side (3 to 6) and a small area. I'm wondering if they might be an option for my 2mm English Civil War project, which ended up being mothballed after I mucked up the basing and had to have a rethink. There are other versions of the rules available for ancients, medieval and so on, as well as supplements covering specific battles. I think it's worth a look, especially as the rules are only about a fiver from Wargame Vault?

2mm Portable Ancient Wargames

Anglo Saxon (top) and Norman (bottom)

Ancient British (top) and Imperial Roman (bottom)

While waiting for the undercoat to dry on the 2mm pike and shot units today, I had a play around with some Antonine Miniatures 2mm blocks and 50mm x 30mm bases. I thought this combination would work for the Portable Ancient Wargame rules, which can be stretched to cover the early Middle Ages. I had a go at some Anglo Saxon shield wall units and Norman cavalry, infantry and missile bases, which seemed to work well. I also tried to organise some Ancient British chariot, horde and skirmish bases, together with some Imperial Roman units. I think this might be a good way to create armies for very little time, cost or effort, using my terrain from the English Civil War project and leftover bits from my Strength and Honour project...although I remain to be convinced.