Mini WoTR

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

TBH I'm leaning towards using Lion Rampant but with slightly more units/figures since I have that to hand already...

[mellis1644]

Cool. The nice thing with Lion Rampant is the rules are simple and easy to modify for what you want. I have done much bigger game with that system by just either having command rerolls per side or multiple commanders on the same side controlling some troops. I have done more than triple the normal for with the Pike period version. There are War of the Roses troop list available somewhere on the web as well.

We also borrowed an idea from other rules and had a custom event set/table for a double 1 (a bad set of events) or double 6 (a good set) for some smaller scale engagement events if you like that idea. It allows for such things as rain and even minor treachery if you want.

I have played games with multi-based figs and that works fine or each mutli-figure base is the equivalent of 1 or 2 figs in the rules. Either way an extra marker or two is required but thats it. 

[Leman (Andy)]

I  am going to be using them with my Italian Wars 28mm - not thrilled with unit sizes so using dice frames and a bit of jiggery pokery to get decent sized units with very simple rules. Also going to use the card deck from the Foundry Condottiore rules for a bit of flavour and to induce the unexpected in a solo game. Here is a Swiss block.

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

They look great, Andy
encouraging ideas, mellis1644.
It is looking like I'll have some English longbowmen and archers, Guernsey and Jersey militia, a few retinues of local seigneurs and a few Compagnies D'Ordonnance....

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

Just augmented my spring recruitment drive with some mounted and more foot. Most of the Jèrriais are now assembled and a few of the English/Guernsey landing force. Now I'll have a handful of the French Compagnies D'Ordonnance to pit against them...

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

I'm thinking about the mix of mounted to foot for the Normandy Compagnies D'Ordonnance... seems to me they'd need a few Mounted MAA to overawe the populace and some lighter cavalry for patrols, scouting etc. but to garrison the castle and surrounding countryside effectively I'm figuring about a 3:1 infantry bias. 1 Mtd MAA: 1 Foot MAA: 2 Archers. It would also make sense to me to have some 'Franc Archers' as scouts etc.