If we look at LoTR/The Hobbit, then Smaug is a Dragon, oliphants and giant trolls are Behemoths, Bilbo is a Sneaker, Gandalf is a Magician, Aragorn is a Hero, the Dwarves of the Iron Hills are Blades, Elven bowmen are Shooters, the Knight of Dol Amroth are Knights, the Wargs are Beasts, and so on.

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See The Elephant- American Civil war battles on a chessboard or square grid. (Version 1.1 7th January 2015) Foot can be Blades, Spears, Shooters, Warbands, Artillery, Hordes, Lurkers, Sneakers, Magicians or Clerics.

Battles and Campaigns

The table needs to be wider. The army must be split into “commands” equivalent to 24 points worth each. The high value elements can be concentrated into one command. Each command rolls a separate Command die. Each command can become demoralised, without being destroyed, and fights on at a disadvantage. Otherwise the normal victory conditions apply. The series consists of four half-hour episodes or "Chronicles", originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from 25 November – 16 December 1980. This was the only uncut broadcast; all subsequent repeats have omitted part of the opening narration from "The First Chronicle".

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The Dwarves lost 10AP and their general, whilst the Orcs had lost 8AP. The Orcs gained a point of Prestige for the win, plus another point for killing the enemy general. The Dwarves lost a resource pint to the Orcs. Struggle Against Everything And Everybody - Simple rules for the Mexican Revolution using a square grid. Current Version - 0.1 (9th May 2012) Your army is made up of “elements”, standard width rectangular bases containing the figures that represent the type of troops present. host" the general. EXAMPLE OF ARMY BUILDING: Here is how one player spent his 24 Army Points to build a Gnomish Artisan army.Any scale of figures can be used, providing the dimensions of the element bases are consistent. If using 15mm figures, an area of 24 inches square is recommended, and 36 inches for 28mm figures. The following are based on flat designs produced by John Wirth and found on Junior General. They were designed for use with Maurice and scaled to work with 10mm figures. The barricades use a fence design from Matt Fritz. You can see then assembled and set up HERE . One minor heroic element on my side was a group of hordes which held off and then destroyed some warband. Extra rations for those ex-slaves! Gods are members of the traditional pagan pantheons such as Zeus, Thor, or fantasy equivalents. Monotheistic gods never appear on the battlefield, having Clerics instead.