Fantastic Battles is a fast-play, mass-battle, table-top wargaming system for any fantasy setting. The rules emphasise the tactical concerns of command friction and the fog of war through randomised initiative, tabletop mishap rolls and the impetuous decisions of unsupervised unit commanders. An all-in-one volume, this book contains the rules for...
Fantastic Scuffles is a skirmish wargaming toolkit designed for any fantasy or pre-modern historical setting. Fantastic Scuffles is designed to allow players to enjoy small-scale skirmishes with less than a dozen miniatures per player. It takes as its starting point the wargaming principles set out in its army-scale predecessor, Fantastic Battles (2020)....
These rules are based on a version of Fast Play Napoleonic Naval Rules that appeared in the first printed edition of the 'Wargames Journal' magazine several years ago. They have been adapted and amended since then to reflect new interpretations of combat in 'the Age of Sail' and to learn from other rule systems. These rules do not claim to be an original...
The Fate of Reiters is a new game of the series By Shot, Shock and Faith (in French: "Par le feu, le fer et la foi") and allows the simulation of religious wars that occurred in France from 1562 to 1598. This civil war opposes, in a first conflict phase, protestants- otherwise known as Huguenots- to catholics, then royalists to League members after the...
Escalade is a set of skirmish rules designed for keen Father Tilly players - and anyone else interested in seventeenth-century warfare. Escalade takes the basic mechanics used in Father Tilly and incorporates that extra layer of detail required for battles at the skirmish level. The rules feature organisation at the company level and focus on the role of...
Father Tilly is a set of wargames rules designed to re-fight the battles of the Thirty Years War. The rules are aimed at players with 25/28mm figures to fight both small scale encounters all the way up to larger battles. The mechanics are fast and simple and allow players to quickly resolve shooting or melee with hardly a glance back to the rules. In...
The Danish War is the third supplement in the Father Tilly series. It contains army lists, generals profiles and a Lutter battle scenario. Also in the supplement is a number of sections containing new rules - including rules for Solo gaming and a section showing how players can take 'Father Tilly down to a whole new level - where players can fight...
The French War is the fifth in the series of Thirty Years War supplements for Father Tilly. This period saw the arrival of French armies in Germany and their struggle and eventual success against their rivals the Spanish. Included in this supplement are extensive army lists for new arrivals and old enemies alike as wells as descriptions of how tactics and...
The German War is the second Father Tilly supplement, covering the 1622-23 fighting in the Palatinate and featuring army lists and profiles of the generals that fought in this campaign. Included are three scenarios that feature maps and orders of battle for the battles of Wimpfen, Hochst, and Stadtlohn. In addition to the army lists, profiles, and...
The Swedish War is the fourth Father Tilly supplement to date and it contains extensive army lists for the period including the armies of Sweden, Saxony, Bavaria and of course the Imperial and Catholic League armies. The Swedish army is looked at in considerable detail and all the rules are described to allow players to use this excellent army. Also...
War on the Eastern Frontier is another gaming supplement in the Father Tilly series. As the title suggests, this supplement looks at warfare on the eastern borders of Europe, from the "Time of Troubles" to "The Deluge" and provides a detailed look at the Ottoman, Polish and Muscovite armies. This booklet provides army lists which focus on the troop types...