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'powerful' unit by maximizing their modifiers and gaining
more and more Glory. This would make for an excellent
'campaign' system as well where you could allow units to
carry Glory over from a previous battle so long as the
unit's never drops below the minimum amount of figures
necessary to prevent it from disbanding.
What's Bad - Even though I have alluded to "broken"
English in the rules, they are not really that bad. For
example here is a passage indicating that slingers do not
receive any negative modifier when shooting over other
ranks: "Slingers can shoot over the head of the troopers
fully using the shooting result, but they cannot shoot when
in the regiment. They have to make one step back."
Other than the English the only "bad" thing about the
game is it doesn't deal much with "command" if you prefer
that in a game. There also aren't any charts and weapons
and armor are only dealt with abstractly in a figure's
values.
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What I'm Going to Do with These Rules - I haven't
played a large battle with the game yet, which I think the
rules would be perfect for. However, based on the
skirmish game I played where my leader was killed by an
archer I definitely intend to modify the rules and add some
type of 'saving' rolls. Ironically, the rulebook indicates this
is the 2nd Edition and indicates they have added
suggested improvements by other players. So if you are
interested, give the game a try and let the authors know
what you think should be in the third edition. You can find
more info on Age of Battles at:
www.ageofbattles.ru/engl