Preparing for War

Each player in the game needs to provide the following information to my standard email. DO NOT REPLY HERE ON THE BLOG.

1)    Name your main character and his second in command. No titles (Lord, Earl etc.), just sir and family name. Keep to English, or French names.

Example: John de Marl, Robbin of Loxley.

2)    Pick another player as your rival family. Part of the victory conditions for you will depend on how well you do, and how poorly your rival does. Each player may only have 1 rival, so I will be locking up pairs on a first come bases. Check with me privately if you are not sure who is participating and can be a rival.

3)    Building a force. YOU DO NOT NEED TO PROVIDE YOUR OWN TROOPS. Those that do have their own figures will get priorities on their Rival choice. If you don’t use your own figures your choices will be limited by my troop mix.

For those that wish to bring their own troops the basic unit for cavalry is 6 figures, individual mounted on 40mm round bases. For infantry there are 8 figures individual mounted on 25mm round bases. The reason is I will be using the GW LotR unit bases and those rounds fit in them.

You will also need a main character that will be on a 60mm round base. This will be two figures, the character and the banner bearer. You may also want to provide a second in command that will be mounted the same way.


Players choose 4 units from the following list. The number after the entry is the maximum of that type you can start with.

Heavy Cavalry Knights x1 (6 figures)
Armored infantry with spears & shields, or halberd x1 (8 figures)
Heavy Infantry with spears & shields x3 (8 figures per unit)
Light Infantry with bow, light crossbow, or heavy crossbow x1 (8 figures)

Three of these units (your choice) represents your Riding Retinue, which are the troops that follow you anywhere you go. The other is your Well Wishers that may be available for battle.

When you are awarded Titles, you will gain additional troops (approximately the same number as your starting force but varies by Title). These will normally provide one unit for your Riding Retinue, with the others being Well Wishers.
You will also have levied troops that MAY appear, but only in your home territories.
Titled and Levied troops will be of an inferior moral quality to the Riding Retinues.