Something a little different today as last night i got to play On Bloody Ground - The Norman Conquest, with my friend Dave Toone, Co-founder of WIP Games and Miniatures.
Dave, along with his son Dan have been working on a modern historical wargames ruleset for the last few years, and now have their first title "The Norman Conquest for preorder and delivery is expected sometime in the next week or so.
They have been posting regular updates on their facebook page with battle reports and rules breakdowns etc, and also their vast swathe of beautifully painted armies!
So here are a few pics of the game, id not seen Dave for a few months so a lot of the evening was spent chatting away haha, but we got through three turns before having to pack up:
For our game we had a matchup of Vikings (Commanded by Dave) arrayed against Normans (Commanded by me!) in a standard 2000pts game. Dave went through deployment and army setup before we cracked on with turn 1!
What sets this apart from other similar sized games such as Kings of War or Hail Caesar is the use of command points to interrupt the standard flow of the game to allow you to steal the initiative from your opponent and force decisive combats etc.. these are a limited resource and will go quickly, more so if your general gets caught haha.
My game was great fun and I'm looking forward to getting my own Norman or Spanish Christian army built and painted... The lads next book is covering the Reconquista era and all the colorful forces that entails! Overall On Bloody ground is heartly recommended for history buffs and casual gamers alike, you wont be disappointed in it.