Hey Gang,
I have looked at, perused and even play-tested (not "official" play-tests, mind you) most of the Mass Combat systems out there and have yet to find one that is simple, scaleable, flexible and easy to use. Tonight, my search came to an end.
The fine folks at Bad Axe Games (Wulf and crew) have recently made the Mass Combat system from the Slavelords of Cydonia available as a separate .pdf download over at RPGNow. Better yet, they included a nifty spreadsheet to automatically calculate the BR (Battle Rating) of virtually any unit. All you need is the CR and # of each type of combatant. Want a mixed unit of orcs, goblins and ogres with a hill giant leader? No problem, input the appropriate CRs and strength of each component and this little beauty spits out the BR.
PCs (and other heroes) are able to interact at various levels (strategic and tactical) and they can even "take one for the team" by sacrificing some (or all) of their hit points to soak up damage a unit takes. The rules can be used with or without a battlemat and work very well. Check it out...for $1.95 (US), you can't go wrong!
I have taken the liberty of including a link:
Bad Axe Mass Combat
~ OO
I have looked at, perused and even play-tested (not "official" play-tests, mind you) most of the Mass Combat systems out there and have yet to find one that is simple, scaleable, flexible and easy to use. Tonight, my search came to an end.
The fine folks at Bad Axe Games (Wulf and crew) have recently made the Mass Combat system from the Slavelords of Cydonia available as a separate .pdf download over at RPGNow. Better yet, they included a nifty spreadsheet to automatically calculate the BR (Battle Rating) of virtually any unit. All you need is the CR and # of each type of combatant. Want a mixed unit of orcs, goblins and ogres with a hill giant leader? No problem, input the appropriate CRs and strength of each component and this little beauty spits out the BR.
PCs (and other heroes) are able to interact at various levels (strategic and tactical) and they can even "take one for the team" by sacrificing some (or all) of their hit points to soak up damage a unit takes. The rules can be used with or without a battlemat and work very well. Check it out...for $1.95 (US), you can't go wrong!
I have taken the liberty of including a link:
Bad Axe Mass Combat
~ OO
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