d20 Mass Combat Systems - anything out there?

[ForceUser]

I don't know about you guys, but I was disappointed to hear in Monte's Line of Sight that Chainmail was supposed to have been D&D's mass combat system. I had hopes about Chainmail at first, until I found out it was nothing more than a skirmish system designed to sell miniatures.

I am looking for a mass combat system for d20! I want clear, flexible, scalable rules that allow me to run battles for anywhere from 50 to 500,000 troops. Monte's review of AEGs War was unfavorable. Whatever happened to Fields of Blood? Is there anything on the horizon?

 

[bolen]

see the thread in D20 Games.

 

[ForceUser]

I looked, didn't see anything useful.

 

[bolen]

that is all the info I know, I agree with you the one thing the D20 game is missing is a good mass combat system. Oh well you can write one and make a milllion bucks and then make fun of wizards.

I wish Monte Cook would tell us something about his system that wizards canned to release chainmail

 

[DerianCypher]

I have a broke link to a pretty good mass combat system There was a post awhile ago with a mass combat system that was actually pretty good. If someone could dig up the link you'd probably think it good also.

 

[Vaxalon]

"Fields Of Blood" is supposed to have one, coming up Real Soon Now. Any day. Hold your breath, it won't be long. Really.

 

[bloodymage]

Netbook of Combat & Warfare

Try this:

http://www.fancc.org/nbocmbt/

 

[bolen]

Thanks that looks good.

 

[Kaptain_Kantrip]

Mongoose's Quintessential Fighter and AEG's War both had one, and they both sucked (too complicated, too vague). AEG's SWASHBUCKLING ADVENTURES has one, but I haven't examined it closely--it might be the same one from WAR for all I know.

I had come up with a mass battle system that was *abstract* and allowed the PCs to play the deciding factor in the outcome through 4 planned encounters between them (+ allied troops) and the enemy forces. It was posted in house rules months ago. It is just conventional D&D combat but reduces the greater conflict to a more manaegable scale (playable in an afternoon or evening).

 

[mattcolville]

I don't know about you guys, but I was disappointed to hear in Monte's Line of Sight that Chainmail was supposed to have been D&D's mass combat system. I had hopes about Chainmail at first, until I found out it was nothing more than a skirmish system designed to sell miniatures.

I am looking for a mass combat system for d20! I want clear, flexible, scalable rules that allow me to run battles for anywhere from 50 to 500,000 troops. Monte's review of AEGs War was unfavorable. Whatever happened to Fields of Blood? Is there anything on the horizon?

What happened to Fields of Blood is; it's a big project. But while we can't please everyone, it *will* be comprehensive. Dare I say. . .definitive? That's up to the customer to decide. We'll see.