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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Herzog" data-source="post: 4774648" data-attributes="member: 25696">It depends on what you are looking for.There have been many attempts at mass-combat rules in the past, not in the least the one D&D originated from. However, in the context of the D&D game, it is mostly in the interest of both the DM and the players to 'ignore' the battle as a whole, and focus on the impact the players can have on the battle, and the battle on the players.I'm running a game myself that at one point will have my characters in the middle of a (world) war, and have been looking for something similar quite some time.My most recent find in that direction is 'heroes of battle'. Although i haven't had the time to read it through, my first impression was that this is a book very helpfull for DM's and players running characters against the background of mass combat. (I'm sure there are others on this board who can provide you (and me?) with a better insight into heroes of battle and how it can be used)On the other hand, if you really want to run mass combat: why not look to the obvious rulesets: Warhammer springs to mind. I think there was also a recent 'Lord of the Rings' mass combat ruleset, although I'm not sure by what company.there is also 'buttonmen' by (I believe) cheapass games.There is the 'orcs of thar' gazetteer from the OD&D sets that includes mass combat rules if I'm not mistaken. There's the mass combat rules from the Rules Cyclopedia, although I was never very impressed by that one.I've heard of other systems mentioned here on the boards, but no specific names come to mind right now.</blockquote>

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