Which mass combat systems do you use for D&D game?

[MerricB]

These days, I'd use the method detailed in Heroes of Battle.

(Neither system in Cry Havoc or the Miniatures Handbook impresses me).

Cheers!

 

[The Shaman]

I used the combat rules from Divine Right.

 

[pogre]

Grim Tales with slight modifications. As mentioned above, found in Slavelords, but you can get it as a separate PDF I believe.

 

[Beowolf]

i go with agimemnons(sp?) mass combat rules from the third edition. its a little old and not nearly compleat but i think it has good potential. it really based from basicly d20 rules with some calculations to figure out hit% and kills in relation to the actual army's base d20 stats

http://www.3rdedition.org/agimimnon/viewer.asp?ID=106

in case anyone wants to check it out

 

[Wombat]

For D&D, this is strictly background noise -- mass combat is not even an issue.

In other games we take mass combat rules into account because it fits the world; in D&D, everything is about adventures and looting, with the world as a whole making little to no difference.

 

[Umbran]

I went with "DM wings it", but I'm enough off of that to call for description.

My players have shown no desire to play through a minis-wargame type battle. Nor have they shown desire to be armchair generals. So, I actually don't use mass combat rules at all.

I look at the armies involved, and the terrain, and I figure out how I expect the battle would go. I ask the players what they intend to do in the battle, and then create a montage of scenes or encounters that take place within the battle. What happens in those scenes may effect the final outcome of the battle.