I am thinking about expanding my RPG fantasy setting into running wargames in it as well. What I am looking for is a game in which several players play the commanders of different units in the same army, each commanding hundreds or a few thousand soldiers.
I want to start with a fairly mundane baseline of medieval combat and then perhaps later gradually add small numbers of special units with unique magic abilities to it. But it should work without any magic elements as well.
I’ve started looking at DBA as a rules system, as it is looking relatively compact and simple to play. Would that be a decent pick for someone completely new and running a campaign for others, or are there other games that might be better recommendations for that purpose?
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It may not be exactly what you are after, but Matt Colville’s Kingdoms and Warfare might be worth a look. It is designed to add a warfare mechanic to 5d D&D, but could probably be adapted to other RPG’s. It’s not really a tabletop wargame.
If you really want to try a tabletop wargame One Page Rules has Age of Fantasy Regiments. The rules a free and easy to learn.
Hope this helps.
Age of Fantasy turned out to still be too nitty gritty for what I am having in mind.
But I’ve been told that DBA already has a fantasy version called Hordes of the Things.
I’ve not heard of that before, let us know how it goes. I’d love to hear about it.
More like Kingdoms of Snorefare
Do you want a “rank and flank” game with formations? Or are you fine with large “skirmish” games? Hobgoblins, Dragon Rampant and Warlords of Erehwon might be up your alley, since they can be customized rather easily.
DBA and its derivates are a bit more complicated as far as i know and are thus maybe not beginner friendly, though i do not have personal experience with it.
