Ancient & Medieval Wargaming | 
 enlarge | Author: Neil Thomas
Publisher: The History Press
Category: Book
List Price: $44.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 108207
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 6.8 x 0.9
ISBN: 0750945729
Dewey Decimal Number: 793.92
EAN: 9780750945721
ASIN: 0750945729
Publication Date: June 1, 2007
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Product Description
Re-fight some of the bloodiest battles of the ancient and medieval worlds! Seasoned wargamer and author Neil Thomas brings historical perspective to the hobby with a description and interpretation of significant military developments from 3,000BC to AD1500. Wargaming is the simulation of accurate historical battles using miniature figures to fight over three dimensional terrain, their movement and combat being regulated by clearly defined rules. Neil Thomas' new book provides specific coverage of ancient and medieval wargaming, thanks to its division into biblical, classical, Dark Age and medieval sections. Each section has its own set of rules and much expanded army lists. The wargamer gains additional perspective from data panels containing facts about weaponry, personalities and chroniclers, and quotations from original document sources. Useful suggestions for further reading are also included, while battle reports in each section provide tactical insights for both novice and veteran wargamers.
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Wow! Simple, not simplistic. April 20, 2008
Mr. Thomas Ancient and medieval Wargaming is about as good as it gets in wargames rules. The general period is subdivided into 5 sub-eras, all of which share generally similar mechanical rules. Around this frame the real joy of the book is constructed - period detail that is sensible, and dozens on dozens of army lists. What makes this combination different is that the rules can be easily understood by anyone, and yet there is considerable complexity - a complexity that comes from decision making, not rules generated minutia. You may wonder about what to do next, but you'll have no problems with 'how to' do it next. Likewise the rules make it plain that these are game rules - not simulations. It is refreshing to have a specific and carefully defined victory, not a 'We'll play until we're tired, or until our wives clear their throats one time too many...' In these rules there will be a winner and a loser in about two hours.
I've been a miniatures wargame for more than thirty years. This is the best twenty bucks I've ever spent!
Great Book for Older Wargamers & Newbies. February 16, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is great, I have dumped all my old wargmes rules and now am using this one extensively, it is simple enough for me to remember how to play when I like, unlike all my other sets, which I seem to have to re-read over and over again before being able to play again but not with this book nor his previous book Wargaming and Introduction, which is a very good as well, hope to see some more from Mr. Thomas soon I hope. Get this one if your tired of re-hashing complicated wargames everytime you wanna game.
Great book for miniature wargamers! January 26, 2008
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I love this book. I got Neil's earlier more general wargaming book and this has everything he couldn't fit in there. Including rules for each period, scenarios with "special rules" that fit the circumstances of the scenario, background info on the period and its warfare and just great writing!
I intend to do a full review of this book in my next podcast of The Solowargaming Show.
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