Fighting-Men & Sorcery V0 - A fantasy War-game

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Bland game title with mushy thoughts

The goal I had with this fantasy war-game is making it simple and compact to run at the table. Only six-sided dice, scratch paper, ANY miniatures you have at your disposal, terrain and writing utensils. You can download it here:

Fighting-Men & Sorcery V0 

My experience with war gaming initially began with By This Axe. There were some great ideas, but theater of the mind was a bit clunky sadly. So I ran exclusively fantasy even if the system was "built" first on historical. Then came the mentioned games I found a while back.

Pits & Perils being my go-to system for fantasy role-playing. My miniatures come in handy for those odd encounters and just easier to run in my opinion. I realize for the past 4 years I play P&P without thinking about it. Alas, here is the pro-type that may start strong in the short-term. It may need more details or it may not, but I enjoyed the process in the end.       

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