Medieval episodic series of battles campaign

Battle Group Tampa is getting active again. At the moment we have 8 active and semi active members with some possible additions that have expressed interest.

Anyone in or around the Tampa Bay area that is interested in regular SFB and tournament play can sound off in this thread or shot me an email at:

cqdt1 at yahoo dot com

Just bought this game by Sean Michael Inc. What a fun game!! Some of the rules needed a bit of clarifying and we made some assumptions. We also had to take a sharpie marker to some of the borders  on the map to distinguish. We played about 10 of these in a row. Much more dynamic than D-Day or any of the other tactical games. We enjoyed the short setup time and ease of play. Highly recommended. If you own any A&A set you won’t need the pieces.

WOTR  is not a pure wargame; it also has the role-playing element of the Fellowship carrying the ring to Ordruin.

BOTFA is a better option if you just want a stand-up fight between fantasy armies. Don’t like Gandalf’s range-finder, though. Seems completely wrong for an area movement game.

I played this game extensively in the 80s with my friends and we used miniatures… I’m sure my collection is up in the attic collecting dust.

Some things are best left as fond memories.

Awesome pic Frimmel, makes me want to play it again.

Thats an all time classic. I played that like 20 years ago. Its a great game.

Hey guys, just wanted to introduce you to a game I’ve grown fond of.  Title is above.

It’s a multiplayer online game that mixes RPG, FPS, and RTS elements.  There are two sides: beasts and humans.  Each side starts off with a basic setup, and they work on building their levels, collecting money and stone (through killing the other team or NPCs distributed among the map), building new structures and researching tech.  The humans get weapons, whereas the beasts get spells & abilities.  There are also items for each team, and everything is unique to each team.  There is a commander for each side that directs the teams and chooses officers, researches tech, chooses the buidlings to constructs, and buffs the other players.  The game really revolves around melee combat, which is fairly fast paced and intereting: the humans can block, and the beasts can leap/leap attack.  There are also multiple units to be researched and played, each with different stats and effectiveness, including the 3 story tall Behemoth beast unit (pic below - the player is using a stalker, second tier unit, where the Behemoth is standing face to face with a scavenger, the first tier beast unit).

Here are a couple of links of video for in game play:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR_SkDnXn3k&NR (Best one to watch…multiplayer gameplay - including the behemoths!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI2vAAfxL9Y (Game Trailer)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtnADEH3it8 (Shows a variety of units and gameplay)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mOfbqtoyu8&NR (Compares Savage to other RTS then shows some good gameplay)

Just note that this game recently became free, but has been out for 3 years.  There are MANY good players, and newbies tend to have a frustrating time.  But staying around and learning the game is very rewarding, and very fun.  I also might mention that the gaming system allows for a lot functionality, including voting, private messaging, etc.

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