I have been looking for a ruleset to play mass battles in the Sengoku period for some time. I would like to play this in a small scale and after a lot of research, I have decided on 10mm. To prevent an over extravagant purchase and a lot of unnecessary work I have decided to go with the Wargames Atlantic hard plastic set. Followers on my blog will know that all my previous forays into small scales have failed spectacularly. I have bought or painted armies in 6 mm scale for Napoleonics (Blucher) and WWII (O Group and Rommel), they have ended up being sold or given away. I am hoping this will not be the case here.
Next up was the decision on what ruleset to try for these games. The ruleset Heiho that comes with the Wargames Atlantic has not had the best reviews. After a lot of research I felt I should check out Warmaster Ancient Battles with their Medieval Armies source book. Unfortunately, neither rulebook is available as Games Workshop has completely abandoned all of their historical games. The plus for me here is that several members in the Historical Miniature Wargaming Club in Montreal seem to be well acquainted with this ruleset for fantasy battles.
One of our members, Helge, set up a game for me last week in the fantasy genre with me playing High Elves against his Orcs. Although fantasy gaming does not really interest me, this was an excellent introduction to the actual ruleset. I actually quite enjoyed the game, it has very simple mechanics but a fairly complex command decision process.
I am really appreciative of Helge setting this up for me and with his help as well as another club member, Antoine, I was able to get the historical lists for Japan and Korea in this period. It seems that the Warmaster Revolution ruleset which is supported by the fan base will work well with these 2 lists with minimal additions.
I am also looking forward to the upcoming ruleset Daimyo from Osprey games which is being released at the end of July. But I think I will go ahead and by the Sengoku Army and start painting.
