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Medieval Skirmish Rules
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LORDS
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rules for miniature battles
Ancients
Medieval
SERVANTS
Renaissance
Regole da schermaglia per il Medioevo
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skirmish wargaming rules

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by Lorenzo Sartori Dadi&Piombo

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Great battles of Antiquity, Middle Age Great battles of the Baroque age Medieval Skirmish rules Skirmish rules for the musket era
and Renaissance

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Lords&Servants is a set of rules for miniatures that allows you to play small skirmish games
set in the medieval age.
You will be able to play, for example, Viking raids, the Crusades, the 100 Years War,
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the Wars of the Roses and a wide range of other periods.

You will find information in the appendix on how to choose the ideal format for your games:
from small patrol clashes ideal for a quick night game to small battles with 80 to 100 figures
per side.

Game design: Lorenzo Sartori

Development: Colin Brewer, Marco Guarnieri, Lorenzo Sartori
Editing: John Harrison
Main Playtesters: Colin Brewer, Francisco Erize, Marco Guarnieri, Eugenio Larosa, Peter Day and all
the Blackwolf Wargaming Club
Cover photo: 28mm Wars of the Roses (Perry Miniatures), photo and collection Richard Lloyd
Back cover photo: 28mm Crusader Miniatures, photo and collection Tom Weiss
Printed in Italy by Zev Multimediale sas - zev@zev.it
Publisher Sartori Lorenzo

Version 2.0 © 2018 Lorenzo Sartori - Wargames Vault Edition

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INDEX
1.0 YOU WILL NEED ................................ 3
2.0 SCALE AND MEASUREMENT ................................ 3
3.0 THE TROOPS ................................ 3
3.1 The Units ................................ 3
3.2 Troops classification ................................ 3
3.3 Single activation and by Group ................................ 4
3.4 Inactive Groups ................................ 4
3.5 Groups and formations ................................ 4
4.0 INITIATIVE ................................ 5
5.0 ACTIONS AND ACTION POINTS ................................ 5
5.1 MOVEMENT ................................ 5
5.1.1 Moving in difficult terrain .................................6
5.1.2 Moving in column in difficult terrain ................................ 6
5.1.3 Moving over linear obstacles ................................ 6
5.1.4 Moving inside buildings ................................ 6
5.1.5 Interpenetrations ................................ 6
5.1.6 Moving more Groups at once ................................ 7
5.1.7 Evasion ................................ 7
5.1.8 Dismounting ................................ 8
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5.2. SHOOTING ................................ 8
5.2.1 How to shoot ................................ 8
5.2.2 Shoting modifiers ................................ 8
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5.2.3 Modififiers for cover, running and armour ................................ 8

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5.2.3.1 Shooting from the rear ................................ 8

5.2.4 Linear obstacles and protections ................................ 9
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5.2.5 Shooting by Group ................................ 9

5.2.6 Opportunity fire ................................ 9
5.2.7 Shooting damage test ................................ 10
5.2.8 Saving throw for special figures ................................ 11
5.2.9 Shaken and Exhausted figures ................................ 11
5.3 VISIBILITY AND SPOTTING ................................ 12
5.3.1 Ambushes ................................ 12
5.4 AIMING ................................ 12
5.5 RE-LOADING ................................ 12
5.6 SPECIAL ACTIONS ................................ 13
5.7 MELEE ................................ 13
5.7.1 Melee modifiers and re-rolls ................................ 14
5.7.2 Mounted VS Foot ................................ 15
5.7.2.1 Dodging ................................ 15
5.7.2.2 Impetus bonus nulified ................................ 15
5.7.2.3 Unseat ................................ 15
5.7.3 Charge by Group .................................16
5.7.4 Countercharge ................................ 16
5.7.5 Ransom ................................ 16
6.0 MORALE AND VICTORY CONDITIONS ................................ 16
7.0 SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS ................................ 17
8.0 WEAPONS AND PROTECTIONS ................................ 20
APPENDIX ................................ 24
SCENARIOS ................................ 29