Product Description

Field of Glory provides the historical tabletop wargamer with a new, accessible gaming system. With no new high-quality games system aimed specifically at the Ancient and Medieval wargamer for over 10 years, this product will fill the gap this market has been waiting for. Tested and created by esteemed wargaming experts, this series includes a rules book detailing the gaming system, and accompanying army lists providing player support for deciding on which armies to take into combat. Field of Glory will provide a clear, enjoyable gaming system; a well-designed, visually stunning and comprehensive rulebook, with clear miniature photographs and diagrams for definitive rules support; detailed Osprey artwork which will provide painting reference and bring the past to life; an overview of the history of this world of warfare, accompanied by period illustrations and photographs; organisation tables and a background to the men who fought on the ground.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #75019 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 144 pages

About the Author
Written by renowned wargaming experts, including Richard Bodley Scott, former contributor to Wargames Research Groups DBM series.

Customer Reviews

Great book, dull game
The books presentation and quality of the rules testing are first class. Makes a great reference once you know the rules but there is no 'quick start' for beginners; every chapter is full of rules to cover every odd circumstance which slows down the learning process.

Although I really wanted to like the game I eventually gave up on it after about 10 games with 2 different pairs of armies. Too slow and predictable for my taste, but if you liked DBM then you should find this an improvement.

game play good , clarity not so good
I like the way it plays - a lot more like WAB than DBM but much more realistic than both. On the other hand the rules are difficult to make out if you aren't playing with someone who already knows the rules backwards.

Rehash of an old game with pretty pictures
A lot of hype surrounds this game, but it is little more than an expensive rehash of an old game system that dates back to the 1970s. Some new ideas (taken from other games, not new in themselves) have been added, but this doesn't make the game fun or playable.

The book is pretty, but unlike one reviewer said (who seems to have been locked in a cupboard under the stairs for the past 30 years), this is nothing new either, especially considering Osprey have the pictures from over 1500 books in their catalogue to pillage. There have been pretty wargame rule books around since the 1990s.

The layout is poor. This is down to the typesetter not being the rule author, so where the author could paginate the sections of the rules better to make sure the paragraphs and related tables are on the same page, the typesetter has just dumped all the text in the book. This means some tables don't follow the text, they are over the page. May be a minor point to some, but it is shoddy workmanship nevertheless.

Bear in mind that there are only a small number of army lists in this book - you have to spend more money to get the army lists you are interested in and if you are unfortunate enough to be interested in a broad range of wars, you will have to buy a handful of supplementary books to boot.

Buy it cheap off ebay if curiosity gets the better of you.