Played a game of this last night against my son. Haven't played for ages but it's quick to pick up and games are easily playable in an hour or 2.
It came out a couple of years ago from Modiphius and is a quick and simple sandbox type fantasy game with top down unit counters on a gridded mat. If you've played their Airfix Battles game it'll seem quite familiar.
There are 7 themed armies in the rulebook: rather than labelling them by the usual fantasy races, they're described by their characteristics so eg there is a Skilful army list which is clearly meant to be Elvish, or a Stalwart army which sounds a bit Dwarfish, but these could be tweaked to suit other setting. There are then lots of additional characteristics which make it very adaptable to different fantasy or historical settings.
We pitched my Resilient army (which seemed quite a balanced traditional medieval style army... pretty solid but not too speedy) against my sons Brutal (Orcs/Barbarians... powerful and fast but poor in defence). Early turns were cagey which let me manoeuvre my solid centre of Warrior units into a good defensive position and to cause some damage with my Archers. My son did a fair bit damage to my knights but wasn't able to take advantage of his army's speed and paid the price for it.
One thing we found is that the spell choice can be quite significant. Each player has a hand of tactical Command cards but also has the option of fielding a Mage who can choose from 1 of 6 spell lists. We allocated these randomly to each side and I ended up with the very helpful Life spells which let me do lots of healing. My son was lumbered with Divination which is useful in helping you gain initiative or additional Command Cards but lacks the punch of the other schools of magic.
It's a neat little game and I've always been surprised Modiphius have never made more of it.
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