Dominion of the Spear

Dominion of the Spear is a very simple set of wargames rules allowing one to fight two armies (pre gunpowder) against each other in just a few minutes. Although figures can be used, battles can easily be fought on paper (no measuring) using pen or pencil and two different coloured six sided dice. 196 army lists are included divided into the periods: the Ancient Near East Age, Age of the Greek and Persian Wars, Age of the Romans, the Dark Ages, Age of the Crusaders, Age of Mongol Invasions and the Late Middle Ages. Armies consist of 3-6 units or commands and the points system is included. There is a complete play through of the Battle of Hydaspes 326 BC between Alexander the Great and King Porus of India. Designer Notes are included along with a quick reference sheet on the back cover. from the designer: The armies are deployed as left flank, centre, and right flank with extra units in the reserve. Then combat in each of these three sectors are resolved sector by sector. A six sided dice is used for each unit to hit and rout it's opponent with missile armed units firing first. Defeated units are replaced from the reserve. The fun and interest comes from the interaction of the different types of units with missile mounted units having an advantage over melee infantry, melee infantry having an advantage over missile infantry, missile infantry over melee mounted, and melee mounted over missile mounted. Then there are outflanking bonuses. A battle can be fought in around 10 minutes or less and with some imagination generates an amusing story. Brief rules are given for scaling up with a bigger battlefield and bigger armies. Really designed to be played solo.