Field of Glory

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Field of Glory
Game data
author Antics and Medieval, Renaissance Richard Bodley Scott
Napoleonic Terry Shaw
publishing company Osprey Publishing
Publishing year Field of Glory 2008
Renaissance 2010
Napoleonic 2012
Art Tabletop
Teammates 2
Duration 3 to 4 hours
Age k. A.

Awards

UK Games Expo Award 2008, Origins Award 2009

Field of Glory (FoG) is a tabletop rule system published by the British Osprey Publishing in cooperation with the computer game manufacturer Slitherine Strategies . The set of rules deals with the playful simulation of battle in armies based on historical models. The rulebook, written in English by Richard Bodley Scott, Simon Hall and Terry Shaw, was published in 2008, the German translation was published in March 2009. In addition to the rules, Osprey-Verlag publishes so-called companion books, each containing army lists for a historical epoch or region of the individual peoples as well as brief descriptions of the historical background. The rules and companion books deal with antiquity and the Middle Ages (the period shown ranges from 3000 BC to 1500 AD), as well as the Renaissance (1500–1700 AD). FoG Napoleonics, which covers the Napoleonic era, was published in 2012.

Gameplay

Field of Glory is played with bases (tiles with a fixed front width on which the miniatures are attached), which are combined into so-called combat units of 2 to 12 bases. The bases are defined by the characteristics of the troop type, armor, quality, training and combat skills. If desired, the integrated points system can be used to achieve a balanced strength of the armies. You can play with figures of any scale, only the width of the bases changes. For tournaments in Germany 15 mm is the usual scale.

The game does not use fields. On the playing area (which is usually 180 × 120 cm), the terrain is shown with suitable models or markings. Movements are measured with tape measures or sticks, players take turns pulling. The aim of the game is to inflict a certain number of loss points on the opponent. These are mainly achieved by forcing the opposing units to perform morale tests. If these are not passed, the combat units fall into a poorer moral state (there are four: "steadfast", "shaken", "shattered", "fleeing") until they finally flee.

List of Companion Books Ancient and Medieval

  1. Rise of Rome - Epoch of the Roman Republic
  2. Storm of Arrows - European Late Middle Ages
  3. Immortal Fire - Period from Classical Greece to the Diadochi
  4. Swords and Scimitars - Epoch of the Crusades
  5. Legions Triumphant - Epoch of the Roman Empire
  6. Eternal Empire - The Ottoman Empire and Late Age Eastern Europe
  7. Decline and Fall - The Byzantine Empire from the fall of Western Rome to the start of the Crusades
  8. Wolves From the Sea - European Early Middle Ages
  9. Swifter than Eagles - The Epoch of Biblical Wars
  10. Oath of Fealty - European High Middle Ages
  11. Empires of the Dragon - East Asian Armies
  12. Blood and Gold - armies of the American continent
  13. Lost Scrolls - Collection of other army lists without a common theme

List of Companion Books Renaissance

  1. Wars of Religion - Thirty Years' War on all its scenes
  2. Trade and Treachery - The Italian Wars and Wars of Religion of the 16th Century
  3. Clash of Empires - the Ottoman Empire and the armies of the Middle East and the Baltic States
  4. Colonies and Conquest - The colonial powers and their opponents
  5. Duty and Glory - Late 17th Century Europe
  6. Cities of Gold - Colonizing America and the Indigenous Peoples

List of Companion Books Napoleonics

  1. Triumph of Nations - contains army lists from the Russian campaign in 1812 up to the 100 days
  2. Emperors and Eagles - includes the army lists from the wars of the French Revolution from 1792 to 1802, the French campaigns from 1804 to 1808, and other conflicts from 1807 to 1814.

history

On October 18, 2012, a new version of the rule variant for antiquity to the Middle Ages was published. This version 2.0 initially appeared as software for the platforms "PC", "Mac" and iPad. A printed version of FoG 2.0 was implemented in early 2013 as a Print On Demand hardcover. At the same time, the companion book "Rise of Rome" was published as a digital version (unchanged in terms of content). In January 2013, the publication of all other Companions in electronic form was announced.

Tournaments and community of players

Since the publication of the rules, an internationally networked community of players has formed, which exchanges information via various internet forums and organizes tournaments (often visited internationally). By September 2012 the German homepage fieldofglory.de had already recorded over 540 tournaments and over 1200 players from 18 countries in its database.

Since 2011 , the international German champion has been chosen as part of the German Open, which is held every March at the Marksburg . So far there have been the following winners:

  • 2011: Lionel Colin
  • 2012: Martin Wirt
  • 2013: Ferdi Akaltin

Awards

In 2008, the rulebook received the UK Games Expo Award in the Miniatures category.

In 2009, at the 35th Origins Awards, both the rulebook in the Historical Miniature Figure Game Rules category (along with Song of Drums and Shakos ) and the Rise of Rome expansion in the Historical Miniature Figure Game Rules Supplement category received an Origins Award excellent.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Products - Field of Glory ( Memento of the original from April 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Field of Glory Official Website product listing. Retrieved December 6, 2009.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fieldofglory.com
  2. ↑ Field of Glory Renaissance Wars Product Info . Field of Glory Renaissance product list on slitherine.com. Retrieved September 29, 2011. (English)
  3. ↑ [1] Product description on slitherine.com. Retrieved November 29, 2012. (English)
  4. ↑ [2] Product description on slitherine.com. Retrieved November 29, 2012. (English)
  5. ↑ Field of Glory 2.0 - coming October 18! . Announcement of the new version in the forum of Slitherine. Retrieved October 26, 2012. (English)
  6. ↑ Ranking list - Field of Glory - Germany . German website for Field of Glory. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
  7. ↑ Wotan's Hall - Field of Glory . Tournament results of fieldofglory.de. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
  8. ↑ List of the winners of the UK Games Expo Awards Miniatures at http://boardgameawards.blogspot.com (English)
  9. ↑ Certificate on fieldofglory.com ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fieldofglory.com
  10. ↑ List of the winners of the Origins Awards 2009 (English)

literature

  • Richard Bodley Scott: Field of Glory , Osprey Publishing, Oxford 2008, ISBN 978-1-84603-313-1 .
  • Richard Bodley Scott, Nik Gaukroger, Charles Masefield: Field of Glory Renaissance , Osprey Publishing, Oxford 2010, ISBN 978-1-84908-223-5 .
  • Terry Shaw, Mike Horah: Field of Glory Napoleonic , Osprey Publishing, Oxford 2012, ISBN 978-1-84908-926-5 .