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It gives a great game without drowning the players in rules.
► It's
not tied to a particular miniature line or movie franchise,
so you can tailor the game to fit your style of play.
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A player needs only about 8 figures per side.
► It
works for both 15mm and 28mm figures.
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It has a point-based troop building rules to stat up figures
already in your collection and with special abilities to
differentiate between the various fantasy races or monsters.
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It has an interesting and intuitive die mechanic for combat
and unit activation that only
uses a few six-sided dice.
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The magic system is simple and expanding.
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Don't like magic, then don't use it! The rules will work
equally well for historical skirmish.
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A campaign system is included.
► There's even a half dozen scenarios.
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And the rules are supported by the author with new
supplements in production.
**UPDATE**
The first of which -
Song of Gold and
Darkness - is available now!
But don't take my word for it - read a
review:
http://mondialterei.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/song-of-blades-and-heroes/
Or another:
http://mainly28s.com/review/0FANTB.rulebook.005.html
Or another:
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=114311
Or yet another:
http://www.tabletop-terrain.com/archives/2007/08/08/808/
Song of Blades and Heroes blog:
http://songofblades.blogspot.com/
Here is a link to the online unit calculator:
Song of Blades and
Heroes Warband Tools.
And a link to the active and useful SBH
Yahoo Group:
Song of Blades
And even the obligatory Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_of_Blades_and_Heroes
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