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From: JAB <noway@nochance.com>
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Subject: Re: Field of Glory: Medieval
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 08:26:50 +0100
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On 16/07/2025 01:32, PW wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2025 08:44:03 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
> 
>> Another free one from Slitherine. It's the follow up to Field of Glory
>> II and is pretty much the same game but covers a later time period. So
>> if you like turn based games that recreate that miniature wargames
>> tabletop feel (so yes reading the rules is almost mandatory) then worth
>> picking up. As with pretty much all their games there's also quite of
>> lot of DLC but the base game has more than enough content to keep you
>> going.
>>
>> https://store.steampowered.com/app/1368870/Field_of_Glory_II_Medieval/
> 
> *--
> 
> Looks like something I would have jumped on years ago JAB, but I don't
> think I have the energy for games like this any more!  I was a big fan
> of the Avalon Hill wargames in my yout :-)
> 

It's fairly easy to get into (isn't everything compared to Advanced 
Squad Leader) especially if you go for smaller battles. It's one of the 
reasons I like it, you aren't overloaded with units.