War Games Rules Sixteenth and early Seventeenth Century (1490-1660) are designed for recreating the battles of the Renaissance with 25mm miniatures. They use a figure scale of 1 figure equals 20 men and a ground scale of 1" equals 20 paces.
Units are made up of five or more figures. Units are rated by such things as how they are armed, what kind or armor protection they have, how they are trained, and what level of morale they have.
The rules are complex and require players to use good tactical sense, which includes supporting units with other units (this helps in Reaction Tests) and knowing when and where to attack an opponent's units to get the best possible result. They are much more subtle than the Warhammer games produced by Games Workshop. They aren't designed for a quick "bash 'em up." They take time to learn, but they reward players who use sound tactics rather than players who are lucky with dice.
The first edition of the rules covers warfare from about the beginning of the Italian Wars to the end of the English Civil Wars. This second edition adds things like handguns (primitive firearms) and plug bayonets that allow for wargaming battles from the latter part of the Hundred Years War, which saw the introduction of firearms, to the Nine Years War in the Low Countries, which was the end of the Pike and Shot era. The second edition also adds siege rules.
Note: The second edition rules are called Wargames Rules for Fifteenth to Seventeenth Centuries (1420-1700).
These wargame rules are based on an earlier set of rules by Dave Millward called Musketeer. They are also heavily based on Wargames Research Group's (WRG) 4th and 5th edition Ancients rules, which pioneered the basic game mechanics.
As with other WRG rules, several Army Lists were separately published that provide guidelines for players to create historical armies.
This copy is in Fair condition. There is some coloring and spotting of the pages. There is some shelf wear. A plastic covering has been applied to the rules and included sheets. As always, the photos are of the book you will receive.