Song of Blades and Heroes

[Mythic]

Anybody play the miniatures skirmish game Song of Blades and Heroes?

How does it compare/overlap/compliment Heroscape?

[Cavalier]

Check out 's custom Dungeon that he uses with the game:
Grungebob's Dungeons new pics March 10th pg 16. new room.

[Lotus]

I bought it, but found I did not like the activation system (which is what most people are drawn to if for), therefore found the game too lacking for me. However, I can say that the writer is a great guy who works very hard to ensure the game stays fun, and that alone gives it mad props by me.

[paradox22]

Awesome game! Flexible, simple, well written/supported, and lastly great fun! Highly recomended.

[S1R_ART0R1US]

Roland wrote a review article about it here: Link

[mrbistro]

I am huge fan of SBH and can't say enough good things about it. Solid rules set and you can design your own figures with it as well, and can pretty much use any fantasy figs you have lying about. Great game at a great price.

[LilNewbie]

Bistro,

What scale of figures do you use, 15mm or 25/28mm? I plan on using DDM figures. Just curious as to what you set the Short/Medium/Long conversion when using grided (hex or square) terrain? I was thinking about using 3/6/10 on HS terrain and standard book listing on 1" grids.

Newb.

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

I'm interested! Just wish there wasn't a ton of other games I need to play first!

[LilNewbie]

LOL! I fully understand, HEH! I've been looking for an easy game that can utilize the DDM figures that have been sitting around unused. This looks like it has the potential for that game (there are few others but this one is supported by the author and uses keywords which is a big plus in my book). Also it allows my friends to use their figures from other games without having to rebase anything. Hopefully, it plays as well as it reads and my friends like it.

Newb.

[Gabbi]

love it very much. quite different from other games (mainly due to its activation system).

[LilNewbie]

We played our first game of SBH tonight and really liked the system. The game is very fluid with each side taking turns quickly (sometimes too quick ). The rules are simple but offer a lot of tactical decisions such as the order of figure activations and how far to take a chance on activation dice for a particular figure. Looks like my group has a new game to use all of our DDM figures now!

Here are a few pictures of the last part of the game:

The Orcs have been pillaging nearby farms so the local Baron decided to ramp up patrols in the area. The Orc raiding party did not expect to meet any resistance as they looted this farm. It wasn't their lucky day...

The magic user (left figure in green holding a white orb in the air) gets three activations and casts a power 3 transfix spell on the Orc leader (the gray Orc near the magic user). The Orc leader failed his quality check and became transfixed. The Human leader (the figure in the blue cape) moved forward and dispatched the Orc leader causing the other Orcs to make morale checks. The Orc engaged closest to the fallen Orc leader routed (3 failures on the morale check) and the other Orcs decided it was best to find easier pickings at other farms in the area.


Newb.

[TheMedic]

Great little game. I bought it to get full use of the 1/72 scale Caesar fantasy figures I bought, and am currently building up a load of Hirst Arts building and ruins to compliment it. To echo others, it's a really nice simple game to get to grips with, and is very well supported by it's writer and yahoo group.