I've
been reading Fistful of Lead rules by Wiley Games. They are geared for
small forces with just 5-7 minis per player but can handle a fair number
of players. At first glance I had reservations they may be cumbersome
as both shock and wounds are tracked for each figure and I loathe much
book keeping in games. After reading through though this seems easily
tracked. The game runs on a card draw system that dictates order of
figure activation and certain cards also provide bonuses such as a
free weapon reload or heal a wound for example. While I generally like
skirmish games with much larger forces like Dan Mersey’s Lion Rampant,
Rebels & Patriots and Pikeman’s Lament, Fistful of Lead and their
various period supplements might be a good game to start you off in a
new period since you only need to paint up a few minis to start playing.
The
pictures below are a travel game version of FFoL that I’m working on.
When I have time, I hope to be able to drag it to the park or a
game-a-thon. The minis are 15mm Blue Moon AWI and FIW figures I’m using
as loyalist KRRNY and Albany County militia during the local raids of
1780 (also some farm families just trying to eke out a living and not
get killed or taken hostage and dragged up to Canada) Wiley Games sells
printed and PDF versions of their various rules and accessories. If
interested: https://wiley-games.myshopify.com
