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9/25/24
I am often asked: “How many figures do I need to play Hounds of War?” That got me thinking in a broader sense on HOW we play Hounds of War. To that point this article will attempt to lay out an organized method of planning armies in Hounds of War.
Standard Scale
In a regular point balanced game, Hounds of War is generally played in the 2k (intro) to 10k (max) per player. In a 2k game, depending on genre played, this can translate to a leader and 5-25 models. Most community style games are between 5-6k per player. In a large game, we’ll play 10k per player in order to allow each player to field those bigger models (i.e. stompas) or units (i.e. walls of pikes). 20k per side game is recommended for a big game divided amongst the players evenly. A typical casual game at a friend’s house or intro convention game fits these parameters.
Design Note: Every army needs to have one overall commander to lead it.
Additionally, we strive to keep the size of games to 26 units, or half an activation deck, in total. Once a game gets into the 4th suit of activation cards, the game play slows down significantly.
Grand Scale
Grand Scale games are played generally without points for fun, to enact much larger game scales such as in Napoleonics where a unit would represent 5-700 men. In Grand Scale games, we build forces based on the “brigade size” and balance to the overall command point level of the armies. As a good playing size, each player should command one “brigade”, consisting of a combination of 3-7 command points.
1 command point consists of:
1 brigade/division/corps commander, 1 infantry battalion, 1 cavalry troop, or 1 artillery battery
Design Note: In Grand Scale games, to represent greater emphasis on command and control, each element of a “brigade” should reside in the command radius of the brigade commander. Brigade commanders should remain within the command radius of the division commander, and so on up through the army scales.
Additionally, activation cards are issued to the commanders (brigade/division/corps), not to the unit commanders.
Coming to 2024:
Hounds of War will begin a fantasy/ancients escalation series. Here are the campaign rules
10/6 - 10/8 - Hounds of War will be running a two day long (Saturday and Sunday) Napoleonic massive battle for the 1810 Battle of Busaco at the Michigan GT in Lansing, MI.
Tickets can be found here.
5/2/22 - I am please to announced that the Mk Rev.B rules are available when you order from Amazon. There has been much work correcting errors, clarifying questions, and improving the layout.
4/10/22 - Hounds of War will be running a major Napoleonic game series at the Michigan GT this year. If you would be interested in joining us, please sign up at http://michigangt.com
3/19/22 - Hounds of War has a Discord Server!
11/22/20 - There has been so much activity as of late. It is my pleasure to let you know that we have submitted the final draft of the Hounds of War Mk. II book to Kindle print on demand. We are in the review stage, but it is our hope to be able to have books available for print at the beginning of November.
Player’s Notes
A special thank you goes out to our wives, friends, and especially the play testers for Hounds of War. We encourage your questions, comments, suggestions, and rules ideas. Without you, this game is incomplete. We thank you. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions, please feel free to contact us. Please direct all correspondence to:
EMAIL: You can e-mail us at houndsofwar@yahoo.com
Discord : https://discord.gg/4xnWtWXJwf
WEB: We can also be found on the web at http://pneher6.wix.com/hounds-of-war as well as on FACEBOOK.
TWITTER: @hounds_of_war
INSTAGRAM: houndsofwargame
Thanks to everyone for helping us realize this vision.