Arcane Warfare Excel

Arcane Warfare Excel is the main simulation of the Arcane Warfare project.

It consists on a set of miniature rules dedicated to Ancient and Medieval gaming.
The fist completed version was online from September 2002 and was called AWr 1.0, having evolved until version 3.1. The new version will increase the count to 4.0, but as it includes a completely new combat system the name will also be updated to Arcane Warfare Excel (AWE) .

The game test draft is currently available in within the AWr Yahoo group, with most of the text completed. Playtest is currently going on and work is centered in producing diagrams.

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In AWE one stand represents one unit (primitive meaning) corresponding to the smallest body of men you can issue orders to. By default 15mm or smaller models are used, considering the required table sizes, but suggestions for 28mm are also provided.

Two game formats are supported, the standard game for 120x90cm tables (recommended for competition) and a double game for 180x120 tables.

Basing is important to the game and rational, meaning all the edge lengths are multiples of the movement unit. But it is obviously possible to play with any set of bases of the same frontage, at the loss of some clarity.

Our semi-simultaneous turn system has been perfected accordingly to the new command grades, allowing the players to take key decisions concerning the initiative, without the need for chart consulting.

The AWE combat system is extremely flexible and allows for single or multi-unit combat using the same set of dice, promoting fast play with thousands of figures.

Units are rated in 6 categories: average, berserk, elite, raw, stubborn and veteran, but a single rating may apply to each stand.

The rules will include a 3 page Index, over 30 diagrams and more than 80 dedicated army lists.
Our army lists are investigated from scratch, using all the sources available to the authors and feedback. This means that the lists build up is lengthy, yet news lists will be continuously added and freely distributed among players. The purchase of new supplements will not be necessary, ever.

The rules will be exclusively distributed in .pdf and the cost will be 2.5 euros per licence, to help cut down on publicity and copyrighted images' cost.

You'll need an updated version of the Adobe Acrobat reader to open the files.

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Arcane Warfare Excel 4.0 draft 05 file now available!

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