Vintage Wargaming: John Sharples' Rules for Medieval Warfare 1977

Saturday, 16 January 2010

John Sharples' Rules for Medieval Warfare 1977

I found these one page rules inserted into my copy of the Hinchliffe Guide to Wargaming. Although I do not know for sure, as both were printed in 1977, I suspect they were released together. Thanks again to John and to Ian Hinds of Hinds Figures and Hinchliffe Models for permission to reproduce them here.

4 comments:

Mosstrooper said...: Remember playing these rules using Airfix Robin Hood / Sherif of Nottingham figs !; 16 January 2010 at 18:15
Brianne, You may call me Mistressyness said...: These look great! Can't wait to try them with my newly arriving Romans!; 15 February 2012 at 03:54
Chris Kemp said...: Dear Vintage Wargaming,

I came across these 25mm medieval knights in a forgotton box recently amd wondered if the information was of any interest?

https://notquitemechanised.wordpress.com/2017/01/22/buried-treasure-sir-frederick-de-gough/

Kind regards,

Chris

Chris Kemp

Not Quite Mechanised
https://notquitemechanised.wordpress.com/
Attachments area; 9 February 2017 at 17:05
Vintage Wargaming said...: Hi Chris

I'm sorry I don't seem to have had an email notification about this comment so I have just seen it now. I must admit Lamming are more of interest to me than Hinchliffe - I've spent the last few days' painting on around 70 Lamming medieval foot, and I must have hundreds and hundreds of them.

Regards

Clive; 24 February 2017 at 20:18

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