![]() The other side is Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men who raid the Sheriff’s castles and Rob his gold wagons. He leads Knights, Normans, Pikemen and Archers in Pursuit of Robin Hood and into Battle. One side marshals the forces of the Sheriff of Nottingham led by the Black Knight. Designed by Damian Mastrangelo with stunning art by Chris Rawlins. ![]() in movement and battle with role playing characters from the Robin Hood saga. It uniquely blends traditional Medieval soldiers like Knights, Pikemen, Archers, etc. Robin Hood is our two-player game that brings all the action of Medieval England into play. Worthington Publishing advertises Robin Hood as this (all bold is as Worthington highlights it): Now let me walk you through how I came to view Robin Hood, the boardgame, as Robin Hood, the wargame. No definition is perfect, but I believe this one is a good place to start a discussion. Brief History of War Gaming: Reprinted from Unpublished Notes of the Author, Dated 23 October 1956 (AD 235 893, Armed Forces Technical Information Agency, ) Let’s look at the defintion of a wargame I offered in the podcast:Īn inclusive and concise defintion may be proposed as: an imaginary military operation, conducted upon a map or board, and usually employing various moveable devices which are said to represent the opposing forces, and which are moved about according to rules representing conditions of actual warfare. Why, there’s no Combat Results Table!” Well, hear me out and then tell me what YOU think. “It’s clearly a strategy boardgame because it’s got cards and blocks and no hexes. After playing through the game, I strongly believe Robin Hood is actually a wargame. Which made it very interesting when I picked up the boardgame Robin Hood from Worthington Publishing (2019). If you listen to Mentioned in Dispatches Season 5 Episode 13 here at the Armchair Dragoons you will hear Regimental Commander Brant, Moe from Moe’s Game Table, and myself discuss, “What is a ‘wargame’?” Hopefully you will be able to tell that, at least for me, there is no firm rule of thumb as to the definition of a wargame.
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