Lion Rampant 2nd Ed. – Osprey Comes Out With Another Heavy Hitter
When it comes to games, Daniel Mersey has written plenty of them. Some of the hottest news is that his Lion Rampant game is getting a hardcover second edition.
That’s some pretty exciting news! The first edition was one of Osprey Games’ very affordable blue series wargames, and it clocked in at 64 pages in length. This second edition takes the game to 208 pages. There is a lot of great content in there.
What Models and Table Size do you Use in Lion Rampant?
The game itself is expected to be played on a 6′ by 4′ table or larger. An average army will consist of 6 units with 6 to 12 miniatures in each. Most infantry come in units of 12 (some come as 6 models) and the mounted units come in units of 6. Depending how you cost out your army (which Daniel calls a Warband in Lion Rampant), you will likely bring along 4 to 10 units.
In Lion Rampant, you use 28mm miniatures, but there are rule suggestions should you and your opponent want to use 15mm armies instead.
In terms of Warbands, there are no official army lists. That said, the book covers the Dark Ages and Medieval Times for the theatres of war.
Further back in the book, Daniel Mersey lists off a number of suggested Warbands lists. You don’t need to take these, but they do give you an idea of how to put together a typical 24 point force. In fact, he placed together 15 pages of suggested army lists. After that, he went even further with suggested lists for if you want to take the game somewhat into a fantasy direction.
He has suggestions for Robin Hood, Knights of the Round Table and even a Good and Evil list for what looks to fit the worlds created by Tolkien. If you want to know more about the armies in the book, I have a post about the armies of Lion Rampant: Second Edition on my personal site.
When I first saw the artwork above, I thought this book might be a replacement for Dragon Rampant. A fun (and less serious) version of Lion Rampant for Fantasy Armies. It is not. Still, the artwork is awesome and it is really cool that Osprey Games took the time to place a Fantasy Armies in their Lion Rampant Second Edition book.
For more on the fantasy version of the game, check out my battle report about Dragon Rampant.
Now, let’s quickly talk about Daniel Mersey’s other games with Osprey Games.
Other Daniel Mersey Games
Daniel Mersey is no stranger to Osprey Games. This will be his 8th game publication currently available from the company. These titles include Dux Bellorum, Lion Rampant (First Edition), Dragon Rampant, The Men Who Would Be Kings, The Pikeman’s Lament, Rebels and Patriots, and part of Frostgrave: The Wizards’ Conclave.
By the very fact that Osprey has published so many of Daniel’s books, you can tell he is good at what he does. His rules also happen to be popular with the Historical gaming crowds that I visit. Of his rule sets, I looked at Dragon Rampant, which I talked about earlier, Rebels and Patriots, and Lion Rampant (First Edition).
Rebels and Patriots is about a wide variety of conflicts in North America covering 1754 up to 1871. I have a review of the book, and also a first impressions Battle Report on my personal site. The Pikeman’s Lament has also always interested me because of my secret love of Pike and Shot miniatures, but I have not been fortunate enough to look at those rules yet.
On top of these existing rules, Daniel Mersey is also involved in the upcoming title Xenos Rampant. Osprey plans to release this book in November and I already like the artwork. Check out this cover!
To check out Daniel Mersey’s titles on Osprey Games, head on over here.
Wrapping it up…
Thank you in joining me in this quick look at Lion Rampant: Second Edition. This Hardcover book has a really appealing layout and some great art. It draws on the success of Daniel’s earlier books to deliver us an even bigger and more exciting title. If you are looking for a ruleset that covers the Dark Ages up to Medieval Times, take a look at this title. If you have an old Empire army that you are itching to get out on the table again, there are also optional rule suggestions in here to include them. That could be through using them as proxy crossbow men or to using a specific optional unit profile for Handgonnes.
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