Lords & Servants: Medieval Skirmish Rules

Lords & Servants is a game system designed to recreate skirmish games with 28, 20 or 15mm miniatures. It covers the Medieval period and it shares the mechanics of our popular system Smooth & Rifled.

In the Appendix you will find all the information that you need to create your games, from simple clashes involving a few men per side to bigger encounters with 60-80 miniatures per side. This system is ideal for multiplayer games.

You’ll need a few miniatures for the period (based singly, both 2x2cm or 1-inch diameter round bases are ok), some rulers or other measuring sticks and a few 6-sided dice, which we’ll call d6. You’ll also need markers to show who is “Shaken” and a figure’s weapon reloading status. Some markers are available

in the appendix.

The game can be played on 90x90cm or 120x120cm tables with 28mm miniatures or 60x60cm when using 15mm.

The scale of the game is: 1 figure = 1 man; 1cm is equivalent to 2m in real-life when using 20mm or 25/28mm miniatures, while it is 4m when using 15mm models. A turn represents 10-20 seconds. You can halve the distances when using 15mm miniatures. All measurements are taken from base to base. A miniature can shoot with a 180° arc, Groups with a 90° arc (45° per side). In order to simplify the rules we ask players to use their common sense to decide shooting priorities. There must not be any intervening miniatures on the shooting line unless they are in base contact as in a 2nd rank (only) shooting. In theory, you should give priority to the target that is in front of you rather than one that is behind. You can always target a mounted miniature behind a foot figure.