Right Cruel and Fell: Wargame Rules for field battles of the Hundred Years War

Right Cruel and Fell is a wargame for field battles in the Hundred Years War (1337-1453).

It covers closely-related conflicts, such as the War of Breton Succession, the Castilian Civil War, or the Anglo-Scottish wars of the same time.

The system is specific to time and place, although supplements expand the scope to include the War of the Roses, Italy (1300-1492) and the Teutonic Knights (1200-1410).

The mechanisms particularly reflect these conflicts and the interaction of troops in them, with historical accuracy and even zeitgeist.

A battlefield in RC&F is divided into a grid of 3” squares called acres, each of which represents approximately 70 yards in each direction.

“Troops” of 400 infantry or 200 mounted men are the basic units; each troop on one base with a recommended size of 2”x1” although the gaming standard of 40mm frontages (or 60mm with 4” acres) will work as well.