uh... MORE INFO PLEASE!
Okay.
Battles for Prydain is a "pet project" of Eleazar Lawson, using his own words as per the interview chat he gave to Pellam's Wasteland channel (
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If Prydain doesn't ring a bell then it is simply another name for Albion, or as to be most historically accurate, Wales or the last bastion of the Britons.
The entire game is set, not on a Monmouth's Arthurian high/late medieval imaginary ( which nonetheless produced one of my most beloved films John Boorman's Excalibur ) but on a post roman dark ages setting of the British isles, so in a sense it is more close to Bernard Cornwell novels, mainly the Warlord Trilogy ( if you haven't read them do yourself a favour and buy them and read them thrice ) which presents exactly that period while weaving all the legendary round table notables into the what-could-happen authentic history of Britain.
I am easily hyped when the subject matter is part of my imaginary - i'll be honest, i'm no historian nor even close to amateur historian, i''m just a very enthusiastic person about certain subject - and medieval legends are part of that imaginary. Be it fantasy, history or skimming the veil between both, same as the mists than cover Avalon.
The game itself is based on those troops, formations and heroic deeds. Haven't played the game I can only guess they may well be a staple of the ruleset. After all if one looks to the legends surrounding arthur and even a couple centuries later with the norsemen sagas, it is all about warbands led by warriors of name and fame.
But until I put it to the table I shall reserve my comments.
The game pieces are all counters and round markers but not in cardboard. They are MDF board 3mm and full colour print. They have no "nibs" whatsoever and are fully cut. The map, support charts and documentation are the classic gloss paper. The entire game comes in a bag, no box.
You can try to order it directly from the publisher/distributor - San Joaquin Valley Press - I have no clue how many copies they have left.
The post cost to continental europe was high but is one of those game I just couldn't let go. I know I can do everything it does with miniatures and a ruleset but there was something about it that drawn me to it.
My games table is full at the moment, so i will wait a bit until I throw it to play but in the meanwhile I have the rules to go over.