Too Fat Lardies

OK - that’s enough for now!

Huge thanks to the folks who replied: playtest packs will be out today.

I will be looking for a few proofreaders and sanity checkers of the full document when it’s finally done - watch this space.

(Boy, sure wish we’d got this far before lockdown!) Ok. Looking for play testers for the new Raid and Battle scenarios in the Dux Britanniarum Compendium. If you are reasonably experienced with Dux, and have the time and patience to run through a few scenarios, solo or (in some suitably socially dis...

The "Miller's Tale" Discord server is UP! If you want to join, the invite link is here - you can sign up in a web browser, or if you have the Discord app installed on your tablet, smart phone or computer, the link will take you to the server. There are a number of chat channels, as well as the poten...

It's an abstraction of both. A combination of being good enough to avoid/parry what would otherwise be a hit, and having good enough armour to soak some of the ones you can't dodge.

The actual rules say “ Nobles may rally Shock from Groups under their command, however Harassing Troops and Light Cavalry can never be rallied” I think we have taken the view that “Nobles” applies to the whole sentence. But open to debate. Also the wording on page 30 does not restrict the Rally car...

The actual rules say “ Nobles may rally Shock from Groups under their command, however Harassing Troops and Light Cavalry can never be rallied” I think we have taken the view that “Nobles” applies to the whole sentence. But open to debate. Also the wording on page 30 does not restrict the Rally card...

Just as an aside: while I’m very happy if this makes easier for people to play Dux, what I’m really looking for is people to read through it and go “no Mike, you’ve got that completely wrong”. Well, actually, ideally not that, but you know what I mean

Note re page references - Dxx = main rulebook, Rxx = Raiders

Dux Compendium - it's starting to get to That Time... The link below is to the current draft of the rules clarifications section in the Compendium. Huge thanks to Derek Hodge for the initial compilation of these from Lardy Rich's answers on the various TFL discussion areas. Notes in blue are where I...

Read it, but once you’ve read it read the Guy Halsall book. He demolishes Morris’ arguments rather impressively (and with better citations and evidence than Morris has for his own work)