I kinda miss Chainmail. (Tabletop Discussion)

[Prince Jude of Nohr]

I'm a bit of a hobbyist, and while I'm more than happy to play Dungeons and Dragons, I wish that Chainmail - it's parent - had a spiritual successor of some kind.

Maybe a Low Fantasy war simulator without Orcs, Elves, Dwarves or magic, and just medieval kingdoms of varying cultures in a giant grand strategy? That'd be epic.

[Gina]

I never played Chainmail. I got into tabletop RPGs in 1992...which was D&D 2nd Edition. Then moved on to 3rd, then 3.5, tried 4th edition and didn't like it, and then started playing Pathfinder. We tried D&D 5th edition, but by that time, we had sunk so much time and money into Pathfinder that we just kind of stuck with it.

[SpaceyMatt]

I may or may not have gotten into table top Dungeons and Dragons when I was 12 with my best friend and a couple of other dudes. Not confirming or denying :D

[The Holy Chicken Overlord]

Bah, steel plating is much more effective

[Wh1ppet]

Chainmail DOES have a spiritual successor. It is called Dungeons and Dragons, and at various points in it's history, optional rules have been released to do mass combat more like Chainmail than the small engagement methods D&D tends to go with.

If you want a game even closer to it, you will have trouble finding them now, as they are all pretty much out of Print, but the rules for the original Greyhawk are more Chainmail than D&D and there is a 3rd party offshoot of it that was overshadowed by D&D at the time that I am pretty sure was called City-State.

If you actually want to bring Chainmail back, though, you will need to hunt down copies of the original rules, because that version of a fantasy wargame kinda died and was replaced by the more personal experiences available in D&D.

I will also note that in my research, the last version of Chainmail was Chainmail 3rd edition, which pretty much IS the same rules as in the original D&D rules.

If you REALLY want some Chainmail rules and don't already have copies, it is available in PDF form at RPGNow.com and DriveThruRPG.com.

[Prince Jude of Nohr]

Messaggio originale di Wh1ppet:

Chainmail DOES have a spiritual successor. It is called Dungeons and Dragons, and at various points in it's history, optional rules have been released to do mass combat more like Chainmail than the small engagement methods D&D tends to go with.

If you want a game even closer to it, you will have trouble finding them now, as they are all pretty much out of Print, but the rules for the original Greyhawk are more Chainmail than D&D and there is a 3rd party offshoot of it that was overshadowed by D&D at the time that I am pretty sure was called City-State.

If you actually want to bring Chainmail back, though, you will need to hunt down copies of the original rules, because that version of a fantasy wargame kinda died and was replaced by the more personal experiences available in D&D.

I will also note that in my research, the last version of Chainmail was Chainmail 3rd edition, which pretty much IS the same rules as in the original D&D rules.

If you REALLY want some Chainmail rules and don't already have copies, it is available in PDF form at RPGNow.com and DriveThruRPG.com.

You're not kidding when you say Chainmail is succeeded by DnD. I'm just saying that I love Low Fantasy settings just as much as High Fantasy - Fire Emblem, my all time favorite franchise, doesn't need to rely on elves, dwarves and halflings being commonplace to weave together a fantastic tale of war, love and sacrifice. I would love to see a Low Fantasy game, we already have too many High Fantasy ones.