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Field of Glory is a 2008 miniature wargame for creating ancient and medieval tabletop battles. It was designed by Richard Bodley Scott and published by Slitherine Software and Osprey Publishing. [3] [4] The release of the game and two companion books (Rise of Rome and Storm of Arrows) were announced on December 20, 2007, for February 2008. [5]
Osprey Publishing is a British publishing company specializing in military history formerly based in Oxford.Predominantly an illustrated publisher, many of their books contain full-colour artwork plates, maps and photographs, and the company produces over a dozen ongoing series, each focusing on a specific aspect of the history of warfare.
Miniature wargames are a form of wargaming designed to incorporate miniatures or figurines into play, which was invented at the beginning of the 19th century in Prussia.The miniatures used represent troops or vehicles (such as tanks, chariots, aircraft, ships, etc.).
Burrows and Badgers is a skirmish style miniature wargame. Each character is played as an individual hero, meaning that no ranks of units or sorting is required. Instead of armies, each player has a group of such heroes, known as a warband. Players keep a log of the individual experience gained by all characters in their band. [2]
Frostgrave is a fantasy wargame in which wizards battle each other. [1] Combat is primarily resolved through the use of 20 sided dice. A key feature of Frostgrave is the bestiary where if all players agree a random encounter table is consulted and an uncontrolled creature may enter the battlefield. [2]
McCullough wrote or co-wrote books for the Dark Osprey line including Steampunk Soldiers: Uniforms & Weapons from the Age of Steam, Steampunk Soldiers: The American Frontier, and Zombies: A Hunter’s Guide. [4] McCullough became Project Manager for the Osprey Adventures imprint of Osprey Publishing in 2011. [3]
Rocroi, subtitled "19 May 1643 – The End of Spanish Ascendancy", is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI) in 1976 that simulates the 1643 Battle of Rocroi during the Thirty Years' War.
In his absence, OSG published another Napoleonic wargame, Arcola, but also branched out into the science fiction with Star Quest, and fiction with The Legend of Robin Hood. Further products included the American Civil War game Devil's Den and the modern-day wargame Air Cobra , but OSG went out of business shortly afterwards.