The latest release - a fascinating set of lists for the Classic Byzantine armies and their (mostly Arab) enemies.

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Product Description

Field of Glory provides the historical tabletop wargamer with a new, accessible rules set. Byzantium at War provides an accessible, detailed gaming companion, covering the forces of conflicts during the years of the Byzantium Empire. It includes a well-designed, visually stunning and comprehensive army listing, with detailed historical overviews of each army, supporting maps and Osprey artwork.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #475172 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-21
• Released on: 2008-10-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 80 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781846034022
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
"A range of wargaming experts contribute to Decline and Fall: Byzantium at War, a gaming companion to Field of Glory. It is book #7 in the Field of Glory series for historical miniatures and offers the original rulebook with organizational charts for hundreds of troop types, complete with maps and overviews." -The Midwest Book Review (January 2009)

About the Author
Richard Bodley Scott has been wargaming since a very young age. Richard is co-author of wargaming rules DBA, DBM, DBR and HOTT. Field of Glory is Richard's first wargaming rules system for Osprey. He lives and works as a doctor in South Wales.

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Customer Reviews

Army Lists
This book contains the following army lists:
Early Byzantine, Later Moorish, Later Moorish Allies, Later Visigothic, Later Visigothic Allies, African Vandal, Italian Ostrogothic, Early South Slav, Early South Slav Allies, Lombard, Maurikian Byzantine, Maurikian Byzantine Allies, Christian Nubian, Avar, Avar Allies, Western Turkish, Western Turkish Allies, Arab Conquest, Early Bulgar, Early Bulgar Allies, Thematic Byzantine, Thematic Byzantine Allies, Umayyad Arab, Abbasid Arab, Abbasid Arab Allies, Early North African Dynasties, Early North African Dynasties Allies, Khurasanian Dynasties, Khurasanian Dynasties Allies, Bedouin Dynasties, Bedouin Dynasties Allies, Dailami Dynasties, Dailami Dynasties Allies, Kurdish Allies, Bagratid Armenian Allies, Pecheneg, Pecheneg Allies, Ghaznavid, Nikephorian Byzantine, Nikephorian Byzantine Allies

Army Lists for "Field of Glory"
As the previous reviewer stated, these are army lists to use in connection with the miniatures rule set, "Field of Glory." If you're not using that rule set, don't bother getting this book.

That said, it does an excellent job of covering the armies of the Byzantine Empire and its enemies for the period of 493 - 1050 AD. Of the two army lists the previous reviewer complained were missing, the Volga Bulgars never fought the Byzantines; the branch of the Bulgars that did is covered by the book. The Seljuk Turks are really outside this period and are covered in a previous volume, "Swords and Scimitars."

The real shortcoming of all the volumes of this series is the skimpy notes for each army. You get a brief overview of the history of the state whose army is covered, any details necessary for using the army list correctly, but little or nothing about the army itself. Why particular troops are graded the way they are, is rarely mentioned and then briefly. If the army appears only as an ally to one of the states, you get no notes at all.

If you play "Field of Glory" and are interested in the period and region covered, get this book. If you are just interested in the armies and hope to get some useful information about them, look elsewhere.

A range of wargaming experts contribute
A range of wargaming experts contribute to DECLINE AND FALL: BYZANTIUM AT WAR, a gaming companion to 'Field of Glory'. It's Book 7 in the 'Field of Glory' series for historical miniatures and offers the original rulebook with organizational charts for hundreds of troop types, complete with maps and overviews. An excellent military library pick.