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Fantasy Wargaming Rules
DRAGON RAMPANT
O
sprey
WARGAMES
Daniel Mersey
AU T H O R
Daniel Mersey
has spent three decades leading miniature
armies to spectacular defeat on ancient, medieval, and
colonial battlefields. He has won no medals and his armies
will never salute him. His previously published games
include
Lion Rampant
(Osprey, 2014),
Dux Bellorum
(Osprey, 2012),
Song of Arthur and Merlin
(Ganesha
Games, 2008), and
Glutter of Ravens
(Outpost Wargame
Services, 1998).
I L LU S T R ATO R S
Mark Stacey
has been a freelance illustrator since
1987. He has a lifelong interest in all periods of history,
particularly military history, and has specialized in this
area throughout his career.
Craig J Spearing
graduated from the Rhode Island School
of Design in 1992, and began his illustration career in
1995. He currently works in the science fiction/ fantasy
field.
ªRU-MOR
began her professional career in 2000,
sculpting historical, fantasy and science-fiction miniatures.
Since 2009, she has provided illustrations for various
Spanish RPGs, books and card games.
D I S CO V E R M O R E AT
W W W.O S P R E Y G A M E S. CO. U K
OWG 1 •
978 1 84908 680 6
OWG 3 •
978 1 78096 289 4
OWG 4 •
978 1 78096 846 9
OWG 5 •
978 1 78096 849 0
OWG 6 •
978 1 78200 638 1
OWG 8 •
978 1 78200 635 0
DRAGON RAMPANT
FANTASY WARGAMING RULES
DANIEL MERSEY
This electronic edition published 2015 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Osprey Publishing,
PO Box 883, Oxford, OX1 9PL, UK
PO Box 3985, New York, NY 10185-3985, USA
E-mail:
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Osprey Publishing, part of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
© 2015 Daniel Mersey
All rights reserved. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study,
research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and
Patents Act, 1988, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a
retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrical,
chemical, mechanical, optical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the
prior written permission of the copyright owner. Enquiries should be addressed
to the Publishers.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Daniel Mersey has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents
Act, 1988, to be identified as the author of this book.
ISBN (print): 978-1-4728-1571-2
ISBN (ePub): 978-1-4728-1573-6
ISBN (ePDF): 978-1-4728-1572-9
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Acknowledgements
As has been the case with all of my rule sets, I've received some wonderful
help and support along the way; this time I'd like to thank everyone who has
contributed to this project in any way – big or small – but especially: Philip
Smith at Osprey, the ever genial Henry Hyde of
Miniature Wargames with
Battlegames
magazine, Annie Norman of Bad Squiddo Games, Arjun Choong,
Mark Copplestone, Nick Eyre of North Star, Kevin Dallimore, Nic Robson of
Eureka, Leon Pengilley of Pendraken, Ronnie Renton of Mantic Games, Darrell
Hindley of Just Add Water Painting Service, Spencer Williams, Paul Baldwin,
Mark Carter-Greaves, Ralph Plowman, Matt Slade of Glenbrook Games, my
old fantasy gaming chums whether we're still slaying trolls together or not, and
members of the Dux Rampant forum for their various inspirational and civilized
comings and goings.
Copyright holders are identified in the photograph captions. One thousand
blessings to everyone who submitted photos, and I’m sorry I could not use
them all.
As a reward for those people who bother to read the small print, here’s a secret spell I’m especially fond of that
doesn’t quite fit into the canonical ten. Feel free to use this when you’re playing at someone else’s house.
Spell name
Replenish me!
Difficulty
8+
Target
One opposing
player
Duration
Effect
Nominate the target player before testing for success. If successful, that player
Immediate action must go and get you a drink and selection of nibbles of your choice. No
arguments, it's written right here in the rules.
CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
What You'll Need to Play
Dragon Rampant 
Commanding Your Warband
Playing With Larger or Smaller Warbands
Basing Your Warband
Strength Points
Single or Reduced Model Units
Leaders
Unit Types
Understanding Unit Profiles
Adding Fantastical and Other Options
Mounted Unit Profiles
Foot Unit Profiles
Important Rules Conventions
Unit Cohesion
Terrain
Leader Rules
What Happens During Each Turn
Activating Your Units
Moving
Shooting
Attacking
Testing Courage
Ending the Game
Cleric
Exploder
Fear
Flying & Burrowing
Hatred
Invisibility
Magical Arms & Armour
Spellcaster
Summoner
Undead
Venomous
Were Creatures
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5. SCENARIOS
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2. BUILDING YOUR WARBAND
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Setting Up a Game
Winning a Scenario
Scenario A:
Gory Bloodbath on the Plains of Doom
Scenario B: The Sacred Mole of Ukkert
Scenario C: Death Chase
Scenario D: The Crystal Gale
Scenario E: The Ringbearer
Scenario F: Pot Boiler
Scenario G: Into the Valley of Certain Death
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6. SAMPLE WARBANDS
Borderlands
Centaurs
Dwarves
Elves
Goblins
Graveyard Dwellers
Grrr! All Creatures Great and Small
Halflings & Gnomes
Knights of the Shining Citadel
Lizard Kin
Men of the North
Men of the West
Orcs
Rat Kin
Sand Marauders
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3. BATTLE RULES
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4. FANTASTICAL RULES
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DRAGON RAMPANT
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REFERENCE SHEET
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