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Wolves From the Sea: The Dark Ages (Field Of GLory) |  | Author: Richard Bodley Scott
Creator: Peter Dennis
Brand: Field of Glory
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 100203
Media: Paperback
Pages: 80
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7.5 x 0.5
MPN: FOG008
ISBN: 1846034795
Dewey Decimal Number: 793.92
EAN: 9781846034794
ASIN: 1846034795
Publication Date: February 17, 2009
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Product Description
Field of Glory provides the historical tabletop wargamer with a new, accessible rules set. With no new high-quality games system aimed specifically at the Ancient and Medieval wargamer for over 10 years, this product will fill the gap in this market. Wolves From the Sea provides an accessible, detailed gaming companion, covering the forces of conflicts during the Dark Ages. It includes a well-designed, visually stunning and comprehensive army listing, with detailed historical overviews of each army, supporting maps and Osprey artwork.
CONTENTS: 84 pages; soft cover
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Fun in the Dark Ages February 8, 2010
W. Wallace
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the second period book I have purchased for Field of Glory and I have to say I really like it. To begin with, who can resist Vikings - Vikings are just plain cool. This book contains an excellent selection of armies Franks, Scotts, Normans, Welsh, even Polish. If your interested in the Dark Ages and you play FoG you should like this book.
 Some strange design decisions January 13, 2010
Daniel L. Dionne (San Jose, CA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have no complaints about the army coverage in this particular volume of Field of Glory army lists. Each army is clearly presented with a historical overview as well as the actual troop lists, and the volume is well illustrated with pictures from other Osprey publications.
However, as other reviewers have commented on other volumes of the series, the level of analytical detail in the discussions of each army is low, even when describing critical distinctions for troop classification. A rather startling case in point is the keystone army of the lists, the Vikings. The troop notes point out that the main Viking battlegroups consist of troops armed with a wide mixture of throwing spears, thrusting spears, and heavy weapons--and therefore they are best represented as "Offensive Spearmen." In other words, they are the same as Greek hoplites. I'm not saying this decision is inevitably wrong--but it certainly needs some thorough analysis and explanation. Instead, all the armies with a similar setup get the same rather blithe phrasing.
In earlier volumes of the series, there was a tendency to present alternative interpretations for controversial troop types. That tendency is gone by this volume. The Dark Ages hardly lend to the one clear interpretation approach.
Some bad editing, too. The Carolingian "starter army" is illegal according to the troop notes (can't combine East Franks, West Franks, and Gascons--I wonder why?).
 Another Field of Glory victory March 23, 2009
Crazy Harborc (Florissant, Mo. USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
It will be short and sweet/favorable.
I am a fan of FoG. I have been a player/user of the rules for about eight months. My regular opponents and I have all the suppliments.
As with the other suppliments and the main rulebook, this one is clear and has very few "grey areas". I did find a typo, an addition mistake actually. The starter army for the Anglo-Danish said 8 BGs total instead of the actual correct total of 10.
IMHO, the focus of the rules and the suppliments is to provide rules and scenarios to create battles that are balanced and fun.
These suppliments do not beat all those before it "because it's a new one". They are balanced to be playable army against army, front to back cover of each suppliment.
IMHO, these rules and suppliments won't be rewritten every 3 to 4 years. Errata is updated and available for download on their website. There is also an excellent forum for quick rules questions and discussions of rules, etc. with fellow games and players of FoG (Field of Glory)
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