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SONG OF BLADES AND HEROES REVISED PDF

The nominee for the 2008 Origins Award “Best Miniature Rules” returns in a revised, expanded edition. 65 pages PDF with additional designer notes, examples, profiles and tactical tips. The PDF edition is 8,5 x 11 inches (letter sized, American paper size, but prints nicely on European A4 too) and comes in a fully illustrated file with illustrations by Andrea Sfiligoi and Jim Hartman, and in a condensed inksaving file with no illustrations or page decorations - just the text of the rules. Covers are two separate files.

Song of Blades and Heroes is an exciting set of fast play fantasy rules that can be played with your existing miniatures.
EASY: simple rules that you learn in one game;
EASY MEASURING: no counting inches or centimeters: SBH uses three measuring sticks to measure all distances;
FAST: A game lasts 30-45 minutes. Play a mini campaign in a single evening;
INEXPENSIVE:5-10 models per player are needed;
CONVENIENT: a 3’x 3’ play area (for 28mm figures) is enough. Bring all your armies in a shoebox!
MULTI-SCALE: any single based miniature, in any scale;
Standard Six sided dice only;
READY TO PLAY: 180+ monsters and heroes included, and you can create your own!
NO BOOK-KEEPING;
HIGH SOLO PLAYABILITY;
CAMPAIGN RULES: your warband grows more powerful after every battle;
Six scenarios included.

This greatly expanded edition features lots of examples and clarifications written during a period of over four years. The game has been played and scrutinized worldwide by a vibrant, creative community of thousands of players.
Try the game and see how Song of Blades and Heroes has brought back the fun for countless enthusiasts of fantasy miniature wargaming.

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James C October 17, 2022 3:46 am UTC
I cannot figure out two things.
1. COMBAT MODIFIERS: Can modifiers reduce your effective combat score to 0 and then into the negatives? (ie surrounded + one or two other combat penalties)

2. TURN SEQUENCE : When you say, roll 3 activation dice and fail on all three rolls, that unit can then no longer attempt to activate until the start of the next turn after all units on both sides have had a chance to activate and either failed or succeeded their rolls, right? Also, if you have those two fails and control goes to your opponent, he/she can only try and activate units that your opponent has not already tried to activate yet, unless all units have tried to activate and it is the start of a fresh turn, right?
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Mark E December 06, 2022 9:09 pm UTC
1. COMBAT MODIFIERS: It's not written in the rules. So I'd say yes, they can go in the negatives.

2. TURN SEQUENCE: If you roll 2 failures on activation, the turn passes to the opponent after your unit finished it's turn. On 3 activations dice and 3 failures, your unit can't make a move, so it's your opponent's turn immediately. Whenever it's your turn, you can try to activate any of your units in any order you please. This also true for your opponent and there units.
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Chris M January 23, 2022 11:17 pm UTC
When will ADVANCED SONG OF BLADES AND HEROES be available on Drive thru?
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Chris M January 23, 2022 11:23 pm UTC
Ever mind I found it on wargame vault, but for some reason it doesn't show up on dtrpg that may be a setting issue in the product settings.
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Daniel B February 28, 2021 2:20 pm UTC
I'm really interested in this game. I can also see that a lot of expansions exists. Could you please tell me if the revised edition work well with the expansions ? Also, if it's the case, which expansion(s) are really great for this game ? Thank you !
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Lon S August 22, 2018 5:06 pm UTC
this game is excellent! easy to play, inexpensive, and you can use ANY fantasy minis that you have on hand. I bought Magic the Gathering board games for dirt cheap, and now have a ton of great minis to use along with my D&D minis. they can all be plugged into this ruleset.
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Will E January 09, 2018 11:12 am UTC
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What do I need to buy in order to get descriptions of ALL the Special Rules traits? There are several listed in SoBG, but not all have a detailed description.
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Will E January 24, 2018 1:23 am UTC
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Never mind; I figured it out. btw, I absolutely love this game!
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This title was added to our catalog on February 20, 2008.