Here's the quick reference sheets for Beneath the Lily Banners (2025). After a couple of games, these are all you'll need to run the game!
You can also download a PDF here and a "printer friendly" version (no background) here!
Beneath the Lily Banners is a tabletop wargaming rules system designed to immerse players in the epic and dazzlingly colourful world of 17th century warfare. It can be used with miniatures of most scales with the main focus being 28mm models. Games are played with as few as four and as many as 100 units per side. Action can be set at small scale engagement level by altering the model to man ratio from 1:35 to as low as 1:3. This turns battalions to companies and squadrons to troops. The rules involve simultaneous movement regulated by orders and the skill levels of opposing commanders. Results can be achieved in an hour for a small encounter or over multiple sessions if recreating one of the era’s many massive battles. This is the fourth edition of the system which was first published in 2008.
From the fields of Flanders to the deserts of Iraq, the sweltering heat of the Caribbean to the Ukrainian steppe, the virgin wilderness of North America to the ancient ruins of the Peleponnese. Advance your armies to victory and glory!
hard cover, 184 pages
This is a PRE-ORDER. Books will ship to buyers in November (or as soon as we get them)! Order your copies here!
It's been a while since I visited 1885... I've added some units in the last year and never got around to blogging about them... More soon!
I suck at blogging these days. I've been painting a fair amount, just can't seem to post on a regular basis, so here's a photo dump from 2025 so far...