Using a unit frontage of 80 to 120mm means most battles are played on a table 120 to 180cm wide (4 to 6'). Large battles like Blenheim, Ramillies and Landen/Neerwinden, see scenarios below, are probably better done with two players a side. Most battles are suitable for a single player a side if you wish. Therefore any size of figure and also any basing scheme can be used with the rules.Units represent about 2000 infantry or 1000 cavalry but a smaller scale of half of that can be used.īattles can be fought to a conclusion in a reasonable amount of time, most in around 4 hours.

The base width is half of the frontage of whatever you wish to use as a unit. Movement distances, weapon ranges, etc, are then multiples of whatever base width has been chosen. The rules feature scenarios for the battle of Fraustadt, 1706Īll measurements in the game are based on a scale chosen by the players, the base width.

Twilight of the Sun King: Birth of the Age of Reason is a version of the original Twilight of the Sun King rules targeted at refighting large battles from the period 1680 to 1721.

Twilight of the sun king