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What Is This All About Then?

I am embarking on an English Civil War project as well as my Oldhammer WFB 3rd edition project; Warm Ale and Mud. I decided to do this as my WFB ‘armies’ are complete and whilst I have plenty of buildings and villagers to do, the hankering for a force took over. Combine that hankering with the fact that much if not all my Warm Ale and Mud terrain and buildings could pass as English then I would not really need to make much if any ECW terrain at all.  So it seemed to make sense, a nice diversion but without too much extra work. Now, there are many ECW rules out there but if any of you are familiar with my Warm Ale and Mud WFB project you will know that I like small scale skirmishes that are story driven and entertaining in their own right. Big battles are not what I want with my 25mm games. So ruleswise I wanted something that would work at smaller scope clashes and ideally as teeny tiny scraps, almost like rpg scenarios with just a dozen or so models per side, much as with my WFB. ...