Welcome to Polemos.
The Polemos project sets out to create a series of rules sharing a basic structure, yet that are carefully tailored for specific historical periods. You do not wish to fight an American Civil War battle and be forced to use concepts designed for the English Civil War, and we don't want to produce bland mechanics devoid of any period flavour or distinction.

Linked to this worthy ideal is that we have also set out to produce a set of mechanics and basing principles that have been designed from the outset for 6mm figures. They give impressive games with lots of figures on the table, even for the very smallest scenarios and armies. Those of you with larger scale figures will of course be able to enjoy games using Polemos, but must accept the subsequent loss in visual appearance and impact.

The other guiding principle is that we know that the worst possible thing that a set of new rules can do is to ask a new user to rebase all their existing miniatures in order to play them. We can assure anyone looking at these for the first time, that Polemos, as if by magic, will allow for any basing scheme to be used provided both armies use the same system.

The rules systems and army lists will provide all that wargamers will need in order to play the game (apart of course from the armies, a table, dice and a measuring device). However, the advent of the internet enables us to offer extra support and develop new ideas. This site will be used to add to the printed word in the form of optional and expanded rules, scenarios and further army lists. There will also be the opportunity to discuss the rules and the concepts with the authors.

Special Offer.

As we move to an increasing use of digital platforms for the Polemos rules series, we are reducing out holdings of hard copies. The good news for you is that you can now get hold of the Polemos rules are a substantially discounted rate. Pick three rules sets from any of the following and pay just £17.10 for all of them - a saving of £27.90!

Ruleset 1