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FIELD OF GLORY II: MEDIEVAL is a solid but safe tabletop-style treat.

By Jon Bolding

The cavalry is here, y’all! Actually, the cavalry has always been here. We started with the cavalry. This ain’t no Ancients-era Field of Glory game. Gone are the legionaries and barbarians, replaced instead with ranks of spearmen and the thunderous charge of knights in enough armour to make a toaster blush. Field of Glory II: Medieval delivers an authentic tabletop miniatures wargame experience, but just like a historical wargame whether you like that experience is going to be all about whether you like the rules. This is a wargamer’s wargame. There’s no nice music. The graphics are barebones. The UI is pretty basic. You’ll want to memorise hotkeys. What there is are 50+ hours of historical scenarios and campaigns. The famous battles give you a prearranged battlefield and let you…

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PC Gamer United Kingdom (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2021

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