The Twilight of Divine Right rules is a set designed to fight large historical battles on a reasonable sized table and with a reasonable number of figures). The player is the army commander seeking to marshal the full forces that their historical counterpart had to achieve victory and not some colonel or brigadier controlling a few battalions or squadrons in the fight for some sector of a battlefield. The concentration is on the 'big picture' rather on relatively unimportant details. The rules reward historic tactics and practices while making typical 'gamer' tactics obsolete. So, players will want their forces to be in at least two lines with a reserve and not strung out in a line as is commonly done in other rules.

The system is intuitive and easy to pick up. The units are 1,000 or more foot or 500 or more mounted and so the units are often the equivalent to a 'brigade'. The scale is flexible with all distances, ranges, movements based on half of the frontage of the units you use. For example, if your units have a frontage of perhaps 120mm (6 inches) the standard measurement unit in the game will be 60mm. There is no figure removal so you can base you units as you wish, with any number or size of figures on a base, etc. As long as the units are the same frontage it does not matter and indeed neither does it if the armies involved are based differently.

While any unit size can be used if the frontage of a unit is in the region of 120mm then most battles can be fought on a table 1.8m by 1.2m (6 feet by 4 feet) or similar. Most standard battles should be playable in a typical afternoon or evening playing session. 

The basic rules cover warfare in Western and Central Europe and include scenarios for the battles of Fleurus (1642) and Cheriton (1644). 

In addition to the scenarios in the rules there are scenario book with other scenarios and also a supplement to refight battles in Eastern Europe, see below.

These rules and scenarios are published by the Pike and Shot Society.

You can purchase these rules via the catalogue page - Catalogue

'With Fire and Sword' is a supplement to the Twilight of Divine Right rules. You will need to use in in conjunction with these rules to fully understand it. It includes the rules, amendments and additions to fight the battle and wars in Eastern Europe in this era.

The players can field Polish-Lithuanian, Russian, Swedish, Cossack, Crimean Khanate (Tatar), Ottoman and other smaller armies in the wars of this era. A series of wars in this era transformed the world and helped shape the modern world.

These rules are accompanied by three scenario books featuring battles across the period, see below. They are free if purchased along with one or more of the scenario books.

This second book covers the battles during the period sometimes called the ‘Deluge’. The 'Deluge' period saw the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth attacked by many armies. The booklet concentrates on the war of 1648 -1657 against the Cossack rebellion under Khmelnytsky. Also the campaigns of 1655 – 1660 is against the Swedes. In addition the Russians war against the Commonwealth in the Smolensk War of 1632 – 1634 is also covered. The first war that Russia started to modernise it's army. It is common for allies to be present on one or both sides in these battles.

The booklet features 8 scenarios from 6 historical battles and campaigns.

Battles featured:

• Smolensk, 1633

• Pyliavsti, 1648

• Berestecko, 1651

• Batoh, 1652

• Zarnow, 1655 

• Warsaw, 1656