Assassyn
Assassyn In the mid 1980's I joined a Medieval/Dark Ages "metal weapons" battle re-enactment group, (Grey Company) and spent about 15 years wearing armour and wielding various weapons ranging from dagger to two handed sword and quarter staff. Although the company was orientated to the theatrical, it was fairly heavy duty and probably about as close to real combat as I wished to come. (I was in the Army for 15 years and spent 12 months in South Vietnam in 1970-71, which was in some senses a walk in the park - physically anyway.) There was discussion about applying the company's skillsets to active gaming, either on a board, or on the battlefield. I worked out a set of rules for a board game which I called "Assassyn", which while seemingly similar to chess, (and using the same pieces but re-purposed), had far more realism in that luck, as well as skill and a tactical mind were needed. Unlike chess, where the king cannot be "killed", but simply chec
