OLDE FASHIONED
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 pick a side, then customise it a bit. The campaigns give you good context on a fixed route while still letting you make decisions about your army’s composition.