Редактирование: Battlesystem

'''Battlesystem''' is a tabletop [[miniature wargaming|miniature wargame]] designed as a supplement for use with the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' [[role-playing game]]. It was first published in 1985 and was usable with both ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' and the Basic/Expert ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (see [[editions of Dungeons & Dragons]]). The game was promoted as a successor to [[Chainmail (game)|''Chainmail'']] and thus as a return to the wargame roots of ''Dungeons & Dragons''.

In a Battlesystem game each [[miniature figure|miniature]] represents multiple troops (10, 5, or 2, depending on the troops' level or hit dice) or a single hero or commander. There are no statistics in the game for any troops or characters, instead all are derived from the relevant ''Dungeons & Dragons'' publications. This means that any creature from the ''[[Monster Manual]]'' or similar publications can be used as 'troops', with their in-game point cost based on the [[Experience point|XP]] reward listed for killing the creature.

==First edition==
The first edition of Battlesystem was sold as a [[box set]] which contained:

*32-page rule book
*24-page scenario book
*16-page guide to miniatures
*2 Player Aid Cards
*2 Metal Miniature Generals
*3-D fold-up 'miniatures'
*Army Roster Sheets
*801 die-cut counters

The game rules state that it was designed to be played with either 25 mm or 15 mm miniatures. However although the game did not require a certain size of miniatures, the official Battlesystem miniatures that were released at the time, except for the two in the box set that were 25 mm, were all in 15 mm scale. Also at the time many companies producing 25 mm figures were starting to make larger figures, sometimes even officially called as 'Heroic 25 mm' or 28 mm, that were hard to fit on the official Battlesystem base sizes.

==Second Edition==
The second edition of Battlesystem, for use with 2nd Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, was available in the form of two books ''Battlesystem'' (1989) and ''Battlesystem Skirmishes'' (1991)

One significant change was the move to assumption of using 25 mm miniatures as standard. 15 mm could still be used according to the rules, but the base size was increased to allow for larger 25 mm miniatures and all photographs int he rule book were of 25 mm miniatures.

==References==


*{{cite book
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  | first =Douglas
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  | title =Battlesystem Rulebook
  | publisher =TSR
  | date =1985a
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*{{cite book
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  | first =Douglas
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  | title =Battlesystem Scenario Book
  | publisher =TSR
  | date =1985b
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*{{cite book
  | last =Niles
  | first =Douglas
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  | title =Battlesystem
  | publisher =TSR
  | date =1989
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  | isbn = 0-88038-770-X }}
*{{cite book
  | last =Nesmith
  | first =Bruce
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  | title =Battlesystem Skirmishes
  | publisher =TSR
  | date =1991
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  | isbn = 1-56076-141-5 }}
*{{cite book
  | last =Winter
  | first =Steven
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  | coauthors =
  | title =The Art of Three-Dimensional Gaming
  | publisher =TSR
  | date =1985 }} from ''Battlesystem: Fantasy Combat Supplement'' Boxed set.

[[Category:Dungeons & Dragons]]
[[Category:Miniatures games]]


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