English Civil War Paper Battles

This is a set of PDF files for printing and constructing paper stand up figures and scenery for fighting tabletop battles of the English Civil War. It is provided as a collection of counters and scenery - how you choose to use the various parts in your games is left entirely up to you.

This is a large set - the download is divided into 3 separate Zip files totalling over 100 MBs and includes a variety of:

* dragoons
* generals
* foote including various musket & pike types
* horse including light and heavy types
* artillery including light, medium and heavy guns
* casualties
* rural buildings
* hedges & trees
* roads and streams

The figures and terrain are highly stylised and to no particular scale. Individual figure height varies from unit to unit - the only constant is a base size of 60mm by 40mm for the fighting units. The viewing perspective also varies from unit to unit and both sides of the counters carry an identical image. This is mainly for aesthetic reasons - the excess blank paper can be neatly trimmed from each counter, which enhances the look of the game considerably.

The facing of the counter is shown by a pattern of chevrons on the unit front and by a solid block of colour on the units rear with a brief identifying label such as "Muskets" or "Pike".

In general the troops depicted can be used for either side in the conflict and any labels I have assigned to them are for identifying purposes only.

It is intended that this set be used (with some imagination and adaptation) with any set of wargaming rules that is element based.

So far only English Royalist and Parliamentarian armies are covered - if this set proves popular I hope a later expansion will cover Scottish and Irish armies of the conflicts.

A free sample counter sheet and instructions are available from the Billy Bones Workshop Paper Armies  webpage.