Designed to cover the rise and fall of the Roman empire. These rules are especially suited to refights of historical battles. No, you don't have to rebase your figures. Yes, they play as fast as DBM. No, you won't have to buy new army list books, in fact you can use the armies you use for other rules. Included are morale rules so that bad troops run away, good troops hang around a bit longer. General figures don't fight but have command and combat ratings to inspire the troops that do. The rules are designed to encourage historical tactics.

A new version of the Die is Cast will be released as a printed copy. The main change will be a new combat system using a number of dice to work out casualties, rather than the current system of cross referencing a combat factor with the number of figures fighting.

So until then the current rules are now available as a free download, just click here to get the pdf.

Free Downloads

Sample of the Die is Cast rules click to download sample

Examples of army lists converted from the DBM and WAB rule systems

Battle of Argentoratum - 357 AD

Battle of Cannae - 216BC

Battle of Carrhae - 53BC

Battle of Bagradas - 255BC

Order The Die Is Cast Rules on CD (£7.50), complete with battle scenarios and army list conversion examples.

Battle of Qadesh - 1300 BC

Some battle reports of historical battles
played with Die is Cast rules on the
3V blog:

Qadesh 1274 BC

Magnesia 190BC