Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Create a fantasy warband from any miniatures, gamble one to three dice on each activation, and fight a fast scenario-driven skirmish.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Push Your Luck
Choose whether to secure current gains or risk them for a larger reward.
Action Points
Spend a limited allowance of points across several possible actions each turn.
Dice Rolling
Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Measurement Movement
Measure physical distance to determine how far pieces may move.
Variable Player Powers
Each player has different abilities, restrictions, or strategic advantages.
Variable Phase Order
The order of phases changes according to player choices or game state.
Read the full game description
Song of Blades and Heroes: Revised Edition is a miniature-agnostic fantasy skirmish ruleset built for small warbands and fast resolution. Players can use any collection of figures, assigning each model a compact Quality and Combat profile plus special abilities drawn from a large roster. On activation, a player chooses one, two, or three dice: every success grants an action, but two failures immediately hand the turn to the opponent. That push-your-luck decision drives movement, ranged attacks, magic, and opposed combat without dense record keeping. The revised book includes more than 180 ready-to-use profiles, warband construction, six scenarios, and campaign rules. Measurement sticks or a hex grid both work, making the system easy to adapt to whatever terrain and miniatures are already available.
