For those of you that may be interested, the rule mechanic for HW seemed to
work rather well for larger scale combat. The Army of the Self Styled Bull
Shah of Worion marched down the Oronin River with his army and destroyed the
forces of the Moon Shah in an exciting and quick way. Sieges and magic were
less successful, but open combat was a major success, with desperate charges,
rallies, uncertain stand offs etc.
In one big game session we had theology debates (is the Red Goddess a False
God?),
diplomacy, treachery, three full battles, one minor skirmish, two sieges, a
major succession crisis, and two days spent in the House of Anomaly.
Is there going to be a large scale combat option in the HW rules? If not, then
there should be. I personally think the SP system is almost better suited to
this than to individual player interactions. But I'll stop talking about
rules.
Keith Nellist