Cry Havoc: Medieval Man to Man Combat Kickstarter

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Cry Havoc – Medieval Man to Man Combat

Bringing the 1981 classic two-player wargame Cry Havoc back to your tables.

The original game of medieval combat returns in a fantastic remastered edition, featuring new art from Gary Chalk. Time to bring dramatic clashes of mail-armoured knights to your tabletop.

The original 1981 edition of Cry Havoc

In 1981, Gary Chalk and Standard Games collaborated to create Cry Havoc!, combining simple rules with gorgeous hand-drawn art and compelling narrative scenarios. The game became the introduction to wargaming for many gamers worldwide, and the original version can still be found on many tabletops, a testament to the game’s quality and presentation.

Maps and tokens from the original 1981 edition of Cry Havoc

Fast forward to 2026, and Gary has collaborated with his friend Mark Farr at Footsore Miniatures to clean up and remaster the original game with new artwork, maps and tokens. The game remains the same classic wargaming experience, and is completely compatible with the original 1981 version (if you’ve still got one on your shelf or tucked away in an attic).

As an original artist at Standard Games and owner of Cry Havoc, I’m hugely excited to see this remaster come to life. – Gary Chalk

• Historical Background & Playing Pieces: A 12-page A5  full-colour booklet exploring warfare in the 13th century and describing the game’s various playing pieces.
• Rules of Play: A 16-page A5 full-colour booklet containing the rules for playing Cry Havoc!
• The Scenarios: A 16-page A5 full-colour booklet containing 8 scenarios.
• Playing Sheets: 4 A5 sheets featuring player reference information.
• The Maps: Two 28.5 x 40.5cm hex maps, beautifully illustrated by Gary Chalk and laid out by Steve Beckett.
• The Tokens: High-quality double-sided punch-out tokens, representing a wide variety of medieval combatants, Everything from Mounted Knights to peasants and pack mules.
• Dice: 2 ten-sided dice.

Mockups of the rules booklets, newly remastered by Steve Beckett

1x copy of the Cry Havoc Game box at an early-bird discounted price.

1x copy of the Cry Havoc! Game box.

5x copies of the Cry Havoc! Game box. A knightly level for any brick-and-mortar game store.*(see FAQ Retailers& Distribution).

Remastered and double-sided versions of the original Cry Havoc maps, drawn by Steve Beckett

All stretch goals will be included in the game box.

„Cry Havoc is easy to learn and simple to play… The rules are clear and unambiguous, and the scenarios are varied and dramatic… The value of Cry Havoc is in the beauty of its presentation, the charm of its medieval atmosphere, and the appeal of its simple mass combat systems.” – Ken Rolson, Dragon issue 85 1984.

„Cry Havoc is superb, a wonderful thumbnail sketch of medieval combat. Gamers interested in fantasy roleplaying games will find it a useful aid, especially the maps.“ – Craig Sheeley, Space Gamer issue 71, 1984.

„Strikingly beautiful graphics characterise this game of man-to-man combat … a kit no medieval warrior should be without.“ – Peter Hatton, Fire & Movement issue 26, 1982

“Set in medieval England, Cry Havoc offered simple but efficient rules, and a very attractive design that produced addictive gameplay.” – Age of Ink, 2022

Shipping is being handled between Footsore and our manufacturing and fulfilment partner, MRP. While it is difficult to provide accurate estimates of international shipping costs due to constant global turmoil, we’ve done our best to give you an idea of the costs, and we’re doing our utmost to provide you with the best prices possible.
As Cry Havoc will be printed in the UK (five-minutes‘ walk from Footsore HQ), this should avoid/reduce the impact of any tariffs or other trade restrictions to the USA, whilst for the EU we will be using the well-tested IOSS service.

Shipping will be charged at a later point via a pledge manager on Backerkit. You will be able to supply your address details and alter your pledge right up until fulfilment begins. We will be prepaying tax and import duties, so there will be no surprise charges.

We anticipate the shipping cost for a single Serjeant-level pledge to be:

• UK: £6.50
• EU: from £12, depending on location
• US: £15.50
• Canada: £12.50
• Australia, New Zealand & RoW: £19.50

For Trade accounts, we will contact you once we have your details in Backerkit to confirm courier costs, depending on location and volume.

Die Kampagne ist finanziert und läuft noch 14 Tage.

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