I’m rather fond of the Reconquista so have a bunch of armies. I don’t play so much now, mostly for the lack of a large scale set of rules that I like.
Rules
DBM in the past, the dabbled with the idea of FOG, but mostly play DBA or HOTT.
Armies
I can field all the main players for the Reconquista using DBM
Later Visigothic 419 AD – 720 AD (DBM Book 2, List 82 )
Andalusian 710 AD – 1172 AD (DBM Book 3, List 34)
Feudal Spanish 711 AD – 1340 AD (DBM Book 3, List 35)
Fanatic Berber 1039 AD – 1529 AD (DBM Book 3, List 74)
Medieval Spanish or Portuguese 1340 AD – 1485 AD (DBM Book 4, List 68)
My favourites are Murabit Berber (circa 1110 AD) and Medieval Aragonese (circa 1455 AD). If you want to know why I like the Murabitun, just check out the first 5 minutes of the movie El Cid. And Medieval Aragonese … because I like Almughavares … fielding shieldless Javelin/Spearmen in WRG 7 edition was a fine way to get ones blood moving.
I have also fielded some contemporaries from other parts of the world:
Abbasid Arab 747 – 945 AD (DBM Book 3, List 37)
Tuareg 1000 AD – 1880 AD (DBM Book 3, List 69) … Adrenalin pumping action it was too – this army has no reverse.
Catalan Company 1302 AD – 1388 AD (DBM Book 4, List 60)
And I’m working on …
Granadine 1232 AD – 1492 AD (DBM Book 4, List 38)
Scale
15 mm
Figures
Predominantly from Essex Miniatures, although Irregular, and Table Top appear among the the Muslim Cavalry and the Almughavares.