Kingmaker and Battlelore

I have had some excellent e-mail Kingmaker campaigns, but it's been awhile. We always had 6 actual players plus one of us took a turn as the referee, and we used Kingmaker for everything but the field battles. Whenever it was 5-1 or more, the battle was considered a walkover, and anything but "Bad Weather Delays Attack" was a complete pasting. Sieges, parliament, map moves, etc., were all handled as in the rules, except everyone e-mailed their moves prior to a deadline and they were exectuted simultaneously. If order mattered (such as one stack saying its intention was to pursue another group), then I'd dice for order rather than prorate the moves. Not sure how the other refs handled this, but there was never any worry about it if I remember right.

The real fun was the field battles. 4-1 would take a miracle to overcome (it was worth fighting since the threat of the stronger side losing a noble was there), but once you got around 2-1 and closer to even, upsets became possible. The referee would play these out using a simple set of miniature rules called Days of Knights. Great fun and it was easy to act as the players wished because Wars of the Roses tactics were very straightforward.

Now that we have Battlelore, I was wondering if there were any interest in this sort of campaign locally. Ownership of Kingmaker/Battlelore isn't required, as I'd act as the first ref and be happy to explain anything to new players. Each player would pick his favorite noble, except Percy. Even 10 or 20 point nobles are good choices, because they would get a permanently assigned title so that all players start evenly. Permanently owned mercenaries are another good way to even things.

Each player could e-mail/tell in person/telephone their moves to me by a given day, and I could post the results here on this blog page. If battles resulted, I would scale the game into a medieval-like adventure using the Battlelore rules. All of the cards would be transformable into certain types of units. Even battles would be 12 units vs. 12 units, with a 4-1 battle converting into 16-8. Flags needed to win would be 1/2 the enemy rounded up.

Ideally, the opposing players could play out their battles within a few weeks. Unforeseeable delays could be converted to a die roll.

Would anyone care to see if I can firm this up into something solid? Do you think the interest in Kingmaker and/or Battlelore is there? Ted and I get through the complex scenarios at a good clip, so I think the field battles would not take very long at all, while still being fun because they have significant meaning to the overall Kingmaker game.

Just rambling on.