Chinese Army Paper Counters for Rally Round the King

The first rule set I'm going to test out for my Warring States Project is THW's Rally Round the King because the vast majority of solo players have highly recommended it to me. Upon first reading the rules for RRtK, I can see why - lots of cool elements here!

Though the setting of RRtK is a fantasy world, many nations are based on historical armies, and the region called "Merchen" fits the profile of a Chinese Warring States army perfectly! I just needed an actual army! So, I made Ancient Chinese army paper counters consistent with the appropriate sizes of bases for 15 mm figures.

Infantry is 40 mm x 20 mm, cavalry is 40 mm x 30 mm, and chariots are 30 mm x 40 mm.

The images are by Ben Harvey from Junior General.

Regardless of the direction the images are facing, the front of each counter is the side opposite the name.

The number on each counter is the number of figures meant to be mounted on each unit as dictated by the RRtK Merchen army. That value is used in RRtK to determine things like outnumbering. The number of soldiers depicted in the images I used is ignored, like in the case of these dudes:

The plan is to print out two copies of the army on different colored paper, cut them out, and give RRtK a test drive this week!

I placed what ought to be enough counters on a single sheet of paper to provide for an entire RRtK army of this nation, wheteher a player wants to build the army himself or roll half of it up randomly as per the rules.

And, there's a general in a chariot, too!

Ultimately, I did not opt for "top down" images for the counters because I really liked Ben Harvey's work as it was. Sure, I could have used a number of top down pics per counter instead of needing to type an actual number - and I DID try that, even on green backgrounds - but I really liked these the best.

If you want a copy of the counter sheet, e-mail me and I will send you the PDF.