A fun, fast-paced game of conquest and combat.
One of the great things about the mass battle game from Greek publisher Para Bellum Wargames, Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings, is that if you take the miniatures off their ranking bases you can play a skirmish-level game with them. That game is called Conquest: First Blood.
This is obviously a great idea – two games for the price of one! The rules share many similarities, but there are important changes to all the special abilities, and of course things like movement, and there’s a general emphasis on the leader of each regiment of models. A regiment must stay with its leader’s command range, and in classic Conquest form, those leaders can call each out for individual challenges on the battlefield. But in general, those familiar with the rules of the parent game are going to have no problem adapting to this different scale of war.
In 2026 Para Bellum completely revamped and streamlined the rules for Conquest: First Blood, making it even more its own game, so of course I’ve redone my rules & reference from scratch for the new 2nd edition. You can download the PDFs for either edition using the links below
Whatever flavour of Conquest you play, remember, when you’re building your own collection of miniatures, be sure to use my 10% off affiliate code below when you shop from the Para Bellum store, and save yourself some hard-earned cash!
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A quick correction: Para Bellum are from Greece, not Italy.
Whoops, thankyou – fixed.