Well, Battle Savvy is pretty much just the C&C Ancients Battleback rules in the box, so I figure maybe the other rules would work also. There are 3 main differences (in tactics) between Battlelore and Ancients: Battleback, Evade and Retreat.

Battleback: This one is already implemented in the Battle Savvy rules in the Heroes expansion

Evade: This one I can also see working. Basically, you can have your units "evade" melee attacks from other units by foregoing their battleback (this will work best with the Battle Savvy rules). When you evade, your opponents will no longer hit on a Swords on Shield result. That simple. You decrease their chance of hitting you, at the cost of not being able to battleback.

Green units can evade all other units.

Blue mounted units can evade foot units, red mounted units and creatures.

Red mounted units can evade foot units and creatures.

So basically, agile units like green and mounted units can evade.

Retreat: This one I can't get to work well because of the Goblins. What they had in C&C Ancients was you retreat your max movement. With goblins, the lizard riders would have to retreat 8 hexes PER FLAG. I'm not sure how to work around it.

It is interesting to see the differences of the two games. Thanks for the post. Just a quick question, if you are using C&C: Ancients rules, why don't you just buy a bunch of 1/72 minis and use the ancients set instead of using Battlelore? I own just Battlelore, but if I had of bought C&C: Ancients, that is what I would have envisioned myself doing.