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Same ruleset, very different wars, very different games	32	27 Apr 2024 3:08 a.m. PST
Optio VASSAL module	4	23 Apr 2024 11:13 a.m. PST
Divisional Level World War II Rules	42	16 Apr 2024 4:23 p.m. PST
How I make magnetic counters for Optio	5	16 Apr 2024 1:47 a.m. PST
You write your own rules!	3	15 Apr 2024 4:59 p.m. PST
Useful detail or granularity	9	12 Apr 2024 12:08 a.m. PST
Using cube markers for Optio	20	11 Apr 2024 11:32 a.m. PST
Optio diceless Ancients gaming system	3	07 Apr 2024 9:34 a.m. PST
A varient of the 6 node scenario and other stuff	9	07 Apr 2024 6:22 a.m. PST
Calling Mortars 120mm 1980's tecnology	21	30 Mar 2024 2:37 p.m. PST
Defining 'Crunchy'	11	18 Mar 2024 9:26 p.m. PST
Validating your model	388	18 Mar 2024 8:49 a.m. PST
Trenches - A disappointing compromise	10	17 Mar 2024 10:31 a.m. PST
Back to designing in the old style	9	16 Mar 2024 6:24 p.m. PST
Meat wave assault - Simulation - Version 1	12	12 Mar 2024 1:08 p.m. PST
What wargames inspired you to write your own rules	24	29 Feb 2024 4:23 p.m. PST
Rulesets That Deserve a New Edition?	51	24 Feb 2024 11:02 p.m. PST
Looking to build a Game Design and Playtester community	8	24 Feb 2024 10:40 p.m. PST
Wargames from World War II: Book Review	18	24 Feb 2024 7:54 a.m. PST
Ambush Mechanics	20	12 Feb 2024 9:23 p.m. PST
Homesteader or Nomad?	11	03 Feb 2024 4:46 p.m. PST
I Hate Hedges!	16	31 Jan 2024 12:19 p.m. PST
Standard formats for using counters for miniatures rules?	14	29 Jan 2024 1:30 p.m. PST
Action priority idea - semi simultaneous	16	18 Jan 2024 10:20 a.m. PST
Detail and Knowledge	29	17 Jan 2024 1:17 p.m. PST
Neil Thomas One Hour Wargames - Playing All the Scenarios	5	02 Jan 2024 12:03 a.m. PST
Is Science Magic?	8	31 Dec 2023 2:29 p.m. PST
Tabling your opponent	26	31 Dec 2023 6:40 a.m. PST
Is Magic Science?	8	31 Dec 2023 6:36 a.m. PST
Wargaming Without Dice	113	26 Dec 2023 4:17 p.m. PST
Can simulated fog of war replace dice?	136	24 Dec 2023 10:14 a.m. PST
Wargaming-Waterloo by Charles Esdaile	6	20 Dec 2023 11:45 p.m. PST
basewidths and basing? Is it still a thing?	75	19 Dec 2023 7:39 a.m. PST
Discussion with designers from SPI	33	16 Dec 2023 7:04 a.m. PST
Moving Stealthily	23	05 Dec 2023 8:11 a.m. PST
Wargames are NOT FUN	68	25 Nov 2023 7:33 a.m. PST
Activating figures in groups, best method	10	25 Nov 2023 5:52 a.m. PST
What has happened to the wargamers forum	4	11 Nov 2023 6:31 p.m. PST
Village design - The tough one	27	31 Oct 2023 3:56 a.m. PST
Altenate ideas to avoid hex-based movement	24	25 Oct 2023 10:31 a.m. PST
Arcane Warfare Project update	1	17 Oct 2023 12:55 p.m. PST
Who do you want your rules optimised for?	34	16 Oct 2023 9:16 a.m. PST
Blood on the Sands: A Game of Gladiatorial Combat	9	14 Oct 2023 11:46 p.m. PST
Command Segments per Game?	15	11 Oct 2023 12:28 p.m. PST
Designers Notes	11	22 Sep 2023 8:29 a.m. PST
Looking for an international Playtest Team	8	18 Sep 2023 2:06 a.m. PST
Best Osprey Rules? Lion Rampant!	8	31 Aug 2023 9:18 a.m. PST
historical imagination	25	15 Aug 2023 5:09 a.m. PST
A participation game	11	09 Aug 2023 8:09 a.m. PST
NPCs	4	09 Aug 2023 5:33 a.m. PST
Skirmish C2? You give it a 5.	1	07 Aug 2023 9:44 p.m. PST
The advantages of fighting in the mancave	4	06 Aug 2023 12:00 p.m. PST
Creating customisable hilly terrain	12	31 Jul 2023 9:59 a.m. PST
A Compendium of Wargaming Terms	47	20 Jul 2023 9:16 p.m. PST
41/42 armour penetration table	21	19 Jul 2023 10:55 a.m. PST
How did 4'x6' become the 'standard' table?	68	08 Jul 2023 2:33 p.m. PST
Sea Strike - a 1973 wargaming gem	20	04 Jul 2023 10:47 p.m. PST
Chance Cards	20	03 Jul 2023 6:40 a.m. PST
On the Nature of Rules	11	02 Jul 2023 8:16 p.m. PST
Observation/spotting rules , your favourite system	21	02 Jul 2023 11:20 a.m. PST
will you stay or will you go?	55	26 Jun 2023 9:30 a.m. PST
AI	15	25 Jun 2023 8:18 a.m. PST
Card Draw Rearguard?	5	10 Jun 2023 7:09 p.m. PST
What makes something a "wargame?"	41	07 Jun 2023 1:02 p.m. PST
Do you write your own rules?	56	27 May 2023 11:36 a.m. PST
What rules would you describe as 'Crunchy'	32	16 May 2023 3:21 p.m. PST
Kingmaker II - new YouTube film	19	08 May 2023 3:26 p.m. PST
An overview of Optio	11	05 May 2023 3:36 a.m. PST
How to make a fun game out of a frontal assault on redoubts?	21	01 May 2023 2:27 p.m. PST
What physical innovations revolutionised your wargaming?	37	18 Apr 2023 3:13 a.m. PST
Slowing Down the Game (2)	20	13 Apr 2023 11:05 a.m. PST
Guess which Napoleonic rules...	18	28 Mar 2023 3:23 a.m. PST
How do you handle invisible figures?	10	28 Mar 2023 3:15 a.m. PST
Pre-measuring?	52	19 Mar 2023 3:52 p.m. PST
Handy Tokens	1	15 Mar 2023 8:06 p.m. PST
Favorite rulesets - Tractics, Easy Eight, Adv Tobruck	28	15 Mar 2023 7:14 p.m. PST
Great War resources	7	10 Mar 2023 2:59 a.m. PST
Gaming with marked out tables	17	05 Mar 2023 2:50 a.m. PST
Are wargamers control freaks?	25	25 Feb 2023 8:51 a.m. PST
How do you define a game	19	20 Feb 2023 9:50 a.m. PST
PhD in Wargaming	16	07 Feb 2023 3:41 a.m. PST
Tony Bath's Hyborian Campaign	49	01 Feb 2023 2:34 p.m. PST
Probability on D6 (new,)	19	21 Jan 2023 8:29 p.m. PST
Bigger than Gettysburg: Chancellorsville (1863)	9	21 Jan 2023 2:58 p.m. PST
Probability on D6	2	21 Jan 2023 10:39 a.m. PST
The art of markers	16	14 Jan 2023 12:39 p.m. PST
Gen. Pettygree's Empire of Wrath, Ch. 6 Procession	6	12 Jan 2023 5:44 p.m. PST
Wargameing - Book Theory into practice?	18	11 Jan 2023 5:08 a.m. PST
Slowing Down the Game (1)	74	10 Jan 2023 10:42 a.m. PST
What minis games have an AI opponent?	8	07 Jan 2023 7:42 p.m. PST
Fundamental assumptions	24	27 Dec 2022 4:07 p.m. PST
How best to represent holding back/committing reserves?	36	21 Dec 2022 5:32 a.m. PST
Turn ships from the center!	7	20 Dec 2022 11:47 a.m. PST
Don't blow your cool!	10	19 Dec 2022 3:55 a.m. PST
Opposed rolls single or double with best number	11	16 Dec 2022 3:59 a.m. PST
John Prados has Passed	8	07 Dec 2022 11:53 a.m. PST
Skirmish gaming by texts	12	05 Dec 2022 1:56 p.m. PST
You Are What You Eat	11	27 Nov 2022 12:37 p.m. PST
Terrible, Fond Wars Game Mechanics Experiment: Combat Skills	2	22 Nov 2022 10:02 p.m. PST
COOL werewolves	6	14 Nov 2022 9:10 p.m. PST