 The Editor   | 01 Sep 2011 4:05 p.m. PST |
If you were limited to only five rulesets (and variants) to cover all of your wargaming, which rulesets would you select? |
RobH  | 01 Sep 2011 4:18 p.m. PST |
I already have… Impetus
Volley & Bayonet (1st ed)
Spearhead Plus Crossfire and "Song of.." Few "generic" rulesets are easier to cope with than trying to remember a shelf full of specifics if you game infrequently and like variety. |
 richarDISNEY  | 01 Sep 2011 4:18 p.m. PST |
1) Nuts: War Without End
2) Chaos in Carpathia
3) Check Your 6
4) Cutlass!
5) Thrilling Tales
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 RavenscraftCybernetics | 01 Sep 2011 4:21 p.m. PST |
dead walk again
gaslight
nuts
Getzits' rules for death and destruction (homebrew)
The Rules According to Ral |
 John the OFM | 01 Sep 2011 4:33 p.m. PST |
Flames of War
The Sword and the Flame
Age of Reason
GASLIGHT
New Antigua Sedan Chair Associated Racing |
| Nikator | 01 Sep 2011 4:34 p.m. PST |
Only 5 ? Cain't be did. It would be inhuman. |
 Who asked this joker | 01 Sep 2011 4:40 p.m. PST |
Lost Tales
Ancients D6
Volley and Bayonet (1st ed)
Sword and the Flame
Dungeons and Dragons White Box edition |
| Bryan Stroup | 01 Sep 2011 4:48 p.m. PST |
1) AK47 Republic 1st Ed
2) Flint n Steel (my game group LOVES these rules)
3) Savage Worlds
4) B5: A Call to Arms and it's variants
5) TS&tF It's what we play and what made my group stay together for so long. Gotta love the regular gaming. |
 doc mcb | 01 Sep 2011 4:52 p.m. PST |
Pride of Lions
Song of Blades and Heroes
Mighty Armies
Johnny Reb and an undisclosed future draft pick |
| The Editor | 01 Sep 2011 5:02 p.m. PST |
I already have… I know – you were my inspiration for this poll suggestion.  |
 Don Manser | 01 Sep 2011 5:05 p.m. PST |
WAB
Napoleon's Battles
Blitzkrieg Commander
TSATF
Fire and Fury DM |
 Murphy  | 01 Sep 2011 5:06 p.m. PST |
1: RRTF (Iron Brigade/Heritage Edition)…
2: TSATF
3: Cold War Commander
4: Gutshot! (of course!)
5: A good set of pulp rules, (that I haven't found yet…) |
 JRacel | 01 Sep 2011 5:12 p.m. PST |
Mighty Armies
Force on Force
Tomorrow Wars
5150/Nuts!/ATZ – Two Hour Wargames Chain Reaction System
Pride of Lions
Something else SciFi . . . . |
| Sundance | 01 Sep 2011 5:23 p.m. PST |
NUTS!/ATZ/CR3
WRG 6
Traveller
CY6/Jet Age
GQ3 |
| Tom Reed | 01 Sep 2011 5:31 p.m. PST |
TSATF
.45 Adventures
Fire & Fury
Desperado
SciFi Commander |
| Ed Mohrmann | 01 Sep 2011 5:49 p.m. PST |
TSATF
A Glint of Bayonets
Before I Was a Marshal…
On To Richmond
the Blue Sky series |
| delta6ct | 01 Sep 2011 6:07 p.m. PST |
IABSM
Bag the Hun
GQ3
On to Richmond
Crossfire |
| fitterpete | 01 Sep 2011 6:21 p.m. PST |
WAB
WAB ECW
Black Powder
Warhammer Great War
Mordheim
Any of these rulesets can be modified so easily to fill in the cracks.Other than WHFB and 40k they are the only things I regularly play.In fact I only even own about 15 rule sets.
Wargods of Aegyptus
Slaughterloo
Clan War
FOW
GW War of the Ring
The Warhammer Legends series(old west,Alamo,High seas etc)
1644
being the rest |
| 21eRegt | 01 Sep 2011 6:22 p.m. PST |
Command Decision: Test of Battle
Naval Thunder family
Johnny Reb III
Empire V
Final Argument of Kings |
| Sundance | 01 Sep 2011 6:27 p.m. PST |
Nikator's right because no matter what I'm leaving out some genre that I enjoy. Even given game systems – none of them cover everything. |
| redbanner4145 | 01 Sep 2011 7:37 p.m. PST |
Johnny Reb 3
Arc of Fire
Check Your 6
Medieval Warfare
Napoleon's Battles |
| lkmjbc3 | 01 Sep 2011 8:25 p.m. PST |
DBA
Volley & Bayonet
Rapid Fire!
Modern Spearhead
40K 5th Edition Joe Collins |
| I didnt do it | 01 Sep 2011 8:37 p.m. PST |
Okay. I'll bite Chronopia 2nd Edition
Warhammer Battlefield Evolution Series (Modern Combat/World at War)
Warhammer 40K
Heavy Gear Blitz |
| Shagnasty | 01 Sep 2011 8:47 p.m. PST |
Gush Renaissance
Rally Round the Flag
GQ III family
Beneath the Lily Banners
WRG 6 Ed. Ancients |
| David Manley | 01 Sep 2011 9:00 p.m. PST |
Form Line of Battle
Fire and Fury
Iron and Fire
General Quarters
Action Stations |
 Pictors Studio | 01 Sep 2011 9:03 p.m. PST |
Black Powder + variants
Warmaster
Flames of War
Warhammer and variants
Trafalgar and variants. |
| Toaster | 01 Sep 2011 9:06 p.m. PST |
Colonial Battlefleet
Song of Blades and Heros
Song of Drums and Shakos
Flying Lead
Mutants and Death Ray Guns Can I add Full Thrust on as a sixth since its free? No. Oh well. Robert |
| jdginaz | 01 Sep 2011 9:19 p.m. PST |
Johnny Reb III
IABSM
Charlie Don't Surf
Through the Mud & The Blood
Guns of Liberty |
| platypus01au | 01 Sep 2011 9:39 p.m. PST |
DBMM
Future War Commander
Crossfire
Langton's Signal Close Action
Aeronef JohnG |
| Diadochoi | 01 Sep 2011 9:58 p.m. PST |
Savage Worlds
Force on Force (and variants)
Impetus
Die Fighting! (with modifications) 5th choice is tough among a number of contenders, but Lasalle |
| Pictors Studio | 01 Sep 2011 10:04 p.m. PST |
I'd like to add Infinity to my list actually. Not sure what I'd get rid of. |
 redmist1122 | 01 Sep 2011 10:10 p.m. PST |
This Very Ground
Might of Arms
Flower of Chivalry
La Salle
Beneath the Lily Banners II P. |
| Mick in Switzerland | 01 Sep 2011 11:13 p.m. PST |
The games I actually play are GW Lord of the Rings SBG
Force on Force
Rapid Fire
WAB |
| Princeps | 01 Sep 2011 11:13 p.m. PST |
Warmaster Ancients
Piquet Field of Battle
Command Decision
The Sword and the Flame
Warhammer Ancient Battles |
| ochoin deach | 01 Sep 2011 11:41 p.m. PST |
ELAN (there are Marlburian, 7YW, ACW & Crimean variants to go with this Napoleonic set) |
| Andrew Beasley | 02 Sep 2011 12:00 a.m. PST |
Songs of B&H + WW + GD
Use Me SciFi
Ogre 6e when its out (and if that's not allowed I would go with Ogre Miniatures) |
| The Monstrous Jake | 02 Sep 2011 2:13 a.m. PST |
Yaquinto Panzer/88/Armour
MAATAC
Shipbase (whichever latest version I'm working on at the moment)
Tractics
Red Chicken Rising |
| Gennorm | 02 Sep 2011 2:20 a.m. PST |
Black Powder
BGMR Modern
LFS 3
FoG-R |
| bong67 | 02 Sep 2011 2:49 a.m. PST |
Hi,
My five would be (in no particular order)
Full Thrust
Check Your Six
Warhammer Ancient Battles
Arc of Fire
Force on Force If I was able to add a few more rules I'd go to nine key sets adding:
DBA/DBN/HOTT (each variant slightly different but basically the same game)
Black Powder
Blitzkreig Commander/Cold War Commander/Future War Commander (again each variant is slightly different but basically the same game)
Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game/Legends of the Old West/legends of the High Seas/Gladiator (again each variant is slightly different but basically the same game) Since joining my local wargames club a couple of years ago I've been playing lots of different rules and have never had the time to become really proficent with many of them. However, the ones on my list I find to be the easiest to pick up which give me a fun and satisfying game so I've decided to concentrate on playing them and not buying any more shiny new rules (except for Shako 2 and SAGA – help!)
All the best,
George. |
 x42brown | 02 Sep 2011 3:01 a.m. PST |
Providing opposition was available WRG Ancients
George Gush's Renaissance rules
DBx
Full Thrust
Our current house fantasy skirmish rules There are a few others just below but these are top five x42 |
| skippy0001 | 02 Sep 2011 3:55 a.m. PST |
Savage Worlds
Rogue Trader(the original)
Mongoose Traveller
Fist Full of Tows3
GURPS(gamekit and source material,collected over the years) other: Twilight 2k 2.2
GDW europa(collected over the years)
Avalanche panzergrenadier series
Battletech
Castles & Crusades |
| pcelella | 02 Sep 2011 3:57 a.m. PST |
Field of Glory
Shako
Force on Force
Tomorrow's War
Field of Glory Renaissance Peter C
Sword and Sandal Gaming Blog
link |
 Sigwald | 02 Sep 2011 4:27 a.m. PST |
The Sword and the Flame
WAB
D&D
Age of Reason
Rapid Fire |
| Inari7 | 02 Sep 2011 4:55 a.m. PST |
DBA
The Rules with No Name
Starmada AE/Starmada Fleet OPS
War Rocket
Warengine |
| Goldwyrm | 02 Sep 2011 4:55 a.m. PST |
D&D
Shockforce/WarEngine
Starship Troopers
Black Powder/Hail Caesar
My house rules |
| A Lot of Gaul | 02 Sep 2011 5:07 a.m. PST |
1. Hail Caesar
2. Black Powder
3. Impetus
4. Grande Armée
5. Warmaster Ancients |
 Shaun Travers | 02 Sep 2011 5:26 a.m. PST |
Owww – too hard. But my current top 5: Armati II
Take Cover!!
Rally Round the King
MegaTraveller
Maybe DBx. Too hard!! |
| Holden Caufield | 02 Sep 2011 5:38 a.m. PST |
1. Hammerin Iron (new version)
2. Civil War Battles
3. Regiment of Foote
4. AK47 Reloaded
5. Battles in the Age of War or Bloody Barons
mmmmm….
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| dayglowill | 02 Sep 2011 8:07 a.m. PST |
1. Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game
2. Rank and File
3. Flying Lead definitely and, 4. Flames of War
5. Mighty Armies Ancients Though there are other WW2 and Ancient rules I'd be happy with too. I'd also be very sad not to have a naval set. |
 DestoFante | 02 Sep 2011 9:35 a.m. PST |
The Sword And The Flame
Piquet
Might and Reason
Force on Force
Seekrieg … and I would regret leaving IABSM and Die Fighting out. |
