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29 Sep 2015 2:54 p.m. PST
by Editor in Chief Bill

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Editor in Chief Bill	29 Sep 2015 2:54 p.m. PST
What is the oldest set of miniature wargaming rules with you still actively play?
Bill McHarg	29 Sep 2015 3:03 p.m. PST
Charge! Or How to Play Wargames
TNE2300	29 Sep 2015 3:08 p.m. PST
chess?
Gear Pilot	29 Sep 2015 3:11 p.m. PST
FASA Star Trek (Tactical Combat Simulator)
Random Die Roll	29 Sep 2015 3:11 p.m. PST
My original set of Blitzkreig is the oldest----although I bought a new printing of it many years later
Chris Palmer	29 Sep 2015 3:17 p.m. PST
Charge!
Who asked this joker	29 Sep 2015 3:18 p.m. PST
Don Featherstone H&M rules based on the ones from Wargames (1962)
princeman	29 Sep 2015 3:35 p.m. PST
The Sword and the Flame Tactica
iceaxe	29 Sep 2015 3:35 p.m. PST
Skirmish Wargames series, mainly Western & 20thC, which is embarrassing as the Skirmish Wargames Group have moved on and now play later versions of the ye olde sets.
VCarter	29 Sep 2015 3:37 p.m. PST
TSATF as well as my own Civil War rules.
sillypoint	29 Sep 2015 3:38 p.m. PST
On to Richmond.
JimDuncanUK	29 Sep 2015 3:39 p.m. PST
Me too! Don Featherstone H&M rules based on the ones from Wargames (1962) With a couple of little amendments.
Rrobbyrobot	29 Sep 2015 3:48 p.m. PST
TSATF and Jagdpanzer
Joes Shop	29 Sep 2015 3:52 p.m. PST
Battle! by Charles Grant.
Virtualscratchbuilder	29 Sep 2015 4:06 p.m. PST
Wesencraft's Napoleonics
myxemail	29 Sep 2015 4:10 p.m. PST
Crossfire
20thmaine	29 Sep 2015 4:13 p.m. PST
Galactic Warfare – 1971 I think!
79thPA	29 Sep 2015 4:19 p.m. PST
Probably "On to Richmond." I haven't played TSATF in many years, but I am tempted to try it for the AWI.
Murphy	29 Sep 2015 4:25 p.m. PST
Rally Round The Flag! RRtF….
Wargamer Blue	29 Sep 2015 4:40 p.m. PST
Crossfire
RavenscraftCybernetics	29 Sep 2015 4:43 p.m. PST
The Rules According to Ral
Mister Tibbles	29 Sep 2015 4:49 p.m. PST
Star Fleet Battles
peterx	29 Sep 2015 4:52 p.m. PST
Warhammer Fantasy (older version) and Gorka Morka.
Big Red	29 Sep 2015 5:00 p.m. PST
Crossfire On to Richmond Tactica The Sword and the Flame
Ceterman	29 Sep 2015 5:01 p.m. PST
TSATF & On To Richmond I've had & played them both since they first came on the scene. I'm old…. then Crossfire. My latest, Through the Mud & the Blood & BA.
Winston Smith	29 Sep 2015 5:09 p.m. PST
TSATF. I would still like to get in a game of 1776 though.
Winston Smith	29 Sep 2015 5:12 p.m. PST
We must be a bunch of old farts though. We still play Empire, Age of Reason and My Galley Sally. No " Ooooh! Shiny" for us. No sir.
Ragbones	29 Sep 2015 5:15 p.m. PST
TSATF and Rally Around the Flag.
Tazman49684	29 Sep 2015 5:20 p.m. PST
TSATF and Tactica……..
pogany	29 Sep 2015 5:24 p.m. PST
Rally Round the Flag ! Still my favorite ACW ruleset. Also, I still play Frederick the Great regularly. Both are my original copies.
Dynaman8789	29 Sep 2015 5:26 p.m. PST
ASL.
Stosstruppen	29 Sep 2015 5:27 p.m. PST
TSATF Age of Reason Fire & Fury Napoleon's Battles (though it has been revised)
Pedrobear	29 Sep 2015 5:30 p.m. PST
Strandhogg (2003)
redbanner4145	29 Sep 2015 5:32 p.m. PST
Napoleon's Battles
Old Contemptibles	29 Sep 2015 5:56 p.m. PST
TSATF
skippy0001	29 Sep 2015 6:23 p.m. PST
…next week I'm teaching my roleplaying group TRACTICS!!!!…along with AirWar C21 and FFT3. Traveller, Europa(Fire in the East, Second Front et al)boardgame being set up.
gprokopo	29 Sep 2015 7:19 p.m. PST
Little Wars (H.G. Wells) What do I win?
PatrickWR	29 Sep 2015 7:20 p.m. PST
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
Ed Mohrmann	29 Sep 2015 7:25 p.m. PST
Before I was a Marshal… OTR
Wackmole9	29 Sep 2015 7:55 p.m. PST
Fletcher Pratt Naval Rules
Mallen	29 Sep 2015 8:08 p.m. PST
Jutland
Liliburlero	29 Sep 2015 8:14 p.m. PST
TSATF Before I Was a Marshal….
Sundance	29 Sep 2015 8:48 p.m. PST
Not sure when some of them came out, but probably 1776. Published in 1976.
Jamesonsafari	29 Sep 2015 9:08 p.m. PST
Fire and Fury
Early morning writer	29 Sep 2015 10:24 p.m. PST
Mike Nemechek's Volley Fire for the Seven Years War.
raylev3	29 Sep 2015 11:15 p.m. PST
TSATF Fire and Fury
Ney Ney	29 Sep 2015 11:48 p.m. PST
DBA
sma1941	30 Sep 2015 1:45 a.m. PST
High die wins.
KTravlos	30 Sep 2015 2:09 a.m. PST
DBA
arthur1815	30 Sep 2015 2:28 a.m. PST
Von Reisswitz's 1824 kriegsspiel – the only wargame rules by an officer who actually served in the Napoleonic Wars!? – and Little Wars.