"Oldest Ruleset You Still Play?" Topic

Little Wars and Kriegspiel, the one with logistics in it.

Retinue

Crossfire.

Probably AH's Bismarck, then an old version of Mustangs and Messerschmitts and Star Fleet Battles.

AH Bismarck is a brilliant game, I wish I had an opponent then I'd play it again. Same combat system as Jutland, also noted in this list.

WRG Renaissance recently and Forlorn Hope.

Kriegspiel.
Then after that I guess Fire & Fury and Crossfire.

Tho I don't play "Mordheim" as a game anymore, I do use the rules for sword & pistol skirmishes--Border Reivers, Renaissance, ECW, & Barsoom.

TSATF and Chassepot and Needlegun

Wally Simon's Modern Skirmish Rules – (back then Modern skirmish meant WW2)

TSATF, Tactica Medieval, DBA

Jagdpanzer, tho I now play the 2nd Edition rules. Much better infantry mechanics now.

SJG Ogre/GEV circa 1977.

Column, Line and Square, TSATF, General Quarters.

Tricorne for the SYW

Play Regularly?

Mostly I am moving to the THW rules so relatively new stuff when I run a game but…

Ironically I must admit a friend of mine (regular/most frequent opponent) uses some self-modified variant of TS&TF or Chassepot and Needlegun for almost all his games.

Air Combat games are Wings AT War or Wessex Games (WW1 through Modern) so not "old" IMO.

Occasional play – Chainmail (the OD&D contemporary one, not the CMG one)

Unfortunately inactive due to lack of miniatures – Tricorne

Never should have sold/given away – Tricolor! and Column, Line, and Square.

Charles Grant's The War Game 18th C Rules.

My own Stargate rules!

We regulary still play Armati II.
And are still playing WFB 5th now and then.

Last weeks game was Man'o'war.

I don't know which of these games is the oldest.

Empire III, yeah I know.

Rules According to Ral

Silent Death and Fire & Fury

Squad Leader.
Napoleon's Battles.

And for the wag who mentioned Chess, let me one-up you: Go.

Laserburn, unless ASL predates it.

Column, Line and Square

I would probably still be playing Fletcher Pratt too if I knew anyone else who was interested.

I certainly play TSATF, but I hesitate to call those rules "old" yet.

Rick

'Wooden Ships and Iron Men' was originally called 'Ship of the Line' by Juggernaut and was a miniature set of rules. So that is close in 1983-4.
TSATF, I first played in 1983.
BattleTech was about 1984-5. Car Warsw and SFB all used the counting hits and location but I no longer have any opponents for those three.
Rules I can remember playing before that , I no longer play.

Mine. First developed back in the late 70s. They were good then and they still are.

That's for historicals. RPG, that's a different matter altogether. Currently, I'm using a revived, restructured gaming system. It seems that each time I go back into RPG, I have to "research" what I did before, select stuff I still like (and understand!) and to a complete redesign in order to be happy….

In the grand manner, played General quarters a few weeks back, for the first time, WWII Narvik stuff, great rules, had a great game.

John

General Quarters is still played by me and people at the club I attend. However, although I don't play it that regularly, my oldest set of miniatures rules I like are Striker; the Traveller wargaming rules.

I still have a copy of WRG 1685-1845 and maintain it's still good.

The sword and the flame, also Kriegspiel.

Close Action, Napoleonic age of sail, 1997 edition. Rumors persist of a coming 2nd edition…