"Game Designers You Follow?" Topic

Which miniature wargaming game designers do you keep track of in order to find out about their upcoming rulesets?

Jaye Wiley (has Fistful of Lead up on Kickstarter)
Buck Surdu (has new game just published called Combat Patrol, just bought it and it looks good)

None, I look at the ruleset and what it offers.

There are some rule writers work I avoid, as I don't like the systems they habitually use.

Howard Whitehouse--though he doesn't seem to produce much of late! Shame.

None of them. There is name recognition, but I don't follow any of them.

Follow no. Avoid yes.

Ed – Two Hour Wargames

Too Fat lardies

Sam Mustafa

Nordic Weasel

The Lardies

boardgame wise I follow companies, GMT and MMP in particular.

Ed – two hour wargames
Richard Clarke – Too fat lardies
Howard Whitehouse

Follow: none. Avoid: yes. I also follow GMT and MMP.

John Hill
Buck Surdu

Mustafa and Clarke.

TooFatLardies – which designers?

TooFatLardies
Dave Brown

Neil Thomas. I will buy his rules even if I don't game the period.
Not a designer, but I follow the Sci Fi and Flintloque/Slaughterloo rules put out by Gavin and Alternative Armies.
Also Gary Graber. His Miniature Naval wargames are simple, very soloable, and fun. If you have never seen them, check them out at "mindengames.com"

I don't follow anyone really. I like Buck Surdu and Neil Thomas' design philosophy. But I don't generally follow what they have in the works.

Rich Hasenauer (Fire and Fury)
Bill Gray (Fire and Fury Variants)
Richard Borg (Commands and Colors)
Richard Clarke (Too Fat Lardies)
Sam Mustafa (Honour)
David Brown (General de Brigade Series)

TFL is mostly one designer, Richard Clarke. Though I read up on all their releases.

Sam Mustafa is getting added to my list as well.

Sam Mustafa.

Rich Hasenauer
and
Richard Borg

Howard Whitehouse
Bob Jones
Dan Mersey

Iron Ivan Games. My gaming buddy and I follow their releases and really enjoy their games. Thanks to Kaith and Chalfont and co for all the fine rules.

Tom Wham, ever since Snit Smashing ^,^

Ed "Rep 6" Teixeira – Two Hour Wargames

None, I look at the ruleset and what it offers.

There are some rule writers work I avoid, as I don't like the systems they habitually use.

Exception is a company (Two Hour Wargames) who uses multiple writers but one system style (updated at intervals – see Chain Reaction 2015)

I think to some extent we all do. Whether it is IGO UGO, card activation, saving throws, look up charts from hell, strange dice combinations that serve no purpose and could be simplified into a percentage role, artificialities that are unrealistic, over-detailing that serves no purpose, game becomes more about management than a battle, etc., etc. there are things about the approach of some authors or their mechanisms, or whatever, there are some things that many of us either don't prefer, don't like, or avoid like the plague.

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Richard Borg
Bob Jones
Ed at THW
Dan Mersey

Rich Hasenauer
Chris Leach
David Waxtel
Rudy Scott Nelson
Arty Conliffe

Neil Thomas
Dan Mersey

How could I forget Dan Mersey! Like his game design philosophy too!

Bob Jones
Richard Clarke and the TooFatLardies team
Sam Mustafa

"… do you keep track of in order to find out about their upcoming rulesets?"

I understood the question to be asking about "following" for future releases?

There are several names on here of people who are either deceased, or who haven't published anything in 20+ years, or in one case, who published only a single game, and that over 20 years ago.

"Following" their "upcoming rulesets" might prove difficult!

Interesting there is not a single mention of Rick Priestly who seems to hold himself in high regard (reading his column in WSS) but who hasn't had an original idea for many years IMHO.

Aw, someone said me :-)

Not so much designers as companies but I always keep an eye on Toofatlardies and Twohourwargames.

Interesting there is not a single mention of Rick Priestly who seems to hold himself in high regard (reading his column in WSS) but who hasn't had an original idea for many years IMHO.

I guess people read things differently; I don't find Rick's column gives any indication of him 'holding himself in high regard'. Instead, I find it a useful read, written by a decent, friendly bloke.
And as a result, yes, I follow him as a designer.

… in order to find out about their upcoming rulesets?

only The Perfect Captain

Game designers
As I find some good ideas in board games
J F Dunnigan
F Chadwick
R Berg as well as Borg
J Mirada
J Prados
P Griffith
G Jeffrey
when they were designing or alive
Same for following
Hassenauer
Hill
Bond
J Duffield

Asome miniatures gamers may not know about several of the above

John Hill has written rules I really enjoyed. Squad Leader and Johnny Reb are a tough act to follow.

Chipco. Can't remember the names off the top of my head. Chip Harris?