"Favorite WWII Ruleset?" Topic

Which rules are your favorites?

Memoir '44

Fireball Forward

NUTS and Battle Ground

Not counting games I wrote myself, Crossfire and Nuts.

Flames of War

Bolt Action

Panzer grenadier, Blitzkreig Commander II, Rapid Fire 2

Battlegroup Panzergrenadier 2nd edition

Chain of Command

For 1 model equals 1 platoon, Spearhead for me

Still using Easy Eights

Chain of Command

As I mentioned recently ( TMP link ), I have been using Force on Force with some add-ons taken from I Ain't Been Shot Mum and elsewhere.

I go into more details at my blog post, but I have played a lot of WW2 rules, and I find that the more games I play, the less patience I have for I-go-you-go rules. I get so very bored waiting half an hour or more for my opponent to shuffle through his or her turn. With Force On Force (and Operation Squad and Nuts, though I didn't like Nuts at all), both players are fully engaged the whole time, making hard decisions and reacting to what their opponent is doing. All of these rules have no need of opportunity fire mechanics, because the ability to react to what's going on is built into the mechanics at the bottom level.

Command Decision.

Crossfire
Fivecore Company Command
Chain of Command
Flames of War
my WIP homebrew, Hail Of Fire

I really want to try "Nuts!"

So many really excellent games out there. Out of the ones I've actually played these would be my most enjoyable:

Skirmish:
TW&T
Chain of Command
5 Men in Normandy (Small Skirmish)
Bolt Action

Larger Scale:
IABSM (I Ain't Been Shot Mum)
Crossfire
Fireball Forward
Battlegroup Normandy

Problem I find with nominating a favorite is that I really appreciate and enjoy particular mechanics in various systems.

If I was to declare my absolute favorite
It would be have to be between Chain of Command and Crossfire

If pushed I think my all time favorite would be have to be Crossfire which is surprising since I actually view it as an almost unfinished game :0

The spotting rules are inadequate. The Armor rules are weak. But the rest is a work of genius :) In my opinion of course ;)

Easy Eights Battleground for me also.

IABSM

Battlegroup, Fireball Forward, and Chain of Command, in that order.

Easy Eights Battleground WWII for me as well. I have tried several others but still like the results from Battleground the best. Again Ed thanks for the charts they were a great additions to our games.

Spearhead, BKC II

General Quarters
Action Stations

Fire and Fury BattleFront WWII

BKC II and Combat Patrol.

Bryan

Crossfire

Blitzkrieg Commander II and Bolt Action

Contemptible Little Armies (2002)

link

Chain of Command!

P.

A Corner of Hell.

Easy Eights Battleground for me as well.

Disposable Heros by Iron Ivan games. Nuts! Comes in second. No other games come close for my type of WWII skirmish battles.

Command Decision
Battlefront: WWII
TRACTICS

Battleground WW2 for me.

• Cashews (My personal variant of Nuts!)
  
• Flames of Epic (my Flames of War variant for BIG battles in 6mm)
  
• Crossfire for infantry battles

Chain of Command, Blitzkrieg Commander & Poor Bloody Infantry.

I think it depends on the level you are playing at:

Platoon: Chain of Command
Company: I Ain't Been Shot, Mum
Battalion +: Once would have been Command Decision. Now, I don't know. I have Panzer Korps, but have never tried them. That level of game seems to be better in 6mm. One of the fellows in our local gaming group has a homebrewed set of rules for this level that are pretty enjoyable.

BWW

CrossFire
Bolt Action
Peter

The original Squad Leader always holds a great 'feel' for WW2 and gives a great game. It's even better when played with miniatures.

Look Sarge, No Charts
Command Decision
STALK-I

I Ain't Been Shot Mum
Chain of Command
Flames of War

in that order.

How about Kampfgruppe Commander 2, Look Sarge No Charts, and Panzertruppe.

Fire! Ogon! Freur! which was a tank versus tank set of rules designed in 1984.

Crossfire

Chain of Command for "skirmish"

Fireball Forward and IABSM for squad level

Fistful of Tows for platoon level

(I come from a board wargame background where size is denoted by the stands that are pushed around and not the nominal total force size)

Crossfire
Piquet Point of Attack
Chain of Command

Easy Eight, followed by Tractics for me as well.

blitzkrieg II, Panzerkorps

NUTS! for skirmish, Panzer Korps for operational games.

Chain of Command
I Ain't Been Shot Mum
Still looking for a larger echelon set of rules