 Whirlwind  | 13 May 2016 11:01 p.m. PST |
And what is the simplest set of rules that you play regularly (and enjoy)? |
| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 13 May 2016 11:06 p.m. PST |
Frostgrave. It is the *only* game I play regularly. I would also say FiveCore and DBA, both of which I *want* to play regularly but it hasn't happened yet. |
| f u u f n f | 13 May 2016 11:27 p.m. PST |
How regular? Played lots of tactical battles using the T.W.E.R.P.S. rules. Doesn't get much simpler then that. Been a few months though since the last time really got into it. |
| Ney Ney | 13 May 2016 11:37 p.m. PST |
The Rampants. Dragon and Lion. |
| Pictors Studio | 13 May 2016 11:59 p.m. PST |
Warmaster is pretty simple. Great and simple. |
| MHoxie | 14 May 2016 2:17 a.m. PST |
DBA is the simplest, once you've parsed the Barkerese. |
| Martin Rapier | 14 May 2016 2:42 a.m. PST |
The various command and colours games. Various Neil Thomas rules. I rarely play anything where you can't fit the reference sheet onto a piece of A4 paper. |
| doctorphalanx | 14 May 2016 3:28 a.m. PST |
Crossfire is the simplest game I play but also probably the most subtle. Not playing it just at the moment because of previous over-exposure! |
| FusilierDan | 14 May 2016 3:46 a.m. PST |
Lately A Gentlemans War and Flint and Feather. Though neither are yet published. Simple fun and addicting. |
| Joes Shop | 14 May 2016 4:30 a.m. PST |
CrossFire and Cross of Iron. |
| Dynaman8789 | 14 May 2016 4:40 a.m. PST |
Simplest game I played is Victory in the Pacific from Avalon Hill. The simplest game I play regularly is Command and Colors. Miniatures wise I go for games in roughly the same complexity scale, Chain of Command, IABSM, Fireball Forward, FFT3, etc. |
| Calico Bill | 14 May 2016 5:34 a.m. PST |
"One Hour Wargames" by Neil Thomas. A collection of 2-3 page rules for 9 different historical periods, with 30 scenarios that can be played with any of them. |
| Rich Bliss | 14 May 2016 6:12 a.m. PST |
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| genew49 | 14 May 2016 6:14 a.m. PST |
Bill Protz's Batailles dans l'Ancien Regime ("BAR") |
| Lascaris | 14 May 2016 6:27 a.m. PST |
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| skipper John | 14 May 2016 6:29 a.m. PST |
Paper, Scissors Rock! link |
| zoneofcontrol | 14 May 2016 7:04 a.m. PST |
Thanks, skipper. I laughed out loud when I saw that. |
| RavenscraftCybernetics | 14 May 2016 7:06 a.m. PST |
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| Yesthatphil | 14 May 2016 9:03 a.m. PST |
Simple as in? I think Chris Kemp's NQM is probably the actual simplest .. DBA probably the shortest but if you take DBA as 12 units, Neil Thomas's AMW has only 8. Gladiolus by The Society of Ancients probably wins, though … Phil |
| Black Cavalier | 14 May 2016 9:08 a.m. PST |
Kings of war. Infinitely simpler than warhammer. Songs of blades and heroes for skirmish level. |
| steamingdave47 | 14 May 2016 10:37 a.m. PST |
Twilight Of the Sunking for late 17th/ early 18th century- 2 sides of A4, no calculation of fire/ melee. Simple morale test, looking at situation of unit, determines what the unit does. Great set of rules, picked up by most players within 2 moves. |
| vtsaogames | 14 May 2016 11:10 a.m. PST |
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| Norman D Landings | 14 May 2016 11:45 a.m. PST |
Over The Wire's "Wanted – Dead or Alive". |
| Old Contemptibles | 14 May 2016 12:57 p.m. PST |
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 miniMo | 14 May 2016 1:37 p.m. PST |
The Rules According to Ral. |
| Paint it Pink | 14 May 2016 1:39 p.m. PST |
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| The Monstrous Jake | 14 May 2016 2:05 p.m. PST |
The simplest ruleset/game I keep going back to, and enjoying, is probably "One World" by Metagaming. I think it was written by somebody who hands around here somewhere. The counters that came with the original microgame were pretty much worthless as the various clouds, rocks and towers were nearly impossible to tell from each other. Nice art, just printed in such a way that you couldn't tell which one was which on the game map. I made a set of replacement counters (available in the graphics section of the One World entry on BoardGameGeek). Just having usable counters turns it into a fun, amusing game (for me anyway) that works well solo (again, for me anyway). |
| Ragbones | 14 May 2016 4:15 p.m. PST |
'Blood and Sand,' by Tim Wright, for miniatures and 'Ancients,' for boardgaming. |
| Howler | 14 May 2016 9:24 p.m. PST |
Toss up between x-wing or lotr. Can throw pig wars in too. |
| Weasel | 15 May 2016 7:21 a.m. PST |
1 hour wargames. Hard pressed to think of anything simpler that was still a good game. |
| ubercommando | 16 May 2016 5:54 a.m. PST |
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| Cavcmdr | 16 May 2016 8:18 a.m. PST |
King of the Battlefield – Eigthteenth Century Wargames rules. |
