"Best Fast Play, Idiot Proof Company Level Rules" Topic

Any suggestions?

1 stand = 1 squad

For 15mm games with a company / couple of platoons a side.

Crossfire (but only if you want a mainly infantry game).

I'm more interested in tanks vs tanks rather than a purely PBI focus.

Fast play, fun tank vs tank? TFL's What a Tanker. No infantry though.

Fireball Forward

Fistful of TOWs III

Nominally written at 1 stand = 1 platoon, you can play it at 1:1 as written with no need for modifiers. In 15mm I would double the measurements though.

I have run games with 3-4 players per side using just tans and AT guns. Players pick up the mechanics very quickly.

As for idiot proof, we must have better idiots round here than you. Our idiots can break *anything*

AK-47 Republic, first edition.

Idiot proof?
Good luck with that.

You may want to try 5Core Company Command from Wargames Vault. To me at least a similar feel as Crossfire.

Squad Hammer on Wargames Vault is dirt simple and might fit the bill.

Also, maybe One Hour Wargames or The Portable Wargame with Developing the Portable Wargame: link

Battlefront::WW2 is the best set I know of for this level with combined arms.
But it's not that simple or fast playing. Great set of rules, though.

I would not consider most of the above suggestions as simple/idiot-proof.

5Core Company Command is pretty darn easy to get into. If you want detailed tank combat it may not be your cup of tea as it really simplifies armor. But, it's one of the reasons it is easy to get into.

Blitzkrieg:

blitzkrieg.fr

Is there an English language edition for Blitzkrieg?

I think not,sorry. But there is a spanish one:

link

Dommage.

"Fast Rules"? Beer and pretzels WWII skirmishing.

Well, you could consider each four figure unit of infantry a squad & play "Memoir '44". It doesn't get much easier than that.

In fact use memoir 44 computer free download online game, it's awesome and actually better than the board game.

What's the link to that, Sidley?

Thanks chaps

Fireball Forward for combined arms. The dice mechanics tends to trip players up however.

"Make something idiot-proof, and they will build a better idiot."

Sorry, couldnt resist.

TWAT (troops weapons and tactics)?

played it once.

crossfire is supposed to be great

I wouldn't consider TW&T fast play, idiot proof or even company level, but it is a terrific game.

Why not just make some rules? Here you go, off the top of my head:

• 1 stand = 1 squad or vehicle
• IGOUGO, each stand gets two actions (any combination of move, shoot and rally)
• Infantry move 4" per action, tanks move 8" per action. Difficult terrain is at half-speed.
• Infantry fire in 90° arc with 2 dice (squads), 3 dice (MMGs) or 4 dice (flamethrowers, within 4" only). Hit on 3+ (-1 for soft cover, -2 for hard cover, -1 for longer than 12" range). If only one hit, infantry stand is pinned. If two or more hits, infantry stand is destroyed.
• Tanks fire with MMGs vs infantry and main guns vs other tanks (1 die per inch of gun caliber, rounded… i.e. 76mm uses 3d6). Light tanks are hit on a 3+, medium on 4+, heavy on 5+, super-heavy on 6+. One hit pins, two or more hits destroys.
• Pinned troops can only take Rally actions (roll 1d6 and stand recovers on a 5+ for green troops, 4+ for regular troops or 3+ for elite troops).
• Melee happens when a stand moves into contact with another stand. Make a die roll for each side (two dice if the opponent is pinned). Whoever rolls highest single die destroys the opposing stand (both are destroyed if die rolls are tied).
• Artillery is for the defender only and must be pre-plotted (before the forces are deployed). Artillery can only be called in once or twice (depending on the scenario) and rolls a number of dice equal to the number of guns/mortars in the battery (from 2 to 6) against all targets within a square foot area around the point. Hits are on 5+.
• Infantry anti-tank weapons are 12" range and roll 2 or 3 dice like tank guns.

Done.

Dynaman8789, how does the dice mechanic work with Fireball Forward?