"1/72 on a 3'x3' Board?" Topic

Title says it all. I'm trying to put together a portable, cheap, sturdy set of games all using the same temperate zone western European terrain on a 3' square board and using 1/72 figures. Horse and musket works OK. I'm confident that WOTR will work with Lion Rampant and slightly scaled down distances. But I'm having no luck with late WWII US and Germans. I can probably just fill the board with buildings and do house to house, but can anyone suggest rules which will work with more open terrain?

Crossfire will work great

Battlegroup would work fine on a board that size.

Ganesha games Flying Lead skirmish rules will work on 3'x3'.

I would think that most rules would work. You can use cereal boxes as a base for more terrain if needed (I think it's called chipboard elsewhere). Draw/paint a top-down view of the terrain. It should pack pretty easily since it will be flat.

Have you thought about using THE PORTABLE WARGAME?

Another vote for CrossFire.

Yup. Crossfire.

Airfix Battles of course for 1/72 on a small board.

Skirmish Action. My rules designed for a kitchen table top. Work well with 1/72. Cheers!

Have a look at Neil Thomas' book one-hour wargames. In his book he presents rules from Ancients to WW2 all to be played on a 3 foot squared board. The real strength of the book is the 30 scenarios with forces randomly generated.The book has many good reviews on Amazon.

Another vote for Airfix Battles :)

Five Men at Kursk for squad-level skirmish. I play on a small kitchen table with 1/72 models and it works well