"Rules for Tannenberg-sized battles?" Topic

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OldReliable1862	18 Jan 2020 1:35 p.m. PST
I'm looking for a set of rules that could allow battles the size of Tannenberg or the first battle of the Marne to be gamed. I have Great War Spearhead II, but I'm always on the lookout for a new ruleset.
BorisTheSpider	18 Jan 2020 2:28 p.m. PST
Op14 link , Home before the leaves fall link
monk2002uk	19 Jan 2020 12:36 a.m. PST
Great War Spearhead II can be used on this scale but only in special circumstances. Our replay of the Battle of the Marne is featured here: link but clearly is not playable on a 4'x6' table at home! Op14 is a good recommendation. I don't have any experience with the ruleset but Martin Rapier speaks highly of it. Robert
OldReliable1862	19 Jan 2020 12:50 p.m. PST
How does Command Decision: Test of Battle work for WWI?
Major Mike	19 Jan 2020 8:44 p.m. PST
Bloody Big Battles
Martin Rapier	20 Jan 2020 12:23 a.m. PST
I think even BBB would struggle, unless you made each unit a Corps. Mmm. That might work I guess. I already replied to the OP on another forum. There is a Tannenberg campaign for the 1914 version of CD, but it works by bathrubbing, each battalion represents a division.
alan L	21 Jan 2020 4:06 p.m. PST
I cannot get my head around OP14. Can anyone explain how para 6 on Page 4 works? Has anyone tried Home Before the Leaves Fall by Real Times Wargames (not the one mentioned above)?
OldReliable1862	27 Jan 2020 12:27 p.m. PST
Could a system like Not Quite Mechanised or Rommel work for the Great War?

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