"Rebel Minis Releases NUTS- Big Battles" Topic

Rebel Minis is proud to announce we have added NUTS- Big Battles to our catalog of games.

Created by Ed Teixeira and the team at Two Hour Wargames, NUTS – Big Battles can be played in a variety of ways:
· You can play as a Platoon Leader with a full Platoon.
· You can play as a Company Commander with multiple Platoons.
· You can play as a Fighting Vehicle Platoon Leader or Company Commander with multiple Vehicles.
· You can play large or small games with multiple Squads and Vehicles.

The bottom line is you can play it any way you like, with any figures or even counters you like. You probably already have figures based for Big Battles – 3 to 5 figure Squads on one base. Inside you'll find:
· Rules for infantry combat with over 15 different formations.
· Rules for vehicle combat with stats for over 100 types.
· Four armies to choose from – American, British, German and Russian.
· Pre-generated Missions interlocked to form a Campaign if you want.
· A minimal bookkeeping Campaign System that gives meaning to every game as the results of one will affect the outcome of the next.

You can see NUTS and all of our other games here: link

Available only as a PDF Download.

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I wanna believe, so is it easily played and enjoyed as a multiplayer ruleset (by player teams), or is it primarily just configured for two players?

Allow me to ask the annoying question of scale – 28mm? 20mm? 15mm? All of the above?

Looks interesting. Thanks for sharing.

THW rules are designed scale agnostic and for being played solo and multi player.

I like it.

Already have the regular Nuts rules.

So, I presume these just change the way that activations of the units are done, e.g. by platoon, etc., as opposed to individual squads, or vehicles.

Are there any other rules changes?

Looks like it would be perfect for Normandy, Battle of the Bulge, etc..

Hey Mike and Ed,
I have several folders of platoon level skirmish scenarios.
Pacific
Commando raids
Europe
I will be glad to send them to you to see if you want to use them.
Let me know at scottnelson@bellsouth.net

Sample of the Africa group
Actions in the Middle East (8)
1. Palmyra Pipeline
2. Sukhna, Syria July 1, 1941
3. Battle of the Litani River, Syria, June 9 1941
4. Abadan, Persia August 1941
5. The River Crossing Assault, Ahvaz, Persia, August 27, 1941
6. The Delay at Zibri, Persia, August 28, 1941
7. The Shibli Bridges, Shibli Persia, August 1941
8. Soviet Assault on Port Bandar, August, 1941

East African Encounters (13)
9. Yibo and Sardu Wells, Kenya, January 16, 1941
10. The El Gumu Strongpoint, Abyssinia, February 1, 1941
11. The Hobok Strongpoint, Abyssinia, February 2, 1941
12. The Italian Rodeo: Yavello Road, February 15, 1941
13. The Italian Armored Counter-attack, February 16, 1941
14. The Assault on Mega, February 16, 1941
15. Observation Hill, British Somaliland, August 1940
16. Gideon Force operations at Debre Margos, Ethiopia, 1941
17. Italian Banda Raid on Port Sudan, August 1940
18. Assault on French Djibouti, French Somailand, October 1941
19. Italian invasion of British Somaliland, August 1940
20. Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Italians at Bure, March 4, 1941
21. Gideon Force in Pursuit May 20. 1941
22. Italian Guerillas in Ethiopia, 1942

Non-Theatre Operations (6)
23. Skirmish at the Le Port Coastal battery, Reunion Island, November 28, 1942
24. Royal Marine Diversion, Diego Suarez, Madagascar, May 19, 1942
25. Africans versus Africans: Tananarive, Madagascar, September 23, 1942
26. Vichy French Counter-attack: Andriamanalina, Madagascar, October 18, 1942
27. Operation Postmaster: Fernando Po Port Raid, Gulf of Guinea
28. Operation Polar Bear: Battle for the Kos airfield, October 3, 1943

This is based off memory since I don't have my copy handy. So, caveat emptor…

The basic element is a squad.

Movement is by squad, maintaining cohesion with the platoon (ie. must stay within X inches of another element). Movement is more structured than a skirmish game (you can't just move a squad where ever you want; they can advance forward while drifting to the side and maintain their original facing; they can wheel; and there may be a few more options.

I can't remember is firing is by man or by adding up the weapons in a squad to come up with a single fire factor.

It's designed more to let you act as a company commander and not a squad leader.