"WWII Rules, using FoW bases" Topic

Hi gents:

Could you recomend me some rule set using FoW bases, for playng WWII? I have a large collection of FoW armies and I donīt want to rebase. Iīm looking for an easy set of rules, tactical, not skirmish, in which field a batallion or regimental formation.
I played CD in my youth, but it had lots of cumbersome mechanics (order chits, dummies for hiden deployment,…)
Anyway, thank you in advance!

Fistful of TOWs 3 works, also Jagdpanzer II would work with FOW conventions. Also I see no Reason that you couldn't use Flames of War with Blitzkrieg Commander as well.
jagdpanzer.com
The other rules I mentioned can be found on Wargames Vault.

Battlefront WW2, by Fire and Fury Games, could be played using the FOW bases.

Crossfire too I believe

Some people use multi figure bases for Rapid Fire instead of using individually mounted figures.

Fireball Forward. Squad Leader scale

We've played Iron Cross using FOW bases.

Command Decision: Test of Battle could use FoW bases. Either as is or 1 FoW for 2 CD bases. CD has the concept of Double, Standard and Half bases. Purists will note that FoW take up a little more than twice the table as a CD Base, but if it gets you to play and both sides are based the same it will work

Battlefront:WW-II is also a good suggestion

Nuts !:Big Battles is worth a look.It's on wargame vault

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Almost any other set of rules can be played with the same basing as long as both sides use the same standard.

Mein Panzer works great with FOW based figures!!

odgw.com/home.html

Crossfire is very infantry focused but works great with FoW based armies. That's what I often play with mine :-)

The upcoming O-Group rules from Too Fat Lardies are base agnostic.

I Ain't Been Shot Mum, from Too Fat Lardies.

Iron Cross

Battlegroup and since Version 4 of FOW came out probably close to 1,000 converts to these rules.

Crossfire: link

You can play any rules you like with your armies based the way they are.
The main reason a basing system is recommended in a rule set is because that's the way the author's figures are based. Regardless of any rationalizations he may put in the rules.

I think one of the best games for WWII company level is "Band of Brothers – Screaming Eagles". Its a counter hex game but it's a simple conversion to FoW based miniatures, with very little work involved. BoB does the best job of replicating movement fire tactics and suppression at company and platoon level. The mechanics are super easy and game play is not cumbersome.

I use my FoW stuff with Blitzkrieg Commander…it works great!

Good! a lot of ideas!
Thank you for your help!

This video lists a number of Platoon Scale Rules. There are other videos which cover other scales as well. If you wish to command a battalion then you are looking at Squad Scale Rules. If you want each element to become a battalion you are talking about commanding a corp, which i assume is not your intention.

@pfmodel and about scales: I play ADLG and other rules in which the scale are relaxed: you use a represantation of the troops present in a tipical battle, in any Era. It is not posible in WWII?
I mean: I have 12 Shermans and letīs say 150 US infantry, including MG, rifle and command bases. A "normal" collection
Why can not represent them a company of infantry and tanks in some games, one full division with a tank regiment in support in other, or anything between the former two scales in others?

I agree, you should be able to create a single force mix which can be used for a variety of different scales. There are some minor adjustments required, but not many. This Video‌ describes creating a Polish 1939 force mix for different rules which have an element range from squad to battalion scale.

There are rules which range across all these scales, but when you change scales you need to make other adjustments which affect the rules. You can do this manually, or use different rules which focus on different scales.

Excellent analysis in your videos, pfmodel!!

danke

My Combat Action Command Rules were designed to use FoW based minis. You can download a free Lite Version pdf to try them on my website. Enjoy!

My D-Day to Berlin rules use them.

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I like the operational view, greenknight4. D-Day to Berlin can be played without square areas?

Battlegroup for sure