"World Cup of Wargames Rules Round 2" Topic

Round 1 is over and Round 2 will see the seeded rule sets enter and then its a straight knock out through to the final.

There will be one game set off each day for the next 8 days, each poll will be open for 72 hours.

We have 5 Napoleonic, 4 WW2, 3 Ancient, 1ACW, 1 Medieval, 1 Horse and Musket, 1ECW.

Or 13 Big Battle and 3 Skirmish sets (queue arguments about what is a Skirmish Game !

Apologies but voting will only count on Facebook, I appreciate that some people arent on there, but although enjoying, this has been massively time consuming so limiting voting to one source is the only way I can manage it.

Round 2 games below, may the best set win, there can be only one ! 

Game 1

We are off again. RD2 Game 1, it's the #Napoleonic classic In the Grand Manner vs the #ECW new boy For King and Parliament, voting on the link below. Winner through to Quarter Finals 

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Must be done by young-lings. Everybody I mean everybody was playing Napoleons Battles when it came out for about 10 years after that. Many still play it. They even had tournaments with the rules.
Not saying the others are bad, but to not include it is just wrong!

You should probably make this either a larger bracket or break things out into periods. I agree with the mention above that this is certainly favoring mostly recent sets of rules. The Sword & The Flame, WRG 1925-50, Challenger, Harpoon, Tractics, Empire, Johnny Reb, and many, many more are missing here. These are rules that were played by thousands of gamers for decades and many still are played today.

JMcCarroll and aegiscg47 apologies but you are both a long way behind the curve on this. All the rules you mentioned have already been knocked out in the Preliminary Round. An open public vote, previously shown on here, 2,700 votes, the rules you mention just didn't make the cut.

105 sets of rules have been involved there are 16 left.

Full list of previous results can be found here

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Game 2 Rd2, is an all #WW2 affair. Classic Rapid Fire vs Battlegroup, both larger game sets in the same period. Battlegroup has really got its vote out in previous rounds, this could be interesting. Link below

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Game 3 Round 2 sees old vs new in many ways. Will O Group pick the right orders or will WRG Ancients find an obscure ruling in para 23.2.3.67.b to force a win !
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Game 4 Round 2, an really old school classic against a modern classic. Can nostalgia defeat innovation, 48 fig Battalions and Canister cones, vs sabot bases and card activation, there can be only one, get voting ! Link below

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No rest, it's Game 5 of Round 2. #ACW vs #Napoleonic or USA vs UK, both big battle sets its another great match up. Voting link below.

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Game 6

Time for Game 6 Round 2 brings together two very different rules, Black Powder and Too the Strongest.

So will To the Strongest be the Strongest again or will Black Powder drop their rule book on TTS and knock them out (literally).

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Game 7

Game 7 Rd 2 is an absolute banger ! Chain of Command a hugely popular set of #WW2 Rules and Mortem et Gloriam a set of early history rules with a proven track record in the Cup.
Let battle commence ! Link below

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Final one of Rd 2, the legendary Bruce Quarrie Napoleonics vs Lion Rampant.
At least Quarrie was winning 1 – 0 after I voted 😆
Last one before the quarters so get voting ! Link below

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The Quarter Final lineup is complete, with once again some really interesting match ups, there have been just shy of 9,000 votes to date, thanks to everyone for getting involved. Matches start 29th Aug
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