"The Farquhar Version: a review of the 'missing' WRG" Topic
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Tango01  | 02 Sep 2025 2:13 p.m. PST |
…WW2 rules.
"Veteran wargamer and simulation and weapons expert 'Bill Farquhar' has written and published a somewhat unusual set of rules, entitled 'Wargames Rules for Armoured Warfare at Company and Battalion Level 1925 to 1950'. These rules, written with Phil Barker's permission, are the 'missing' set of WRG WW2 1925-50 company-battalion level tactical rules. WRG fans may recall that there were WW2 and Modern sets released in the early-mid 1970s, another set of WW2 and Modern rules each released in the late 80s, but only the modern set was released at the end of the 1970s. As one would expect, the modern set showed transitional features between the simpler first edition and the more complicated late 80s set. The jump between the WW2 editions was correspondingly bigger. In any case, all this is explained much better by 'Bill' himself in his introduction…"
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| Hornswoggler | 03 Sep 2025 3:39 a.m. PST |
So, I own both the mid 70s and late 80s sets of WRG rules covering 1925-1950 that are alluded to. Slightly scratching my head why, in 2025, I would want another set of WRG-esque 1925-1950 rules that notionally sits in between the latter as an intermediate step in their evolution that never happened…? |
| Tango01 | 03 Sep 2025 5:42 p.m. PST |
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| Erzherzog Johann | 03 Sep 2025 11:48 p.m. PST |
Perhaps you don't want one. The guy who wrote it clearly did. This has been discussed pretty comprehensively here and accompanied by numerous test game reports. I personally found them interesting. Cheers,
John |
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