"What points do you like most about Barons War?" Topic

This can apply to either 1st or 2nd Editions. And to any of the current supplements.

So what do you like most about it?

I have two copies in stock but I have not seen it played

Small figure count, easy to pick up, small playing area, flexible enough to use the engine earlier than BW, good support. I just like it. I have v1.

Trick question, my most and least liked points go hand in hand.

I like that it is a very tactically challenging game. The possibilities of groups taking reactions and an extra action during a turn add a lot of nuance.

I also find it quite frustrating because of that — the rules are rather complex with with extra layers of exceptions and conditionals, use of keywords is not very tight, and the layout of the book has related complexities strewn all over the place. But the game is solid enough that we keep hammering away at it.

When it makes it as a Poll, I hope it has a "never played it" option.

I don't know of the game, but I know of the actual war. Seems to me you can play the battles of it with a variety of systems. A little clarity of poll title/question might be helpful.