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Worst kind of rules.	2	05 Oct 2024 10:04 p.m. PST
Please help Christy Brom	39	05 Oct 2024 10:49 a.m. PST
Buckets of Dice Melee Resolution?	49	05 Oct 2024 3:02 a.m. PST
Mechanics I don’t like Pt1	38	04 Oct 2024 5:25 p.m. PST
Mechanics I don’t like Pt2	26	04 Oct 2024 9:57 a.m. PST
Buyers of GTSTE PDF Edition--Free Replacement Files Due You!	4	29 Sep 2024 1:46 p.m. PST
Victory Conditions - Army morale	20	21 Sep 2024 8:57 a.m. PST
Which dice?	46	17 Sep 2024 1:39 p.m. PST
Is Wargame Vault the new MWAN?	22	10 Sep 2024 1:45 p.m. PST
The Natural Lifespan of Rules?	26	07 Sep 2024 1:04 p.m. PST
Bursk Part 1 development of a scenario	4	04 Sep 2024 11:30 a.m. PST
Why play a whole big battle at all?	74	30 Aug 2024 12:46 p.m. PST
"A Regiment Less Well Known"	5	29 Aug 2024 12:52 p.m. PST
Looking to build a Game Design and Playtester community	9	27 Aug 2024 7:23 a.m. PST
Black Powder versus Oathmark	10	25 Aug 2024 8:28 p.m. PST
Glide bombs and Grads	11	24 Aug 2024 1:34 p.m. PST
54mm Rescue Post Battle by Gen. Pettygree	3	22 Aug 2024 10:16 a.m. PST
Command and Control	70	14 Aug 2024 6:17 a.m. PST
Flavour	13	10 Aug 2024 11:21 p.m. PST
The more things change the more they stay the same	87	10 Aug 2024 5:04 p.m. PST
Acceptable levels of random	56	05 Aug 2024 2:52 a.m. PST
Do you log your changes.	11	03 Aug 2024 6:32 a.m. PST
Edgehill play test for FPPS	7	12 Jul 2024 11:41 a.m. PST
Free pike and shot rules on my blog	13	29 Jun 2024 6:35 p.m. PST
How long is a turn	92	13 Jun 2024 8:29 a.m. PST
Radios and Jeeps	10	11 Jun 2024 12:09 a.m. PST
Ban Inches and Centimetres	35	06 Jun 2024 3:17 p.m. PST
Optio VASSAL module	5	06 Jun 2024 4:14 a.m. PST
PhD in Wargaming	22	04 Jun 2024 3:54 a.m. PST
Same ruleset, very different wars, very different games	54	23 May 2024 5:57 p.m. PST
Games with variable dice types and target number hit/damage?	20	21 May 2024 2:13 a.m. PST
Battle of Soissons AD486	3	20 May 2024 3:54 a.m. PST
The Battle Column	24	19 May 2024 11:01 a.m. PST
Playng by your own rules	25	16 May 2024 12:53 p.m. PST
Trenches - A disappointing compromise	11	15 May 2024 11:29 p.m. PST
You like chance cards!	16	15 May 2024 12:50 p.m. PST
Terrain Photos	1	12 May 2024 8:00 a.m. PST
Divisional Level World War II Rules	42	16 Apr 2024 4:23 p.m. PST
How I make magnetic counters for Optio	5	16 Apr 2024 1:47 a.m. PST
You write your own rules!	3	15 Apr 2024 4:59 p.m. PST
Useful detail or granularity	9	12 Apr 2024 12:08 a.m. PST
Using cube markers for Optio	20	11 Apr 2024 11:32 a.m. PST
Optio diceless Ancients gaming system	3	07 Apr 2024 9:34 a.m. PST
A varient of the 6 node scenario and other stuff	9	07 Apr 2024 6:22 a.m. PST
Calling Mortars 120mm 1980's tecnology	21	30 Mar 2024 2:37 p.m. PST
Defining 'Crunchy'	11	18 Mar 2024 9:26 p.m. PST
Validating your model	388	18 Mar 2024 8:49 a.m. PST
Back to designing in the old style	9	16 Mar 2024 6:24 p.m. PST
Meat wave assault - Simulation - Version 1	12	12 Mar 2024 1:08 p.m. PST
What wargames inspired you to write your own rules	24	29 Feb 2024 4:23 p.m. PST
Rulesets That Deserve a New Edition?	51	24 Feb 2024 11:02 p.m. PST
Wargames from World War II: Book Review	18	24 Feb 2024 7:54 a.m. PST
Ambush Mechanics	20	12 Feb 2024 9:23 p.m. PST
Homesteader or Nomad?	11	03 Feb 2024 4:46 p.m. PST
I Hate Hedges!	16	31 Jan 2024 12:19 p.m. PST
Standard formats for using counters for miniatures rules?	14	29 Jan 2024 1:30 p.m. PST
Action priority idea - semi simultaneous	16	18 Jan 2024 10:20 a.m. PST
Detail and Knowledge	29	17 Jan 2024 1:17 p.m. PST
Neil Thomas One Hour Wargames - Playing All the Scenarios	5	02 Jan 2024 12:03 a.m. PST
Is Science Magic?	8	31 Dec 2023 2:29 p.m. PST
Tabling your opponent	26	31 Dec 2023 6:40 a.m. PST
Is Magic Science?	8	31 Dec 2023 6:36 a.m. PST
Wargaming Without Dice	113	26 Dec 2023 4:17 p.m. PST
Can simulated fog of war replace dice?	136	24 Dec 2023 10:14 a.m. PST
Wargaming-Waterloo by Charles Esdaile	6	20 Dec 2023 11:45 p.m. PST
basewidths and basing? Is it still a thing?	75	19 Dec 2023 7:39 a.m. PST
Discussion with designers from SPI	33	16 Dec 2023 7:04 a.m. PST
Moving Stealthily	23	05 Dec 2023 8:11 a.m. PST
Wargames are NOT FUN	68	25 Nov 2023 7:33 a.m. PST
Activating figures in groups, best method	10	25 Nov 2023 5:52 a.m. PST
What has happened to the wargamers forum	4	11 Nov 2023 6:31 p.m. PST
Village design - The tough one	27	31 Oct 2023 3:56 a.m. PST
Altenate ideas to avoid hex-based movement	24	25 Oct 2023 10:31 a.m. PST
Arcane Warfare Project update	1	17 Oct 2023 12:55 p.m. PST
Who do you want your rules optimised for?	34	16 Oct 2023 9:16 a.m. PST
Blood on the Sands: A Game of Gladiatorial Combat	9	14 Oct 2023 11:46 p.m. PST
Command Segments per Game?	15	11 Oct 2023 12:28 p.m. PST
Designers Notes	11	22 Sep 2023 8:29 a.m. PST
Looking for an international Playtest Team	8	18 Sep 2023 2:06 a.m. PST
Best Osprey Rules? Lion Rampant!	8	31 Aug 2023 9:18 a.m. PST
historical imagination	25	15 Aug 2023 5:09 a.m. PST
A participation game	11	09 Aug 2023 8:09 a.m. PST
NPCs	4	09 Aug 2023 5:33 a.m. PST
Skirmish C2? You give it a 5.	1	07 Aug 2023 9:44 p.m. PST
The advantages of fighting in the mancave	4	06 Aug 2023 12:00 p.m. PST
Creating customisable hilly terrain	12	31 Jul 2023 9:59 a.m. PST
A Compendium of Wargaming Terms	47	20 Jul 2023 9:16 p.m. PST
41/42 armour penetration table	21	19 Jul 2023 10:55 a.m. PST
How did 4'x6' become the 'standard' table?	68	08 Jul 2023 2:33 p.m. PST
Sea Strike - a 1973 wargaming gem	20	04 Jul 2023 10:47 p.m. PST
Chance Cards	20	03 Jul 2023 6:40 a.m. PST
On the Nature of Rules	11	02 Jul 2023 8:16 p.m. PST
Observation/spotting rules , your favourite system	21	02 Jul 2023 11:20 a.m. PST
will you stay or will you go?	55	26 Jun 2023 9:30 a.m. PST
AI	15	25 Jun 2023 8:18 a.m. PST
Card Draw Rearguard?	5	10 Jun 2023 7:09 p.m. PST
What makes something a "wargame?"	41	07 Jun 2023 1:02 p.m. PST
Do you write your own rules?	56	27 May 2023 11:36 a.m. PST
What rules would you describe as 'Crunchy'	32	16 May 2023 3:21 p.m. PST
Kingmaker II - new YouTube film	19	08 May 2023 3:26 p.m. PST