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Frederick  writes: |
Depends For some games/rules, straight out of the rule book – for others, local mods – for example, for our Black Powder SYW games we play that you have to fire before you move |
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| VOTING RESULTS |
| Answer | Votes | % | Chart |
not my cup of tea | 5 | 7% |  |
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none of these/no opinion | 9 | 13% | |
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my games tend to use the full scope of the rules | 27 | 38% | |
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other (explain) | 3 | 4% | |
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my games tend to use a subset of the rules | 12 | 17% | |
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this is ridiculous | 11 | 15% | |
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my games tend to use everything except one small area of the rules | 5 | 7% | |
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| POLL DESCRIPTION |
 etotheipi  writes:
In this discussion, the following tongue-in-cheek was made:
Well, Bolt Action is 40K and everybody plays Imperial Guard.
Of course, things aren't pithy and humorous unless they are somehow grounded in reality.
I would bet almost every wargame event (except microgames and some military TTX) uses a subset of the rules for the game. WH/WH40K is an easy example. No way any one event uses all the rules in all the books. But it applies in less extreme cases, too. Most WWII rules probably have snipers. Every WWII game played doesn't use snipers. And so on.
The above quote points toward one of my favorite sets of rules, Gangs of Mega City One. While I enjoy the Judge Dredd milieu and like to play games in it, if you get rid of all the future tech (some of which was future when published, but not any more), it is a very solid campaign framework for modern gang warfare. Without guns, it does a decent shot a ancient gang warfare.
Subsets of rules.
Given my hypotheses about subsets applies to most games you play, do you tend to play games that only use a specific subset of the rules, do you play different games that pretty much cover the entire scope of the rules, or do you play pretty much everything except one small area of the rules?
It's a little hard to answer this question with my primary ruleset (QILS), but I think I'm half-and-half. Half the time we focus on a core set of rules, but half the time we bring in other capabilities.
Poll set up by  Editor in Chief Bill   , based on this pre-poll discussion. |
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