"Playing By Your Own Rules" Topic

Depends a bit on the time period considered: I've played some games with rules I've written myself, but it's a long time ago.

Depends on year, opponents, and whether I can find a short enough set written by anyone else.

I generally only play the rules that I've written at conventions.

Although we do infrequently use rules completely written by one of our members, the Jackson Gamers have never been afraid of "improving" a rule set using home-grown modifications.

Jim

Full on rules, rarely – we do thought often use house rules for existing rulesets (for example, for Black Powder SYW we moved the fire phase to before the movement phase)

Is it still "my own rules" after my opponent has run through three iterations of "Improvements?"

By the time I get through my "modifications" and "improvements", to TSATF, there is still a vague family resemblance.

Other:

I have only played two rulesets, since around 2000: 2e BattleSystem (TSR authored, OOP since 1992), and a set of Army Men rules I wrote in 1998 (self-published and sold, 1998-2007). I stopped playing all other war games. I don't play wargames often, shamefully, but when I do, these are the rule sets I play. My last wargame was played in 2022, in spite of COVID. Cheers!

Note that BattleSystem is no longer OOP, it is available as a digital download.

Easily 50-65% of the time (I've designed two different sets of fantasy rules, and WWII tank battle rules). Working on development of sci-fi and pulp rules as we speak.