Whirlwind | 11 Jun 2014 9:49 p.m. PST |
Which are your favourite free rules for the various periods and sizes/types (big battle/mid-sized/skirmish) of game? |
COL Scott ret | 11 Jun 2014 10:36 p.m. PST |
Junior General web site. Of course I play with my children and their friends most often. |
evilcartoonist | 11 Jun 2014 11:01 p.m. PST |
Chain Reaction from Two Hour Wargames for most skirmish (and sometimes small battle) action for just about any period. |
ochoin | 11 Jun 2014 11:20 p.m. PST |
ELAN Napoleonic rules: for anything from brigade-sized fights to Waterloo. |
Norman D Landings | 11 Jun 2014 11:26 p.m. PST |
'Greenjackets' Napoleonic skirmish – originally published in MW, now available at freewargamesrules.com Really elegant initiative mechanic whereby you can delay your action, but your action points reduce as you do so. So the key decision is balancing 'when to act' against 'how much I want to do'. |
Martin Rapier | 12 Jun 2014 2:43 a.m. PST |
A few which we play regularly spring to mind: OP14 by Richard Brooks, Corps/Army level WW1 gaming. Iron Ships & Wooden Heads by Tim Gow, naval warfare in the era of the big gun. KISS Rommel, operational WW2. Battlegroup by John Armatys: WW2 battalion/brigade level. A Platoon Commanders War by John Armatys: WW2 platoon/company tactical. NATO Brigade Comander by Tim Gow: brigade/divison level modern. otherwise we seem to be having a bit of a commercial rules phase at the moment, a lot of Command and Colours and Neil Thomas games. |
Pentaro | 12 Jun 2014 2:56 a.m. PST |
"In the heart of Africa", "Fast & Dirty", "Warmaster". |
The Red Baron | 12 Jun 2014 3:16 a.m. PST |
I really like "Age of Blood" for 15mm dark age skirmish/small warband games. |
elsyrsyn | 12 Jun 2014 4:00 a.m. PST |
Probably "Destroy All Monsters." Doug |
rvandusen | 12 Jun 2014 4:28 a.m. PST |
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Steve | 12 Jun 2014 5:16 a.m. PST |
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Sundance | 12 Jun 2014 5:59 a.m. PST |
Blue Skies, Wood and Canvas, WWI air game. |
Dennis | 12 Jun 2014 6:12 a.m. PST |
Ditto for Blue Skies, Wood and Canvas. |
Norrins | 12 Jun 2014 6:30 a.m. PST |
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arthur1815 | 12 Jun 2014 6:35 a.m. PST |
Hearts of Tin by Ross Macfarlane from his Battle Game of the Month blog. Bob Cordery's various Portable Wargame rules from his Wargaming Miscellany blog. |
etotheipi | 12 Jun 2014 6:59 a.m. PST |
Quick Intermediate Level Skirmish (QILS), but heavily biased as it is our game. Low overhead combat mechanic for skirmish. Focuses attention on maneuver/tactics/strategy vice numbers and gamesmanship. The Space Hulk rule .pdf that GW published on their site in the mid 90's(?) or so. It had the core rules and some of the WD supplement before GW decided not to give up on SH. It's just a nice, simple little game. I don't know if Mage Knight Dungeons counts. The rules are free and are/were available free online. You can't really play it without buying WK(/NECA) figures, so that kinda makes it not free. Love the rules though (flow, clarity, meta-management). Still use them for 'Clix games. |
21eRegt | 12 Jun 2014 7:00 a.m. PST |
Cousin Jonathan and John Bull from the Complete Captain. link |
corporalpat | 12 Jun 2014 7:55 a.m. PST |
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20thmaine | 12 Jun 2014 8:30 a.m. PST |
De Bellis Velitum are taking up a lot of my time right now. |
Florida Tory | 12 Jun 2014 9:09 a.m. PST |
Column, Line and Square. After 45 years, still the most exciting rules for Napoleonic wargaming. link Rick |
William Warner | 12 Jun 2014 9:26 a.m. PST |
Victory Without Quarter for ECW and Basic Impetus for most anything before that. Both are medium to big battle. |
Stosstruppen | 12 Jun 2014 10:56 a.m. PST |
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Inkpaduta | 12 Jun 2014 11:06 a.m. PST |
In the Heart of Africa for me. I always was able to get the DBA online free too. |
brass1 | 12 Jun 2014 11:23 a.m. PST |
Is "Iron Ships & Wooden Heads" by Tim Gow still available anywhere? I've never been able to find a copy. LT |
MajorB | 12 Jun 2014 12:06 p.m. PST |
Is "Iron Ships & Wooden Heads" by Tim Gow still available anywhere? I've never been able to find a copy. megablitzandmore.blogspot.co.uk And look under "Downloads" (on the right hand side of the screen). |
brass1 | 12 Jun 2014 12:55 p.m. PST |
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paul liddle | 12 Jun 2014 1:33 p.m. PST |
Kings of War from Mantic Games. |
Bandolier | 12 Jun 2014 5:03 p.m. PST |
'Fife & Drum' by Der Alte Fritz (Jim Purky). 'No Quarter' are also excellent. |
Skeets | 12 Jun 2014 7:25 p.m. PST |
Column, Line and Square Blenheim 2004 Yanks up the Yangtze |
bobm1959 | 13 Jun 2014 7:34 a.m. PST |
Basic Impetus: played regularly and then moved "up" to full version
and played regularly (which is a win for them really). |
Heazy Slypocrite | 14 Jun 2014 5:07 a.m. PST |
Skjaldborg for medieval skirmish. All of the output from The Perfect Captain. |
B6GOBOS | 14 Jun 2014 11:10 a.m. PST |
For the Crimean war I use "Charge of the Light Brigade." For AWI I use "Loose files and American scramble." Both sets are easy to learn, give a fun game and reflect how I think k the period was (based on my reading far too many books). |
Weasel | 14 Jun 2014 2:22 p.m. PST |
Yay, two people said FAD/Fast and Dirty :) For myself, Beamstrike has given me a few really fun games, so that'll be up there. I've read tons that were really clever but which haven't made it to the table yet.
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Ottoathome | 15 Jun 2014 4:54 a.m. PST |
Mine I write them myself They're the BEST! For me. |
Weasel | 15 Jun 2014 11:18 a.m. PST |
Ottoathome – in the end, isn't that all that counts? :) So how many people have gone and downloaded a bunch of the rules in this list? :)
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freewargamesrules | 15 Jun 2014 12:56 p.m. PST |
I'm surprised no one's mentioned FUBAR yet. |
Mooseworks8 | 15 Jun 2014 10:52 p.m. PST |
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11th ACR | 16 Jun 2014 9:54 p.m. PST |
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