WW II Skirmish Rules

[Lupus]

No not me tout my new venture just yet...

But anyone got any suggestions of a good system to use...Small scale i guess not piles of minis and month of painting to be able to play...

[janner]

No not me tout my new venture just yet...

But anyone got any suggestions of a good system to use...Small scale i guess not piles of minis and month of painting to be able to play...

We're dabbling with Great Escape Game's 'Rules of Engagement' which work well for platoon level games:

http://www.greatescapegames.co.uk/

Regards,

[Plynkes]

Well my favourite game right now is Iron Ivan's "Price of Glory." That is a Great War set, but it is based on their World War Two rules "Disposable Heroes/Coffin for Seven Brothers."

You might like them. I have played satisfying games with very small numbers of figures using these rules.

[Lowtardog]

Arc of Fire is pretty good too

[Mainly28s]

For fast, furious (and not very serious) gaming, Bolt Action's USSR game system is good.
I also have a free set called Landser on my site (check my sig for a link), which, while not perfect, is pretty decent.

[Lupus]

Thanks guys i may have a look at Olafs one first because they're free

But i'm looking at the others as well...Nice to have a choice..

[redzed]

Troops Weapons & Tactics from Too Fat Lardies or NUTS! from Two Hour Wargames.

[Lupus]

Nuts!

Looks like a good system, Campaign style for expanding and so on...

[pixelgeek]

Oddly enough this is the exact same question that is currently being discussed as our current "Ask TGN" question.

You might find some of the comments there helpful

http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/2007/11/15/10977

[Mainly28s]

If you go with commercial rules, I'd suggest either Disposable Heroes or Rules of Engagement as being fun too. I've played both, and find both offer good games, with different emphases on what scale to play at, and how well troops and vehicles work together.

Another free option is Necromunda (free at the GW site) with WW2 mods (just hunt on the web, or PM me and I'll send a copy). Not terribly realistic, but fun, fast and furious, and easy to learn to boot...

[Mike D. Mc Brice]

This question pops up at TMP every second week at least.
The usual suspects are:
-Disposable Heroes
-Rules of Engagement
-Nuts!
-Troops Weapons & Tactics (TW&T)

There are a few more but these 4 seem to be popular ones and all not too difficult and as far as I know them they are all good and it's mainly a matter of taste what you want.

[celtoslegion]

Alzozero has Operation World War II. It's designed for 20mm Platoon action, but the rules are easy to understand and work also well for 28mm single minis.

You can download the english rules for free at their homepage www.alzozero.it

[Lupus]

Hey this has been a great help folk's...

What about mini's any recomendation's??

I have some Rangers and Russians from warmacre http://www.warmacre.com it goes with there Hour of Glory/Bunkerstorm game...

But i fancy some bridge to far style Para's or More Russian's...

[Plynkes]

I'm quite keen on Artizan's Paras myself.

[xeoran]

Crossfire is very good...

As for minis;
Artizan
Some Black Tree
Bolt Action
The Assault Group
Brigade US
ETC.