What is NUTS & Mission Driven Skirmish Gaming?

[SBMiniaturesGuy]

Greetings,
After announcing the NUTS Kickstarter, I had a few questions about what the system is and how it differs from other systems.

NUTS! is a "Mission Driven" WW2 skirmish game from Two Hour Wargames. A Mission Driven game focuses more on achieving in-game objectives than earning victory points to win, and uses historical Platoon and Squad TOEs to create your force rather than buying them with points.

Short video on NUTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfAq4LnnflY

Your Missions could be anything from a Patrol mission to scout a certain area by the end of the game, or a difficult "Hold at all costs" Defense mission where you "win" by controlling a certain terrain piece or area of the table...so even if you lose most of your figures, you still win if you stop your opponent from achieving thier objective. This means you could also have a greater range of Missions -- like rescuing a downed pilot, doing a raid to capture a prisoner, or speak with the locals to gain intel.

Do that successfully, enough times, and you can win your Campaign!

NUTS! is designed for Solo and Co-op games (and of course, head-to-head), and puts you in the boots of a Squad Leader or a Platoon Leader who needs to guide his troops through a set of dynamically generated, linked Missions that form a Campaign. You can also increase your core unit's skills and morale, and gain special equipment and battlefield loot.
The NUTS! Mission generator and Campaign system can be applied to any tabletop skirmish system.
At the heart of NUTS! is a unique "reaction" (Chain Reaction (C)) system that makes combat dynamic and unpredictable, and your figures are never caught flatfooted waiting for their card or activation die to come up before reacting to something.

It also has  a Lite RPG element that lets you game side encounters with civilians, go carousing on R&R, or scrounge up support for your next mission.

Read more about the NUTS! system here: https://sbminisguy.wordpress.com/2019/01/10/nuts-for-ww2-skirmish-gaming/

Visit the Two Hour Wargames page for more: https://www.twohourwargames.com/historical1.html

I hope that helps!

[Dubar]

Thanks for posting this!!!  I have the rule book, but haven't actually played it yet.  Now's the time to give it a good read 

[SBMiniaturesGuy]

Cool! Here are a couple of resources:

1. You should check out the Two Hour Wargames YouTube channel, lots of "how to" videos: https://www.youtube.com/@edthethwguy

2. The Two Hour Wargames forum is a great place to ask questions, Ed or someone who plays the rules will usually get back to you really fast: https://twohourwargames.proboards.com/

3. A couple of other YouTubers like Wargaming World have some nice stuff as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC4I3Jf1ga4&t=92s

Cheers!

[Battle Brush Sigur]

In 2021 I started a solo campaign based on 5150: Citizen Soldier by Two Hour Wargames. Using the same system as Nuts!.

Here's a review of these rules and some AARs of that; maybe it's of interest: https://www.tabletopstories.net/language/en/?s=5150


I played Nuts! A few times in the past. I'm sure some small bits and pieces have been changed since then, but it's a solid game, and of course the go-to rules for solo and cooperative play. Very, very different to everything else around, but should be tried at least once!

[Kikuchiyo]

Been looking for a set of solo WW2 skirmish rules, these might well be it