Yarkshire Gamers World Cup of Historical Wargames Rules

[Yarkshire Gamer]

Over the next few weeks Yarkshire Gamer will be running a World Cup of Historical Miniatures Wargames Rules, everyone can get involved,

8 rules have been seeded to go straight into round 2

The voting will take place on the Yarkshire Gamer Facebook Page, I realise that it does exclude those on FB but the Preliminary Round had 2,700 votes so I need it to be manageable and one voting location does that.

Only one version of each rule set is eligible so, WRG Ancients is in as a single entry, not 1st Ed, 2nd Ed etc.

The Seeds are

1. In the Grand Manner
2. WRG Ancients
3. Fire and Fury
4. Chain of Command
5. Bruce Quarrie Napoleonics
6. Black Powder
7. Charles Grants Wargame
8.Rapid Fire

We could argue forever about what rules should be seeded and as its the first time I've done it, I picked the rules that I've seen have most influence from my perspective. I've only played 5 of them, I actively dislike 2 and only really played one, I even play alternatives with the same time period which are less popular, but you've got to start somewhere.



Preliminary Round has been completed on the 25th July with the following results

Well everyone the Preliminary Round of the Yarkshire Gamer World Cup of Historical Wargames Rules is over and we have the 16 sets of rules that will compete in Round 1 of the competition.

The 16 are

1. Battlegroup

2. Sharpe Practice

3. General de Armee

4. O Group

5. To the Strongest

6. Hail Caesar

7. Mortem et Gloriam

8. General de Brigade


9. Bolt Action

10. Lion Rampant

11. Crossfire

12. For King and Parliament

13. Saga

14. L'art de la Guerre

15. Men who would be Kings

16. By Fire and Sword


The draw for the 1st Round will be held during the recording for the Brews in the Binyard Summer Special and the ties announced to the public on Monday 31st July with the ties being played that week. The draw will place the top 8 as the home teams and 9 to 16 as the away sides.




For those who are interested the just missed out rules are (if there are 2 numbers the same the votes were tied.

17. Bill hooks
18. Blitzkrieg Commander
18 Blucher
20 AK47

[Yarkshire Gamer]

The draw has taken place for Round 1, I'll post them up later but if if fancy listening live, it's on the latest Podcast

https://kenrtai.podbean.com/e/episode-46-summer-brews-in-the-binyard-world-cup-23-edition/

[Codsticker]

Some very different sorts of rules there!

[Yarkshire Gamer]

Round 1

To the Strongest vs Saga

General de Brigade vs Lion Rampant

Mortem et Gloriam vs Bolt Action

General de Armee vs Men Who Would be Kings

Battlegroup vs By Fire and Sword

Hail Caesar vs For King and Parliament

Sharp Practice vs L'art de la Guerre

O Group vs Crossfire.

Voting for the 1st game is now on Facebook

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0ZG5EnevYxDF23gN3LvfiuqAZVtTAfePUsNdwCtqoWNSY4yFydzHoar397VcKcVqTl&id=100050371792178

[Yarkshire Gamer]

Game 2 Round 1 is now underway with General de Brigade taking on Lion Rampant, vote on the link below,



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[tomrommel1]

voted, very close call at the moment!

[Yarkshire Gamer]

It is Tom, TO the Strongest is running away with the first game vs Saga but this one is really close, the lead has changed hands multiple times already.

Regards Ken
The Yarkshire Gamer

[Yarkshire Gamer]

Voting for Game 3 of the first round is now up



Should be a good one, vote link below,

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0YSncLc3SVEJm5uzd58nSDrwg9djKGcCDNBbPUXyjZXXZ2tDuT8bK31BabaYYZhoUl&id=100050371792178

[Yarkshire Gamer]

Welcome to Game 4 of the World Cup of Historical Wargames Rules.

Today's match up sees General de Armee, Dave Brown's second set in the first round take on our second set from the Osprey Blue Books Series, Men Who Would be Kings, again two very different sets of rules.

General de Armee is a set of Big Battle Napoleonic rules. A more recent set than GdeB it saw the introduction of the ADC method of Command and Control sitting above the main rules. More streamlined but with a nod to old school these rules are just about to get a second incarnation.

Men Who Would be Kings is set in the Colonial Era and is a seeks to recreate the battles of the Indian Mutiny, Africa and beyond. The rules have a Hollywood style and troops are very much at the mercy of the quality of their officers and leaders. Perfect if you fancy getting a big Sean Connery tasche and going all Peachy.

Get Voting for your favourite now and feel free to share far and wide, voting link below

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid06ZatJjTR7rBoDuJ6Ynfg7shxSUtStSnvUBCvgwA47P7zuYtAzuveYESfvsMeG2NAl&id=100050371792178

Game 1 ends today with To the Strongest still well ahead of Saga. Game 2 is a right ding dong, the lead has changed hands so many times but Lion Rampant is ahead of General de Brigade at the moment. Game 3 saw Bolt Action ahead early doors but MeG has got a shifty on and is well out in front at the moment.

Thanks for joining in.

Regards Ken
The Yarkshire Gamer

[Yarkshire Gamer]

Game 5 sees Battegroup take on By Fire and Sword, do you prefer riding into battle on a tank or as a Winged Hussar !
Battlegroup got the highest votes in the Preliminary Round, can Fire & Sword pull a flanker !
Vote link below

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0hJd1JdMG9HjbA49uGtY4TNRGZ1r2drYT3WguwW5jpSJhCMTZbTTVUyXQi6ULkfMBl&id=100050371792178

[Yarkshire Gamer]

Voting is open today for Game 6 of the 1st Round with Hail Caesar taking on For King and Parliament

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Voting link is here

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0YSncLc3SVEJm5uzd58nSDrwg9djKGcCDNBbPUXyjZXXZ2tDuT8bK31BabaYYZhoUl&id=10005037

The result of Game 3 is in with MeG beating Bolt Action with 65% of the vote, Bolt Action falls at the first hurdle.

[Yarkshire Gamer]

Game 7 has kicked off with Sharp Practice against L'art de la Guerre 


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And finally in the first round it's O Group vs Crossfire 



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[Yarkshire Gamer]

So that's Round 1 done and dusted and from the 8 games above we have the following qualifiers

Sharp Practice
O Group
Battlegroup
General de Armee
Mortem et Gloriam
Lion Rampant
To the Strongest
For King and Parliament

Keep an eye out for Round 2 in a new thread starting tomorrow.