28mm rules?

[JArgo]

I can confirm that Triumph and Tragedy is a good rule set for WW1 skirmish.

Does everything you need it to.

[janner]

I believe it was cancelled due to lack of interest.

Okay, thanks 

[Metternich]

Through the Mud and Blood by Two Fat Lardies

[Iron Haiden]

Great War by warhammer historical is awesome for us who drank way too much of the GW cool aid over the years

[sjwalker51]

Another vote for 'Through the Mud and the Blood" from TFL for platoon level actions.

They've also produced WW1 adaptations for their "Chain of Command" rules, to be found in one of their summer specials.

[Miantanomo]

Through the Mud and Blood for me too!

[carlos marighela]

If you want something larger than skirmish or want to double up, then the old Command Decision title Over the Top works well. Figure scale is 1 stand + a platoon (40-50 men). Perfectly possible to use individual 28mm figures as a stand, without compromising ground scale too much. If you use one 28mm figure equals one stand then a battalion is about 16 or so figures.  That's what I did some years ago. Just use different figures to represent different stand types. Inf stands are standard rifle armed stands, Command Inf are NCOs Pure Command Officer figures. It's an excellent and very playable game, like all the old Frank Chadwick products and you can readily play brigade sized actions in a few hours. Has a good selection of scenarios, army information and a large 'bathtub' campaign for 1914.

If you search around you should find a copy secondhand.

[alan_lockhart]

You could have a look at Crush the Kaiser for battalion size actions.

[aphillathehun]

We've played a lot of the Chain of Command adaptation for WW1.  It's pretty clean.  We tried Through the Mud and the Blood but the guys couldn't get into the card driven thing.  I'm fine with the cards, but it's not for everyone I guess.  The Chain of Command version cleans up some of the resolutions also.  I would recommend taking a look at either of those sets.

Find Roundwood's world blog - he's produced some battle specific card sets for Through the Mud that look pretty cool.  And he's got a lot of inspiring troops and terrain also.

[armchairgeneral]

I am a fan of using Bolt Action adapted for WW1 but my forces have grown so I now have a company of 4 platoons and about 8 tanks. I find BA is too slow for a force this size.

What rules would people recommend for company size games at 1:1?

Is I Ain't Been Shot Mum any good and are there WW1 adaptions available?

[Mindenbrush]

I am a fan of using Bolt Action adapted for WW1 but my forces have grown so I now have a company of 4 platoons and about 8 tanks. I find BA is too slow for a force this size.

What rules would people recommend for company size games at 1:1?

Is I Ain't Been Shot Mum any good and are there WW1 adaptions available?

David Skibicki ran a large Bolt Action WWII game at Historicon this year and he said he used2 sets of  coloured beads in a bag rather than the BA dice to speed the game up