Trebian set out a list of the rules he has owned http://wargaming4grownups.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/rules-archive_28.html so I thought that I would follow suit. The premise is stand alone
purchased rule sets. None from magazines or free issue in any shape or
form. Not included are sets played but not owned
I was surprised that I have as many as I do,
although I am sure others have many more.
Doing the list made me reflect on the games I
play. I realise that I am more driven by having opponents that want to
give me a game than trying to find the ‘perfect’ set of rules.
Anyone reading this who wants a game of one of
these systems let me know and with one or two obvious exceptions (who mentioned
Newbury) I will be happy to oblige
On to the list
1644
Precursor to Warhammer ECW – played a couple of times
but did not work for me – good looking campaign system though
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18th Century POW
Never played
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19C Principles of War
Never played
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A Thousand Years of Medieval Warfare (Newbury)
A huge number of tables – very unlikely to
play again. My head hurts just thinking about these rules
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A World Aflame
Hope to play this year – looking for a good
interwar set and I like the way Osprey have released affordable slim rule
sets
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Action under Sail
Complex looking set of Napoleonic Sea rules that
I have never played
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ACW Rules (T Wise)
One of the old Airfix series that I bought
but never played
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Ancient Warfare
I played this quite a few times when I
joined the Falkirk club and really enjoyed the games – would like to play
again
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Bad War
An innovative Renaissance set that
unfortunately is only available as a PDF which is a big downside for me – I
expect to play these again sometime however
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Band of Brothers (Piquet)
I have only played these rules once but
they are very different and allow much less control to the player than most
sets – must play again soon
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Bloody Barons
Interesting set of Wars of the Roses rules
by Peter Pig and I am told that they share many mechanisms with other sets
from the same stable. A big plus is that they include scenarios for all
the WoR battles so I expect to play a few of these
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Captain General
These are from the Pike and Shot Society and
cover a period slightly wider than Marlburian. Played a couple of games
a while ago and enjoyed them so would do so again
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Chain of Command
My newest purchase the currently popular
Too Fat Lardies WW2 rules – so far I have found them enjoyable and hope to
play a few more games (with other peoples figures)
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Check Your 6!
I have played a few games of Check Your 6! Jet
Age and expect these to be a good WW2 set. Very surprisingly these are
the only Air Warfare rules on this list – I usually use other people’s planes
and rules
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Comitatus (in Goths Huns and Romans)
Look to be an interesting set but I have
never played them
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Condottiere
Never played – may be a case of excessive
production values over content
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Contemptible Little Armies 3rd ed
Just played the one game which worked
pretty well – expect to play again
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Crusader
An interesting set of Ancients rules which
I have played off and on since they came out. Always enjoyable and I do
hope to play them again soon
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De Bellis Renationis
My only DBx rules. I had an enjoyable
few games with them when they came out. However having worked out that
the best way to play them was to mix the elements up in a totally
unhistorical way (I was using ECW armies) I gave them up
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Dominance
A high renaissance set – works quite well but a
bit clunky and not enough variation in combat results for my taste
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Dux Bellorum
I really really wanted to like these rules
as I had enjoyed playing Glutter of Ravens by the same author and they are in
the Osprey format that I like. The first few games were a bit of a
disappointment however – over too quickly for my taste and a bit
predicable in combat. I have not given up on them though
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Dux Brittannicum
A simple game of raids and battles in
‘Arthurian’ Britain. There is little variation in troop types but the
raids are generally good scenarios. At first I thought the campaign
system was a strength but on refection it would take an awful lot of
games to actually progress through to the end so that has lost some relevance
for me. Generally a fun game though
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Empire
If you wanted to concentrate on playing
Napoleonics with a small group of friends who were happy to learn a complex
set of rules thoroughly then I would recommend Empire. I enjoyed the
few games I played but I left all the mechanics to the other players
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Fantasy Wargaming
The Bruce Galloway book which includes a
set of rules. Bought many years ago and never played I took them
down to the club a few weeks ago for the long time fantasy players to have a
look at. It is probably more a RPG set than a mass battle set although
mass battle rules are included. They gave them very short shrift so
that is probably that.
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Feudal Wars
Bought to take part in the National
Wargames Championships many moons ago – did not enjoy them then so will
probably never play them again
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Field of Glory
I played about 50 games of FoG and found
them an enjoyable set. I only played them in 25mm which may have made
my experience different to some others. I don’t have any opponents but
would play again- I did not invest in the 2nd edition
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Field of Glory Renaissance
Although I only played a couple of games
once again due to lack of opponents in 25mm I actually thought that these
were an improvement on basic FoG. You never know I might get another
game sometime
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File Leader
I always thought that these looked a really
interesting set of ECW rules for smaller battles but I have never got round
to playing them – one of these days perhaps
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Fire and Fury
Very enjoyable ACW rules with plenty of
period flavour
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Firefly
The only set of rules on this list that I
no longer own as I got out of 1/300 WW2. They seemed better than the
WRG equivalent at the time but that is many years ago now
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For King or Faith
Period specific covering Europe in Tudor
times. Never played
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Force on Force
My preferred rules for modern warfare.
It is small scale skirmish. The difficuly is in having balanced
scenarios as small numbers of high quality troops can often wipe the floor
with lower quality opposition but I find them a fun set to play.
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Forlorn Hope
These are quite an old set of ECW rules and
the mechanisms are a little clunky and of their time but I have yet to find a
better set for the period. They do take a bit of learning and I
haven’ty played them nearly as often as I would like to have done.
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Ga Pa
Marlburian rules that got a good write up
when they came out some time ago now. I picked them up cheap on a Bring
and Buy but have never played them as yet
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General de Brigade
These were very popular at the Falkirk club
so I picked up a set having played a couple of games but they have now fallen
out of fashion. A charge by my Spanish Dragoons through the French
lines will long live in my memory
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Glutter of Ravens
I had a lot of fun playing these Dark Age
Britain rules some years ago. Good for an occasional game
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God's Acre
Never played – medieval - they did
not get a good press
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Guns at Gettysburg
Enjoyable set of ACW rules from the General
de Brigade stable but only played the once
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Hail Ceasar
Black Powder Ancinets – not that impressed
but would give them another go
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Impetus
My current rules of choice for the
Ancient/Medieval period. Give a fun agme in an evening. I think
my interest is starting to wane a little though
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In Her Majesty's Name
I thought these might be a fun set to give
a go but haven’t done so as yet
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John Company
A few years ago I wanted to get into the
Sikh Wars in 15mm and needed a set of rules. Nothing came of the
project but who knows – one day perhaps
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Killer Katanas II
Samurai wars was another project that did not
progress. The rules look interesting and there are lots of scenarios
available
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Konkordia
SF rules based on Impetus bought on
PDF. Unplayable. Worse than Newbury.
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Lance
An old fashioned and clunky set of Medieval
rules that I am very unlikely to play again
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Longstreet
A simple but fun set of ACW rules enhanced
by a great campaign system
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Lord of the Rings
A fun set of Games Workshop rules – would
play again any time
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Lost Battles
Must play sometime – very different Ancient
rules to refight actual battles
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Ludus Gladitorious
Simple gladiator rules used for PP games –
quick and easy
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Maurice
18th Century rules. I am not totally
taken with them but they did facilitate (with only minor tweaks) the best
reconstruction of an actual battle that I have ever been involved in –
Falkirk Muir 1746 – so they must have something going for them
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Medieval Warfare
Companion to and closely related to Ancient
Warfare – once again I would like to play these some more
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Medieval Warfare (Slim Mumford)
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Never played – a slim booklet of skirmish
rules
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Might & Reason
Another 18th Century set – only played the
once I can’t really remember what they were like
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Mordhiem
Fun Fun Fun GW skirmish set – good for a
campaign
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Napoleonic Principles of War
The hidden deployment at the start worked
well and I enjoyed the games I played
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Napoleon's Campaigns in Miniature
I also have the Airfix guide that came out before
this but have never played either set. The national characteristics
that are a key part always looked interesting but others who have played thm
have said that after a few plays the system seemed broken.
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Naumachiae
Ancient naval rules that I very much want
to give another go sometime
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Newbury Napoleonic
Typical Newbury – bahhhh
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Once upon a time in the West Country
Simple ECW skirmish rules that give a fast
flowing game
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Retinue
My preferred set of Medieval skirmish
rules. The bookkeeping seems a bit cumbersome compared to more modern
rules but once you are used to it works fine. Many happy memories of
games over the years. In one of my first games a peasants took out a
mounted knight when I threw less than 5% to hit with the parry failing
despite a 95% chance of success. In another game which involved an
assault on a castle the attacking player put down covering archery fire as
his men tried to scale the ramparts using ladders but shot 3 of his own
men in the back in quick succession as the arrows fell short (or was it
treachery?)
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Revenge
A set of medieval rules that I have never
played
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Road to Osaka
I had one very enjoyable game of these Samurai skirmish
rules a few years ago
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Samurai Wars
Never played
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Sebastopol, Sadowa and Sedan
More Newbury – yawn!
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Shattered Lances
I was very enthusiastic when the rules came
out as they seemed to give an excellent feel for Crusader era warfare.
For some reason we dropped them but I would certainly give them another
go
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Shieldbearer
A set of Ancient rules that came up against
the might of WRG 6th in its pomp and vanished without trace
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Sword & Pistol
Renaissance skirmish – OK but no coconut
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Sword and Shield
Ancient skirmish as above
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Tercio
I gave Tercio a few goes but in the end
found that the games take too long and combat results are too predictable
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The Great War
WW1 by GW – works fine as a game
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The Quest of Thane Tostig
My first faltering step into fantasy was to buy
these rules but I never played a game
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To The Sound of the Guns
For a time these were our Napoleonic rules
of choice – different to the WRG rules we had been using but after a few
years we went back to WRG which says it all I suppose
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Tomorrow's War
The SF version of Force on Force.
Only played 2 games but I hope to give them another go sometime
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Triumph & Tragedy
OK for interwar or very early WW2 gaming
but don’t seem to work quite right – difficult to put a finger on why
not. Would play again,
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Under the Lilly Banners
Marlburian set designed for masses of 28mm
figures – overly simplistic for my taste
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Vis Bellica
An innovative set of Ancient/Medieval rules
that I only managed to play the once. Their big bases were on the go
long before Impetus.
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War and Conquest
These were given to me as a present and are
supposed to be similar to but better than Warhammer Ancients. I
must give them a try sometime soon
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Warfare in the Age of Reason
Another unplayed Marlburian set
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Warfare Through the Ages
More Newbury – Oh No!
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WRG Wargames Rules 1685 – 1845
A simple set of rules that I have only ever
used for Napoleonics. Playable but not that satisfying a game
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Wargames Rules for Regular and Colonial Conflicts
in the 19th Century (POW)
Never played
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Warhammer Ancient Battles 1st ed
I started using Warhammer Ancients at the
Washington club to provide variety and encourage more people to take up
Ancients. At Falkirk this also worked well as many members were used to
Warhammer systems. Somewhat flawed particularly by overpowerful characters
but does often give a good game
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Warhammer Ancient Battles 2nd ed
Never played – the plug was pulled on
Warhammer Historical and people lost interest
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Warhammer English Civil War
OK I suppose – at one time it was the only
way I could get a game of ECW
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Warhammer Fantasy Battles 8th ed
I am probably pretty unusual in getting into
Warhammer Fantasy in my 50s but there was a campaign that looked pretty good
that I wanted to take part in so I took the plunge. Fine for an occasional
game and in fact a very well written set of rules
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Warmachine
Steampunk! I want to give this a
proper go sometime
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Wars of the Roses(Ed Smith)
Bought on a whim but never played
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WRG Wargames Rules 1000BC to 1000AD 4th ed
Bought before I joined my first wargames
club (in fact the first rules that I ever bought come to think of it)
Never played
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WRG Wargames Rules 3000BC to 1200AD 5th ed
These rules got me hooked on
wargaming. At the time I thought thay were better than 6th ed, but all
my friends wanted to switch
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WRG Wargames Rules 3000BC to 1485AD 6th ed
I have played these rules way more than any
other set with 2013 being the first year since they were published in
1980 that I did not have a game of them. Many highs and lows too many
to set out here. I am sure I will have another game or two of these
over the coming years
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WRG Wargames Rules 3000BC to 1485AD 7th ed
These were a dramatic break from the
previous editions and did not work at all in 25mm for me at least
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WRG Wargames Rules for Fifteenth to Seventeenth
Centuries (1420 - 1700)
The Gush renaissance rules still very
playable if a little slow compared to more modern rules
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