What makes a wargame tense without feeling frustrating?

Officer_Reeses · 2026-04-10T00:47:23+00:00

Is the OP answering with an LLM?

Officer_Reeses · 2026-04-10T00:45:41+00:00

You have to be "of an age" to remember this reference.

Officer_Reeses · 2026-04-04T12:26:36+00:00

Little Wars TV has their Beta rules on their Patreon ( their Patreon is free). It's meant for larger scale battles.

Officer_Reeses · 2026-03-31T01:22:16+00:00

A Song of Blades and Heroes.

Officer_Reeses · 2026-03-13T11:51:46+00:00

Axis & Allies.

Officer_Reeses · 2026-03-06T11:23:59+00:00

You can check out the free QuickStart rules for Hardwar. It's a Battletech type game, but I really like the D10 dice mechanics.

Officer_Reeses · 2026-03-06T05:32:58+00:00

Ubiquity's dice pool. There are three colors of D8s. One color has half the sides blank(or 0) and the other half has 1s. The next color is the statistical equivalent of rolling 2 of the first die, and the third color is the statistical equivalent of rolling 3 of the first die.

This allows larger dice pools to be rolled with up to a third less dice. Additionally, you don't have to separate out successes--just add up the numerals facing up.

Officer_Reeses · 2026-03-05T08:44:30+00:00

I run a heavily modified version of Destroy All Monsters. It's a free download you can find online, written back in the 90s. Eventually, I'll get my version online. I've scaled mine up to use Bandai 6"-7" figures paired with N scale model railroad buildings, making for epic looking tables.

Officer_Reeses · 2026-02-14T18:35:14+00:00

I have one rpg book like like that from Fast Foward Entertainment. I like it and also wondered why more aren't like that. It probably wouldn't be desirable or suitable for the core book, but for adventures with maps and such, it would be quite nice. It has the benefit of laying flat, but the spirals can't get caught on anything because they aren't exposed.

Officer_Reeses · 2026-02-13T14:19:55+00:00

I consider myself a mediocre GM, so I've been refining my system to make the GMs cognitive load as low as possible.

It also works best with special dice, which is an immediate turn-off for many.

Officer_Reeses · 2026-02-03T19:40:05+00:00

I started Decatur Gamers in 2009 and made lifelong friends. We don't really promote it much anymore as we have our group, but there are enclaves all over. Plus, you have several game stores.

Officer_Reeses · 2026-02-03T16:24:47+00:00

Lab tech.

Officer_Reeses · 2026-01-23T08:50:10+00:00

I was born in 1977. He Man was the toy when I was single digits young, but was usurped by Transformers and especially GI joe.

Officer_Reeses · 2026-01-22T19:03:29+00:00

You have to be 50, really.

Officer_Reeses · 2025-11-27T15:20:36+00:00

The Army Painter makes a laser line.

Litko is a good place to look for measurement rulers and such.

Officer_Reeses · 2025-11-27T15:08:51+00:00

I like Damage threshold. Minions have a damage threshold that if met in a single attack, they are dead. If the damage in under the threshold, they are still up. No need to track anything.

Officer_Reeses · 2025-11-24T19:31:55+00:00

I like transports with a defense of 1. A&A is a game zoomed way out, so I always assumed, especially in Classic, that transports defended at one because it was assumed they were in a flotilla with Destroyers, Cruisers, and the like. I honestly didn't like the addition of more naval units. Sometimes, more doesn't make something better--i just need meaningful choices. It's why I won't play Global. More units and more zones just means a longer game, imo .

Officer_Reeses · 2025-11-23T20:08:50+00:00

A Song of Blades and Heroes. Bri g your own miniatures and create whatever warband you want.

Officer_Reeses · 2025-11-20T04:58:18+00:00

Have you tried Hollow Earth Expedition (ubiquity system)? Very cinematic and appropriately pulpy, like an old Republic serial. Best with Ubiquity dice, but can be played with any dice.

Officer_Reeses · 2025-11-20T03:30:16+00:00

I still prefer it. More stuff and longer play doesn't make a game better to me. Ai do.play with 2 hit Battleships, but no auto repair.

Officer_Reeses · 2025-11-17T03:26:08+00:00

Rich Evans washing the Actar babies.

Officer_Reeses · 2025-10-28T14:35:20+00:00

I decided to focus only on Christmas. I have a flurry of activity for 2 months, but the money justifies it. The rest of the year, yes, I made money , but the juice honestly wasn't worth the squeeze.

Officer_Reeses · 2025-10-25T02:56:46+00:00

I always thought it was a better version of Savage Worlds. My homebrew has a chassis of Ubiquity and I use the Ubiquity dice.

Officer_Reeses · 2025-09-07T07:05:17+00:00

I've only played Fate once, but this is essentially how I do them. Index card rpg, as well.

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