Rules
Horse and Musket
Rifle and Kepi. Large scale late ninetenth century warfare aimed at Army level actions. One base = one regiment, one hex = 1 km. Based on Richard Brooks 'Terrible Swift Rules'. Rifle and KepiMarlborough Light. A very stripped down version of Strategos/Lost Battles by Phil Sabin, reapplied to the war of the Spanish Succession. This has been used to fight Blenheim, Ramillies and Oudenard but would work perfectly well for other eighteeth century battles. Marlborough Lite
First World War
Drumfire. Corps level WW1 trench warfare. One base = one battalion, one square is roughly half a mile. Based heavily on 'Playing Leapfrog' and 'Storm of Steel'. DrumfirePaths of Glory. A somewhat Great War Spearhead style of WW1 rules, Division/Corps sized actions, one base = one company. No grids involved! but it does have random movement. Paths of Glory
World War One in Three Turns. A single player game (vs an umpire) covering 1916, 1917 and 1918 from the point of view of a divisional commander on the Western Front. It was run a number of times at the Conference of Wargamers and also as the WD Display Team (North) participation game in 2003, and it won the best participation game prize at Murphy Mania. This is the writeup for The Nugget.
One Hour WW1 Naval. This is a variant on Neil Thomas's One Hour Wargames rules developed in conjunction with John Armatys and in turn based on a variant by Richq in the AMNW yahoo group. One Hour WW1 (naval)
OP16. This is my updated version of Richard Brooks OP14 WW1 operational rules. They incorporate various aspects of trench warfare like gas, rolling barrages etc and I've used these to fight things like the Kaiserschlacht and the Battle of Amiens. The original OP14 rules were published in the The Wargames Developments Journal issue No. 236 in June 2010. OP16 rules
Second World War
One Hour WW2 (hex). Feb 2023. This is a variant on the WW2 set from Neil Thomas's One Hour Wargames rules. I upped the scale to battalion sized units, and changed it it use hexes. The larger units fit better with the abstract nature of the system IMHO, and the hexes just speed things up and make unit placement clearer. Obviously if you prefer to use rulers, just convert each hex to 4". Feb 23 - this has ben updated to the latest version using six hits etc. One Hour WW2 (hex)One Hour WW2 v2. Feb 2021. This is the version we've been playing most recently. It still uses battalion sized units but has reverted to rulers. This uses the six hit and 1/2/3 dice combat system which I prefer, and includes things like reorganisation and digging in. One Hour WW2 (six hit version)
Panzer Gruppe. Large scale WW2 Operational Rules aimed at Corps/Army level operations. One base = one regiment/brigade, turns are roughly one day, played on a hex (or square) grids at 1 hex = 10km. Panzergruppe
Panzer Gruppe. Large scale WW2 Operational Rules aimed at Corps/Army level operations. One base = one regiment/brigade, turns are roughly one day, played on a hex (or square) grids at 1 hex = 10km. Panzergruppe
Feb 2021 update. This is a later version which uses fixed movement rates and was the set I used to refight Kasserine Pass and Operation Goodwood. Panzergruppe v2.2
Memoir 45. A somewhat tarted up version of Memoir 44 including rules from the various supplements as well as ideas from some of the other variants. Note you need the original Memoir 44 card deck to play. Memoir 45
Lt Colonel Wigrams 1943 report on British infantry performance and suggested tactical and organisational improvements. Extensively requoted in e.g. The Stress of Battle, Bullets and Brains and The British Army Review. Wigrams Report
WW2 Weapons effectiveness. A large compilation of War Office operations research documents compiled by John D. Salt. WW2 Weapons Effectiveness
Artillery snippets. More OR documents from John D. Salt, this time on artillery. Artillery snippets
Soviet Infantry Tactics (1925), by Marshal Tuchachevsky, translated by John D Salt. An interesting study by the doomed Marshal on the development of infantry tactics and the use of light and medium machine guns (specifically the inclusion of MMGs in Red Army rifle companies). Questions of infantry Organisation and Tactics
Memoir 45. A somewhat tarted up version of Memoir 44 including rules from the various supplements as well as ideas from some of the other variants. Note you need the original Memoir 44 card deck to play. Memoir 45
Historical interest
Lt Colonel Wigrams 1943 report on British infantry performance and suggested tactical and organisational improvements. Extensively requoted in e.g. The Stress of Battle, Bullets and Brains and The British Army Review. Wigrams Report
WW2 Weapons effectiveness. A large compilation of War Office operations research documents compiled by John D. Salt. WW2 Weapons Effectiveness
Artillery snippets. More OR documents from John D. Salt, this time on artillery. Artillery snippets
Soviet Infantry Tactics (1925), by Marshal Tuchachevsky, translated by John D Salt. An interesting study by the doomed Marshal on the development of infantry tactics and the use of light and medium machine guns (specifically the inclusion of MMGs in Red Army rifle companies). Questions of infantry Organisation and Tactics
