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Light wargames for a short evening
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Just here to study Americans
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After searching through the geeklists for "light wargames" I found 9 lists. Neither one esp. with what I'm looking for. What am I looking for? I'm looking for short, light 2-player wargames. Light meaning less then 12 pages of rules, I guess. Short meaning playable in a short evening. Games I can play with people who have limited experience in wargaming and like a game that's ended by the time they go home. For instance, I do like A House Divided, Paths of Glory and A Victory Lost but for me, it's not playable in a short evening (and PoG has far to much rules to fit the 'light' criteria). I added a few I already play, with comments. Hope ya'all will add some good suggestions!
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Posted Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:17 am
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Just here to study Americans
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Own. With 9 pages of rules (ex. title page and designer notes) and playable in a short evening, this fits the bill perfectly.
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Just here to study Americans
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I'm not certain this is less then 12 pages of rules, but it's easily explained and playable in an evening - although not always a short one.
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Just here to study Americans
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Squad Leader is one of my favorite wargames. It's 80+ pages of rules and still has lots of downloadable scenarios. I added it, because the intro scenarios, which are tense and fun to play, are easily done in a short evening and although it's a thick manual, you only have to explain less then a dozen pages to get started - and get them hooked...
Needless to say: I own this one.
Edit: highlight added for all those yelling this is not a light game. It isn't. But since there are a number of short scenarios you can play with less then 12 pages of rules, I added it as an example.
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Just here to study Americans
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Own. It fits the bill.
And although I paly it's, this is not the sort of game I'm looking for: it's too short (2-6 games in an evening) and too light and luck dependent for my taste.
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Just here to study Americans
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2-3 pages of rules, playable in a short evening. Tense. Great for this list. Only gripe might be the replayability factor. But isn't that one reason (war)gamers buy new games?
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Just here to study Americans
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Own. Does fit the bill. But this is sort-of a 'filler-wargame': after a few games this sweet spot is stroked and there's still time left.
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While I love Hannibal: RvC, I don't think it meets your criteria. This game is a similar game with a bit less chrome but it's similar enough and the play time is under 2 hours.
It may be a bit hard to find but I would trust the upcoming Washingtons War remake to fit the same criteria.
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Board Game: Paratroop
[Average Rating:5.79 Overall Rank:3550]
[Average Rating:5.79 Overall Rank:3550]
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With this, you can play 3 games in a short evening.
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Easy-Peasy. Not a great deal of variety in replay (I suspect, I haven only played it once), but simple rules and a short game.
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Shorter scenarios in 2 hours.
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The AH version at least takes no more than an hour or two to play and has 4 pages of rules. Similar in complexity, style and playtime are War of 1812 and Quebec 1759.
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It's short, it's light, it's a wargame. I didn't look up the number of pages to the rules but a typical game lasts 45-60 minutes at our house. Then again, if Memoir is too "light" and "luck dependent" you might not appreciate this either.
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I'm surprised no one's added this yet. Short and sweet.
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Scott DiBerardino (silentdibs)
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Ah, a new list. I haven't recommended this game yet this month. Now my quota has been met.
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Board Game: Ogre
[Average Rating:6.86 Overall Rank:447]
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The original short 2-player wargame.
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Same amount of rules as Bonaparte at Marengo and is easily playable in a couple of hours or less.
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Ah, this what you'll be wanting, Sir.
About eight pages of rules and nice level of depth for game that you can play twice on a "School" night.
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An awesome game. Simple rules and easily played with two several times in a short evening.
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Very light, very enjoyable, fits your bill.
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A good, knockabout sort of a game, easily playable in an evening.
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Plays in about 2 hours with about 15 min to setup this plays well in one evening or Sunday afternoon. Easy rules, not to complex in strategy and fun to play. It could use a few rules adjustments to help with more combat (IMO), but sill a nice light sea based war game with nice componenets.
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Good light wargame. Plays in about 2 hours.
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Haven't played it yet myself but I hear really good things about it. The artwork is fantastic.
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Posted Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:54 am
Waterloo 20 - Napoleonic
Jena 20 - Napoleonic
Albion 20 - Napoleonic
Battle of Honey Springs - ACW
Pickett's Charge: Day Three of Gettysburg - ACW
Anzio: The Fight For The Beachhead - WWII
Action Front! Watchtower -WWII
Cuban Revolution - Cold War
Chris
More games to add to my want list!
...and I've just started trying to thin the herd...
Chris
Seeing, for instance, that Battle for Germany and Victory in the Pacific are added, which are longish for us...
*)either due to excessive thinking, bordering Analysis Paralysis, or due to small talk, sigarette breaks etc. Although we 'play hard', we're not very competitive and socializing is more important than ending, or winning, the game