Light wargames for a short evening
25mrt wargaming EOD-IX, Eindhoven, NL
Netherlands
NOT
Holland
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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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25mrt wargaming EOD-IX, Eindhoven, NL
Netherlands
NOT
Holland
25/3 NL Eindhoven Wargaming day. Click my 'game group organizer' microbadge for details
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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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25mrt wargaming EOD-IX, Eindhoven, NL
Netherlands
NOT
Holland
25/3 NL Eindhoven Wargaming day. Click my 'game group organizer' microbadge for details
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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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25mrt wargaming EOD-IX, Eindhoven, NL
Netherlands
NOT
Holland
25/3 NL Eindhoven Wargaming day. Click my 'game group organizer' microbadge for details
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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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25mrt wargaming EOD-IX, Eindhoven, NL
Netherlands
NOT
Holland
25/3 NL Eindhoven Wargaming day. Click my 'game group organizer' microbadge for details
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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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25mrt wargaming EOD-IX, Eindhoven, NL
Netherlands
NOT
Holland
25/3 NL Eindhoven Wargaming day. Click my 'game group organizer' microbadge for details
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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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25mrt wargaming EOD-IX, Eindhoven, NL
Netherlands
NOT
Holland
25/3 NL Eindhoven Wargaming day. Click my 'game group organizer' microbadge for details
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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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James Griffith
United States
Monkton
Maryland
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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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Andy
United Kingdom
Norwich
Norfolk
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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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Michael Debije
Netherlands
Eindhoven
The Netherlands
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Shorter scenarios in 2 hours.
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David Bohnenberger
United States
Swarthmore
Pennsylvania
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3-4 hours, great game.
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David Bohnenberger
United States
Swarthmore
Pennsylvania
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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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Mark Ernst
United States
Morrison
Illinois
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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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Andy Foulke
United States
Florissant
Missouri
Welcome to Friedey's!
You want fries with that?
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I'm surprised no one's added this yet. Short and sweet.
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Scott Muldoon (silentdibs)
United States
Astoria
New York
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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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15.
Board Game: Ogre
[Average Rating:6.87 Overall Rank:586]
Gunther Schmidl
Austria
Linz
OÖ
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The original short 2-player wargame.
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Mark Buetow
United States
Du Quoin
Illinois
Best game company ever?
GMT Games, of course!
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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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Matthew Bond
United Kingdom
Norwich
Norfolk
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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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Mark Buetow
United States
Du Quoin
Illinois
Best game company ever?
GMT Games, of course!
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An awesome game. Simple rules and easily played with two several times in a short evening.
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ian morris
Spain
lichfield
staffordshire
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Very light, very enjoyable, fits your bill.
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ian morris
Spain
lichfield
staffordshire
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A good, knockabout sort of a game, easily playable in an evening.
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Ronald Chavez
United States
Hacienda Heights
California
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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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Brian Morris
United States
Raytown
Missouri
2nd, 6th & 7th Wisconsin, 19th Indiana, 24th Michigan
24th Michigan monument at Gettysburg Pa.
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Good light wargame. Plays in about 2 hours.
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Brian Morris
United States
Raytown
Missouri
2nd, 6th & 7th Wisconsin, 19th Indiana, 24th Michigan
24th Michigan monument at Gettysburg Pa.
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Good block game.
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Brian Morris
United States
Raytown
Missouri
2nd, 6th & 7th Wisconsin, 19th Indiana, 24th Michigan
24th Michigan monument at Gettysburg Pa.
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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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Andy Joy
United States
Cockeysville
Maryland
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This should definitely fit your criteria. Very quick to play, rules are only a couple of pages, and very easy to grasp.
Also, I think the latest version reissued as Ancient Battles Deluxe is now available from Victory Point Games. It's listed here on the 'Geek: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/36596
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Chris
San Diego
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More games to add to my want list!
...and I've just started trying to thin the herd...
San Jose
California
NOT
Holland
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