Next set of rules?

[Nosher]

Is it me or has it gone quiet on the release of new sets of rules in the past month or so?

On that theme. a few questions for forum members

1. What's been your favourite set of rules this year?

2. Which new rule set has been a disappointment?

3. Which rule set are you most looking forward to?

4. Where is there a gap in the market that you're keen to see plugged?

1. Chain of Command - the dogs nads

2. Dux Britannarium - struggling massively to be bothered trying this, but not sure why.

3. Not entirely sure, nothing is really gripping me at the moment...

4. Spanish Civil War - still not settled on a set that I'm 100% happy with. Hoping CoC might provide the solution but have a huge hole in my 10mm terrain collection that I cant afford to plub!

I'd also like to see something new on the Renaissance front that isn't stodgy and doesn't involve a masters degree in maths/applied science

[Fenton]

 Not sure if they were released this year but fist Full of TOW's 3 is doing it for me at the moment for both Modern and WW2

[FierceKitty]

Ten More Sons! is giving good results in playtesting so far. I'm pleased with the results, worried that American armies haven't got a hope in hell against Conquistadors.

[Orcs]

I'd also like to see something new on the Renaissance front that isn't stodgy and doesn't involve a masters degree in maths/applied science

Yes I have looked at tweaking Warmaster Medieval, but a good set written specifically for around the Italian Wars would be brilliant

[Ferb]

Looking forward to Battlegroup: Fall of the Reich.

[Ithoriel]

Chain of Command is it for new rulesets so far this year, for me. Definitely a good buy, lots of fun games and a nice change from the BKC2 games the group have been playing.

To be fair I play far more Eurogame board games with the groups on Tuesday and Friday than I do miniatures games at the weekend these days.

Even though I know I already have more, perfectly good, sets of rules than I will ever play I also know that somewhere out there lurks another new set of rules that will lure me in to spending money I don't have on figures I don't need for a ruleset I'll never play in a period I know nothing about

Saga, Dux Britanniarum and Longstreet are all singing their siren songs :-)

[Steve J]

1. What's been your favourite set of rules this year?
Dux Bellorum has been great fun and CoC looks very promising. I have my first proper game with Craig next Saturday.

2. Which new rule set has been a disappointment?
Not really new but Maurice never got the time it probably deserved. Major problem for me is that it doesn't work solo and I must admit I don't really like card driven games.

3. Which rule set are you most looking forward to?
CoC as I've only had a demo game so far.

4. Where is there a gap in the market that you're keen to see plugged?
BKCII and CoC nicely plug the Inter-War period for me. But I think a really good WWI Early war(before they dug-in) ruleset would be nice. I've always found the ECW to be a disappointment so something that would help this period would be good.

[Zippee]

tricky,
1 - not a wargame as such but definitely Star Wars: Edge of Empire

2 - I suppose all of them as nothing's really rocked my boat this year

I can tie 3, 4 and your footnote together with one answer

I'm waiting on Impetus: Baroque, due for release "by Salute" 

That will cover my renaissance itch nicely I think and fill a hole 

The other gap I'd like covered is a GQ derivative for pre-dreadnought stuff, tried a bunch of other rules and they're all a bit too nerdy for me. OK that's two answers I guess 

[sunjester]

1. Chain of Command (followed by Dux Britannium actually!)

2. Nothing as the only new rules I've in recent months is CoC.

3. Again nothing at the moment.

4. A good, fun and simple set of rules for Martian tripods would be nice.

[Leman]

Can't really answer the questions in that order as not sure what is coming out. Have three favourite sets this year: Longstreet, Dux Britanniarum and Square Bashing. My all-time disappointment was Field of Glory and I never took to Flames of War either, but then WWII is a reading period for me rather than a gaming one.

[ronan]

1. What's been your favourite set of rules this year?

Chain of Command.
( And while testing Maurice I discovered, and liked, Might and Reason.

2. Which new rule set has been a disappointment?

Maurice and Longstreet

3. Which rule set are you most looking forward to?

May be Song of Hammer and Forge, a SBH add on.

[fsn]

As someone who find commercial rules the biggest yawn in Christendom (after X-factor, sport and Daniel Craig) what do you chaps look for in a rule set?

[Fenton]

As someone who find commercial rules the biggest yawn in Christendom (after X-factor, sport and Daniel Craig) what do you chaps look for in a rule set?

Fun, and someone else to have done all the research

[Sandinista]

I'd also like to see something new on the Renaissance front that isn't stodgy and doesn't involve a masters degree in maths/applied science

Pike and Shotte is rapidly becoming my favourite set of rules

[Fenton]

Pike and Shotte is rapidly becoming my favourite set of rules

I'm waiting for Baroque to come out for that