Fast Play Modern Rules

Saturday, February 6, 2010 by pete284

Many years ago a set of fast play rules by Bernard Garaty appeared in one of the glossy Wargames magazines. These rules were very inspirational to me as they were simple for the period but gave a decent fast play game, which did not happen with many of the Commercial modern rules.

Since reading these rules I have erred on the side of simple rules and shied away from over complicated ones for al my periods.

Since finding them these rules have been used for a number of different periods and scenarios. I have seen versions at shows in participation games and variants in other magazines. I have also used them as a basis for WW2 and other specific conflicts.

The original rules are available below
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Andy Watkins has a NATO variant here N.A.T.O.

I will present some of the other versions I have over the next few entries. I hope you enjoy these rules as much as I have over the years.