AH simple wargame with charts

[mainsworthy]

AH simple wargame with charts and dice rolls.

[Cassiel]

Brief and brilliant!

[MrsWargamer]

YoboWargames is already doing this style of wargame.

They are the people also doing Valor and Victory.

[sophia33]

There's a real charm in the old AH formula that modern wargames often overcomplicate away. One map, a combat results table, a pair of dice — and somehow a whole evening disappears. The chart itself created the drama: you knew your odds before you rolled, so every roll felt like a decision you owned, not randomness imposed on you.

I think MrsWargamer is right that Yobo and Valor & Victory prove the appetite is still there. Simple chart-and-dice games are also the best doorway into the hobby — you can teach someone the whole system in ten minutes, which is more than can be said for most modern titles with a hundred-page manual.

If a digital version ever did this properly, my one request would be: keep the chart visible on screen. Don't hide the maths behind the interface. Seeing the odds column before you commit is the whole game.