One perk to my job is I do a lot of driving. While doing so I listen to YouTube videos. I mainly listen to history, but for a change of pace, sometimes I will listen to wargaming channels.
One channel that I recently found was Grey Army Gaming. While he mainly does RPG and Star Wars, he also wrote a set of simple rules that he could play with his kids called Basic Battles. After listening to his videos, I realized that they were a good set for skirmish games that could easily be added to by house rules. What's more, he made available PDF file of the rules for free.
I have played a couple of practice games, and see plenty of potential with it.
If you do watch some ofhis videos on Basic Battles, I strongly suggest that you watch his Basic Battles Naval game. It is hilarious how excited and involved he gets into the game, going so far as to make sounds of the battle!
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| The end of the game; the goblins retreat. In this game, to break off close combat, the enemy gets to strike against the retreating unit. The goblins lose two more figures. |
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| Combat is determined using d20 dice. If the attacker charges in, they get to roll 2 dice against the defenders one dice. In this turn the defender rolls an 11, the attackers a 6 and 15, causing one defender lost. |
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| In this attack the defender rolls a 17, the attacker a 12 and 14. The defender beats the two attacks. |
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| The start of the game instead of using a figure with a dice as a wound counter, I used units. |
