r/hexandcounter

Wrote a brief series overview for one of my favourite series for TTB!

Hi. I've always been fascinated by hex and counter war games and want to buy my first one.

From watching YouTube videos I like the look of the Next War games.

Would they be a good starting point for someone with zero experience of hex and counter?

Or would you suggest somewhere else to start.

My main interest is WWII.

Thanks Thank you for all that kind info. Im gonna go with Holland '44 Gmt and Sicily II and Luzon from MMP. Hope to be able to become more experienced like you guys and give advice in future. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

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Good Day Grognards!

Strange question and maybe I’m crazy…

I was going through my social media and noticed a lot of my fellow hex and counter wargamers have birthdays this month (May) including myself.

Does that apply to anybody here? You don’t have to be specific, but are there other Taureans among us? Anywhere close?

If you aren’t I’d be curious to know as well to get an idea of the proportion.

Hello fellow wargamers 👋

I have recently bought Night of Man PnP version, and while the counters are gorgeous, I like my games a bit more portable and small and I decided to reduce their size to 25mm/1" so that even the maps can fit on an A4 page.

While downsizing maps was quick and easy, the idea of reworking all the counters didn't feel that compelling though 😂

Lazy me decided to make the effort worthwhile, so I created an online application to do it for me - and now I hope for you as well!
Let me introduce you to: Wargame Counter Sheet Generator

It can basically do everything you would expect - or I hope so - in laying out and preparing your counter sheets for printing them on both sides of chipboard - or just duplex printing if your printer supports it should just work the same.

• Resize images to final counter size
• Generate bleed and cutting guides
• Support pre-bled images as well
• Shrink image inside the counter borders transparently - super useful if your counter image has art too close from the borders
• Support various common paper sizes
• Export in PDF
• Bonus: Works as well completely fine for cards by tuning the settings✌️

It's obviously free to use, nothing is shared with any external services, and your images always stay local and are never uploaded anywhere.

Don't hesitate to send me feedback and happy printing!

I’m relatively inexperienced with hex and counter games. The only one that I have a bit of experience with that might count is Tide of Iron, but I’m wanting to expand. Are there any games that can be played relatively quickly in a single evening? Especially with a group of 3 players?

I am looking for a game that handles troop movements, limited logistics, support & supply allocation, et cetera — typical operational/strategic level play for a campaign of local battles using some modified Crossfire rules.

Some players will operate at the strategic level while most other players take charge in the individual battles.

The developing constraints at the Strategic level will affect the troops on the ground.

The higher level play does not need to be a miniatures game, any type of tabletop game suggestion is welcome, In fact I assume it would probably be better as a hex encounter type game or board game.

Thank you for your suggestions.

I'm looking for a tweezer to pick up counters. Not sure what to buy - curved tip that won't scratch, and big enough for standard counters and perhaps a rubberised grip. Any links or advice would be great - UK only links please.

I can't find any reviews, or opinions, on playing the long game of Fire in the Lake, 1961-1975. Have any of you all played the long campaign?

Hello there!

I have been trying to get my partner into hc for a while. We play a lot of board games, but they’re not fond of replaying WW2, which is my favourite setting - Combat Commander and the ‘4Xs are not an option.

Last week I got Arete on the iPad, and we’ve now played a couple of games which they have enjoyed - it’s a fantastic way to learn about CRTs, ZOCs, stacking limits, etc! We played a bit of Men of Iron on VASSAL and they have also gotten into that!

Having established they enjoy hc, I am now seeking recommendations for 2p games with the following constraints:

• historical but pre 20th century
• true hc (that’s my preference :)
• ideally small footprint - 22”x34” is a bit too much for us. This has sadly ruled out Flying Colors and Men of Iron.
• print & play is ok as long as it’s not a mega project (cf Armageddon War- or OST-sized)
• light to medium rules

Thank you so much!

Hey!

I just got a Mike Lambo book (battles of Normandy) which looks amazing. What do you guys do for counters/units?

Would rather not have printed paper/card and instead use something a bit more solid? Equally don’t really want to paint stuff!

Do you have any links to options? I’m in the UK so available here !

Ciao a tutti , mi piace tanto il genere degli hex and couter e sono in italia quindi volevo chiedervi , posso giocare a un hex and couter da solo ? E se si dove posso acquistarli ? Sono un principiante e cercavo dei giochi sulla ww2 e le guerre napoleoniche

Tante grazie

I've begun rereading Keith Nolan's "Into Cambodia," and I think this topic would work well in a solitaire game.

The same for the DRV's invasion of Kampuchea in 1978.