Rules for Wargames with Miniatures

Excellent, Free Rules for Games with Historic Miniatures.
The Hex Command game system shortens the time it takes to play miniature battle games because combat is streamlined, and movement can be greatly added by the use of
a hexagon grid. You don't NEED a grid but it just makes things easier.

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NOTE: HCGunpowder is required so download those rules as well.

A unit can comprise as many figures as you like.
Usually, 4 men to a squad for Hex Command Mechanized, and a unit
in the Gunpowder or Ancient era can be seen as regiments
and cohorts respectively. If you've already got figures mounted,
a unit can simply comprise as many stands of figures as you like.

Games can be completed in less than 2 hours because many of the
slower calculations in traditional games have been factored
into established methods; that means a single die roll suffices
for many other considerations of the tactics and morale issues.

A six-sided die or cube, we call a "Code and Color" die. You can use any
d6 you like, but by making your own colored cube or "symbol" die
it brings the potential for other aspects you design for how the cube
can be used. Combat is simple among the rules we create: it's either an Automatic
hit, or progressing less likely, Color meaning roll Red, Code meaning roll a symbol
(we use a star) or CnC: Code'n Color meaning a Red Star.

"It's all factored in and I gotta tell ya my kids really loved it.." - dad at a convention

Once you learn the combat you'll probably never look at the charts again. We're absolutely sure you'll see the many benefits even if you don't use a grid. These rules were designed to help bring new players into the hobby by offering rules that are:

Any Basing System
Doesn't matter how many figures you want per unit. A primary goal was to enable anyone's collection of miniatures to be used without rebasing. Each stand of miniatures represents a squad (HCM), or cohort, warband, battalion, regiment, cavalry company or artillery battery (HCAncients and Gunpowder). If your bases can fit into a hex, there's a unit.

Hexagon Grid
The game was designed with a hexagon grid but you don't need to use it. We designed it with both 2.5 inch hexes for games in 15mm and 1/144 ships and aircraft to 1/72 Ancients and horse and musket eras, with 4 inch hexes for 1/72 WWII and 54mm.

“Code and Color” Dice
These rules use a “Code and Color” cube, which is just a symbol dice you can make from any die or cube.

Hex Command Gunpowder Random Event Cards

Hex Command Mechanized Random Event Cards

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