Breakout is Mike Snorben’s rules for company level WWII action. He writes:
These rules are for a company or battalion level game set in World War II. They are based on the principle of a unit having three states: active, pinned or suppressed. The game sequence is a straight forward alternate move scheme. In his turn, each player may rally, fire and move each of his units. Rallying must be conducted first, then unsuppressed units may fire at observed targets and lastly active units may move. The ground scale is (very roughly) 3in to 100yds. The game is designed for 20mm (1/72 or 1/76 scale) models. A group of three infantry figures represents a platoon. Three such platoons, a machine gun platoon (of one machine
gun model) and a command figure is a company. A single truck or half track represents sufficient transport for a company. A tank or armoured car model represents a platoon or troop of four or five vehicles. Three models are therefore a squadron or company. A single anti-tank gun model represent a section of two guns. A single artillery model represents a battery.
Miniature Wargaming is part of the "adventure games" hobby, which includes r ole p laying and board games. Wargamers recreate battles on the tabletop with toy soldiers, like a more complicated game of chess. Models range in height from 6mm to 28mm tall, with 15mm and 25mm being the most popular. There also is a growing interest in toy soldiers and military models, such as the 1/32 and 1/35 scale plastic soldiers from Conte, and Marx.
The most popular miniature wargames are fantasy and science fiction based, such as Warhammer, Warhammer 40K, Warmachine and The Lord of the Rings. World War II games such as Flames of War and Axis and Allies are new favorites. Other favorite historical periods include Napoleonics, the American Civil War, and ancients, such as Romans or Greeks. Other gamers enjoy miniature naval wargames, recreating battles like Trafalgar, Jutland and the Coral Sea.
Hobbyists research historical periods and paint their tiny soldiers in accurate uniforms. Others develop "historically realistic" rules sets or build scale battlefield terrain using model railroad techniques.
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Some of the bigger hobby companies are Games Workshop, which produces Warhammer, Wargames Foundry and Old Glory Miniatures. Wizards of the Coast produces several lines of pre-painted miniatures games, such as the Star Wars and Dungeons and Dragons miniatures games, and a historical game with pre-painted miniatures: The new Axis and Allies game. Wizkids produces a fantasy collectable miniatures game, such as the Mage Knight and Heroclick fantasy games, the science fiction games MechWarrior and Rocketmen, as well as the quasi-historical Pirates of the Spanish Main.
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