Combining games, Quads etc.

[scalydemon]

Combinable games, such as the Quad tray games from SPI (if memory serves) or similar.

I am a fan of games formed around a common ruleset. Series of games such as No Retreat or the 20 series, FAB etc.

What do you like along these lines?

On a boardgame related note I am enjoying a lot of Roma & Roma II (Arena Roma ) combined at the moment.

[scalydemon]

I would like the opportunity to try War at Sea combined with Victory in the Pacific

[Finarvyn]

I used to smash games together to see how they play out, as long as they seem to have similar combat and movement ratings.

PRESTAGS (not a quad but 5 games) combines well with other ancient/midieval/fantasy SPI systems such as Sword & Sorcery or War of the Rings or Sorcerer.

As with my OD&D games, I try not to stress too much if ratings don't exactly match up. (E.g. a swordsman unit might be attack 4 in one game, attack 3 in another.) I can easily rationalize that some units are better trained than others.

[scalydemon]

Here is a list of the SPI Quad games. I have only played one of the Crimean War ones. Many are well regarded I believe.

ARDENNES, BATTLES FOR THE (QUAD) Four Battles of the Blitzkreig, 1940/1944 WWII Danny Parker John Butterfield 01-Nov-78
ARMY GROUP SOUTH (QUAD) Four Battles in the Ukraine, 1941-44 WWII John Butterfield, Brent Nosworthy & Robert Jervis 01-Jun-79
ART OF SIEGE WARFARE, THE (QUAD) Tyre, Acre, Lille, Sevastopol Pre 1800 Dave Werden 01-Jul-79
BLUE & GRAY I (QUAD) Four Civil War Battles ACW Irad Hardy,John Young, Ed Curran & Kip Allen 01-May-75
BLUE & GRAY II (QUAD) Four Civil War Battles ACW Irad Hardy, John Young, Ed Curran & Kip Allen 01-Dec-75
CRIMEAN WAR (QUAD) Four Battles of the Crimean War 19th Century Steve Ross 01-Apr-78
GREAT MEDIEVAL BATTLES (QUAD) Four Battles from the Middle Ages Pre 1800 Dave Werden Anthony Buccini & Tom Hamilton 01-Nov-79
GREAT WAR IN THE EAST (QUAD) Four Battles from the First World War IWW Dave Isby 01-Sep-78
ISLAND WAR (QUAD) Four Pacific Battles WWII Ed Curran 01-Nov-75
MODERN BATTLES (QUAD) Four Contemporary Conflicts Modern Howie Barasch, Ed Curran, Jay Nelson & Irad Hardy 01-Jul-75
MODERN BATTLES II (QUAD) Four Contemporary Conflicts Modern Jim Dunnigan 01-Jun-77
NAPOLEON AT WAR (QUAD) Four Battles from the Napoleonic Wars Napoleonic Tom Walczyk & Frank Davis 01-Aug-75
NAPOLEON'S LAST BATTLES (QUAD) The Waterloo Campaign, June 1815 Napoleonic Kevin Zucker Jay Nelson 01-Sep-76
NORTH AFRICA (QUAD) Four Battles in North Africa WWII Frank Davis 01-Jul-76
THIRTY YEARS' WAR (QUAD) Four Battles from the Thirty Years War Pre 1800 Brad Hessel Rob Mosca and Tom Walczyk 01-May-76
WESTWALL (QUAD) Four WWII Battles WWII Kip Allen 01-Feb-76

[Finarvyn]

That's quite a list. I know that I played several of those back in the day, but I don't own many wargames any more. The guy who introduced me to OD&D back in '75 was an avid wargamer and he owned most of AH's and SPI's product line and I didn't have much motivation to buy wargames back then, so my collection today is limited to a few that I really liked more than the rest. (Or those I scooped up from e-bay in the last few years.)

[makofan]

This is what I remember about the quads. Quads are low detail, low sim/realism games that are more like puzzles, but can be a lot of fun

BLUE & GRAY I (QUAD) Four Civil War Battles ACW Irad Hardy,John Young, Ed Curran & Kip Allen 01-May-75
- played this one many times, a mixed bag but Shiloh and Chickamauga are fun

CRIMEAN WAR (QUAD) Four Battles of the Crimean War 19th Century Steve Ross 01-Apr-78
- I enjoyed the system, and I think I liked three of the games

GREAT WAR IN THE EAST (QUAD) Four Battles from the First World War IWW Dave Isby 01-Sep-78
- great system, unbalanced scenarios

NAPOLEON'S LAST BATTLES (QUAD) The Waterloo Campaign, June 1815 Napoleonic Kevin Zucker Jay Nelson 01-Sep-76
- Ligny and Quatre Bras are tense, the ability to play as one campaign game is the draw here

THIRTY YEARS' WAR (QUAD) Four Battles from the Thirty Years War Pre 1800 Brad Hessel Rob Mosca and Tom Walczyk 01-May-76
- simple system, fun-to-play games

[stevemitchell]

"I am a fan of games formed around a common ruleset."

All of the tactical games--squad level, platoon level--use this approach: ASL, ATS, Band of Brothers, Combat Commander, Conflict of Heroes, Lock n'Load, Nations at War, PanzerGrenadier, War Storm, etc., with no end of future modules and scenarios in sight.

Plus GMT has their long-running Flying Colors, Great Battles of the American Civil War, Great Battles of History, Men of Iron, and Musket & Pike series.

And MMP has the GTS, OCS, SCS, and TCS systems, with multitudinous games for each.

[kesher]

Bonus points for using the word "multitudinous" in a sentence!

[scalydemon]

I am lately intrigued by the GMT Revolutionary war series, Germantown is still in print and available www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43526/germantown