A Sergeant's War: Rules for Wargaming Small Unit Combat in WWII (2015)

Your platoon has clawed its way forward under heavy fire---but can they make it the last few yards and kick the enemy off the hill?

Find out with a Sergeant’s War, a WWII minatures game which emphasizes morale, unit quality, and small-unit leaders. A typical force is a platoon of infantry backed up with heavy weapons and armor. Units of maneuver are individual vehicles, squads and half-squads of infantry, and heavy weapon teams. A free introductory version of the game is also available for download.

• Fast play—2 hours or less
• Easy combat mechanics—infantry fire, anti-tank fire, and close-range firefights all use the same basic to-hit mechanic
• Importance of leaders—your squad and platoon leaders are critical to keep your force fighting, but every time they do something significant, they might get hit by enemy fire
• Solo-friendly
• Emphasis on units over individuals—players focus on the placement of squads, tanks, and heavy weapons, not individual riflemen
• Can be played with any scale of miniatures and any type of basing

• Rules for infantry and vehicle combat
• Artillery and air support
• Special terrain rules for bocage, urban combat, fighting in forests, and more
• Special combat rules for human wave assaults, night fighting, chaos and confusion, and more
• Tips for designing scenarios
• 7 scenarios
• Orders of battle the US, German, Soviet, British, Italian, Japanese, and French armies
• Vehicle and gun stats for 1940-1945
• Markers for pinned, broken, and other game conditions

—description from the publisher