Bloody Big Battles compared

[Aksu]

Thanks chaps for the info. I promptly enlisted in the yahoo group and found a veritable treasure trove of information. I hope someone at Salute stocks the rules, must pick up a copy.
Cheerio,
Aksu

[Zippee]

Northstar has them reduced - they fell off the shelf, honest.

Just what I needed more potential projects 

[ronan]

Northstar has them reduced - they fell off the shelf, honest.

Just what I needed more potential projects 

I was trapped and ordered !!
You're bad boys !   

[TSmitter]

Thanks all

[Leman]

You won't regret it Ronan. My best buys over the last year have been BBB and Honours of War. My other go to rules at present are FOB2 and Impetus. I am also looking at the still developing "From Shakos To Coal-Scuttles", which look very promising for battalion level games (available for a small contribution from Wargame Vault).

[Edmund2011]

Ok, ok... after reading this thread and some AAR I am seriously thinking of buying the BBB ruleset 

Does anybody know an online store based in the UK (or Europe) where I can buy them?


I am currently playing and enjoying some games of Shako Large Battles (very nice mechanics), and therefore starting to be interested in Grand Tactical games. 

Besides I am looking for simple, fast and fun games (no brain pain as some one said above). BBB seems a good choice.


Can somebody recommend other similar games? I am considering Grande Armée or Might and Reason, but I don¡t know if they are complex.

[Chris Pringle]

Hi Edmund,

Thanks for your interest in BBB. You can get it from Caliver books:
https://www.caliverbooks.com/bookview.php?a6912e6f6241a63cbfad4da95d373b46&id=23060

I have had a lot of fun with Grande Armee. I wouldn't call it complex.

Chris

Bloody Big BATTLES!
https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BBB_wargames/info
http://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.co.uk/

[toxicpixie]

For big Napoleonic games I rather like Blucher (others may vary), one base = one Brigade, movement by Corps, in built scenario generation system that gives an asymmetrical game by default so a;ways an interesting challenge for both sides.

But there's a Nappies BBB variant in the Yahoo! Group files which has sounded excellent fun as well, so...