I’ve been looking closely to a couple of WW2 skirmish games. I’m really letting NUTS! off the table right now, because I want something a bit bigger. NUTS! gets a little slow when you go beyond a couple of squads a side, and the tank rules never seemed nice to me.
So, I’ve been reading two games that give you a platoon level game, that can be toned down or up easily, and that give you good use of tanks, vehicles, and even some air power. They are Battlefield Evolution: World at War, and Disposable Heroes and Coffin for Seven Brothers.
They are both really good rules, with exactly the same level of play, and both supported by a healthy flow of supplements with either scenarios or force lists. So far the biggest difference is that BE: WaW uses the same basic mechanics for both infantry and vehicles, while DHC7B has a different way of dealing with it. However, the game’s design philosophy is clear about why, and might make up the (very little) extra complexity with better results when playing with infantry and tanks together.
What a nice dilemma, having too much too good to make a decision. Planning to give both a spin, and of course share the results here.
A ton of ruskies waiting for some paint.
oMAD 
April 16, 2010 at 2:48 am
I’ve gone down this exact same path. I started with Nuts and then wished to play bigger games.
I’ve looked at (and bought) both BE:WaW and DHC7B and I think they’ll both get table time at my club. Who I’m playing will dtermine which ruleset we use. I think the Warhammer guys will pick up and enjoy BE:WaW better while I currently have a soft spot for DHC7B.
Although they’ve both been shelved while I dabble in 10mm using Blitzkrieg Commander and I Ain’t Been Shot Mum.
Being able to use your miniatures with any ruleset is something I just love about historical games.
Timbo
April 16, 2010 at 5:43 am
Oh, my Warhammer roots are what drive me towards BE:WaW, no doubt about it. But DHC7B seems like such a good ruleset. One that you can only really see for real on the tabletop.
So far I haven’t been tempted to go bigger than this. Rapid Fire always intimidated me, and I really like this level of gameplay. The 10mm way is really, really nice visually though (got me some 1:144 tanks someplace I will get around to painting).