Dirge, a Light War Game from Small Box Games

3 Comments

1. mike on 05.05.2008 at 09:09

   Not to be particular, but us wargamers would never call a game that centers around “six fantasy figures” a wargame. A fantasy game perhaps, but never, ever a wargame.

2. Yehuda on 05.05.2008 at 09:14

   Huh. OK. Is it the genre or the small number of figures that excludes its categorization as a war game?

   Yehuda

3. David on 06.05.2008 at 04:42

   Not to speak for Mike, but in this case, it’s probably the combination of both. Combat alone does not generally make a game a war game. With no hard-and-fast rules, categorization is in the eye of the beholder (see, for example, the dispute over whether Memoir ’44 should be considered a war game). However, to be a war game, a game generally must model some aspect of a war. War in a fantasy or science fiction universe is acceptable. Small unit focus is acceptable (see Advanced Squad Leader). But a gladiator-style fight would not count for most war gamers.

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