Flames of War 15mm
Command Decision 3 15mm
Arc of Fire 15 and 25mm
Battleground 25mm
WARGAMING WORLD WAR II
I believe that this is the most popular period in wargaming, but one of the most difficult to simulate as every rules system has a different philosophy. For operational level games we use Command Decision 3, with 15mm vehicles/infantry while for 25mm skirmish games we use the Battleground or Arc of Fire rules. Recently, we have created large desert forces and have been using Flames of War.
Flames of War is still relatively new and with the amount of army books that are coming out, the possibilities are endless. It is a 1:1 game, but infantry are in sections of five men, so it plays like it is slightly above skirmish level.
Command Decision 3 or CD3, uses a scale of 1:5 for vehicles and infantry stands are platoons, so the players are usually in the role of battalion commanders. The game system emphasizes command and control as you try to issue orders to the various combat elements. The game is pretty detailed, with listings for hundreds of vehicles and weapons. The rules also lend themselves well to campaigns as our group has played a few over the years.
Arc of Fire is kind of like The Sword & The Flame for WW2. Cards are drawn to activate units and the combat system plays well. We like that there are two scales given to better represent gaming with 15 or 25mm figures.
Our group currently has good sized forces for North Africa in 1942/43 in 15mm. For 25mm we have enough vehicles and infantry for 6-8 player games set in Europe for 1944/45. We are looking at branching out into early Eastern Front, especially with all of the new rules, terrain, and figures that are coming out. We already have enough 15 or 25mm terrain to pretty much make any setting on the planet.
15mm figures by Old Glory, Peter Pig, Battlefront, and Quality Castings.
25mm figures by Foundry, Westwind, and Corgi vehicles.
In 15mm, we have forces for North Africa in 1942 and 1943.
In 25mm we have forces for U.S. and Germany in Europe for 1944/45.
