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SCW: Wargames Rules for the Spanish Civil War

I like Crossfire and I have customised this as Crossfire for the SCW but you have a variety of options: 

Each of these options is described in terms of its scale, orders of battle, distinctive/interesting features, and finally comments and oddities about the rules.

Crossfire 

Conliffe, A. (1996).  Crossfire: Rules and organizations for company-level WW-II gaming.  NY: Quantum Printing. 

Designed for WWII but applicable to SCW.   I have a version of Crossfire for the SCW and extensive material on  Crossfire itself.   

Scale of figures:

  • 15mm by default. 

Scale of game:

  • Company/Battalion level; each stand represents a squad. 

Orders of Battle:

  • Points based force composition. 

  • The rules provide TO&E for WWII. 

  • I've provided some TO&E for SCW.

  • The rules provide some generic scenarios, and the supplement 'Hit the Dirt' provides a whole bunch of specific scenarios for WWII. 

Distinctive/interesting features:

  • No rulers because moves and shooting ranges are line of sight. 

  • No fixed game turns because players retain initiative until one of their actions fails. 

Comments and oddities:

  • Very clever. 

  • Has artificial rules limiting vehicle movement, so that vehicles never dominate the infantry.  

Additional resources are in my Crossfire for the SCW section 

Crossfire: A Spanish Crossfire