How to Play: One-Hour Skirmish Wargames!

Hi, a cracking run through. I was tired of my grandson (9 years old) beating me with dice games so we've played OHS. It didn't matter we used cards he still batters me. Notes on our play for those reading the comments. We use 54mm WW2. We can handle 20+ figures each playing on a 6 x 4 ft table with plenty of homemade houses. The biggest variant on the rules we don't turn cards for morale. He likes a fight to the finish. Probably because he's always winning. We don't use a measuring stick. We can judge six inches. He loves the "red is dead" and always has a close eye when I'm turning my cards. For the higher cards I use some tokens to track the number of activation points used. Is it wrong when we move into finish a downed enemy we call it "stabby stabby". We haven't used the rules for tanks. A friend says the rules are OK as he only used one tank. Its a clever game. Each card turn adds to the tension. Thanks

Great overview, I picked this book up a month ago but haven't actually played a game yet and it was nice to see a visual representation of the rules. The only thing I wish he would have added to the book was more explanation of force building like what kind of values to use for motivation when building a force.

I was dead set against using cards for gaming, but after getting these rules and playing a few times I found it to be loads of fun. So far I've only played a few WW2 games but feel the want to try it in the wild west. Great review!!!

Seems like a pretty cool little system I'll have to go check out the book and thanks for the review and the overview

Like many below, I have the rules, I haven't played with them yet. Thanks so much for the review. It helps.

Thanks for this. I have this book on order and have seen lots of other YouTube offerings about the mechanics etc. but yours is by far the best. So your great video will make it even easier for me to get into these rules quickly. I kinda think that Mr Lambshead would have welcomed your contribution all those years ago when the book was first published - just enough to create interest but not enough to take away the need to buy the book to get the full flavour!

This is such a treat thank you!!!

I just bought this book. I want to use these rules to play multiple eras, as well as my sci-fi and fantasy miniatures. I was looking for rules that would allow me to play quickly and easily. Plus, I was tired of having to use multiple rules. With age, I have less and less desire to complicate things when playing. 😁 Thank you for the explanations, it allowed me to clarify some rule points. 😎👍

Thank you for this tutorial! I would love to see more content on this system especially battle reports!

Great video! I’ve been using this with my legion models for quick and easy games with my kids. Really liking it! I would love to see you do some battle reports with this system.

Ty awesome run down

Awesome overview

I have not played yet, it looks great. I have noticed that some comments on FB and YT point out that the author intended that the decks be reshuffled only after they have been depleted, not when a Joker is drawn. Does it matter much? I will find out when I do some play throughs.

Thanks for covering these rules! Would love to see some playthroughs. I really enjoy the action point system and variable turn length. My only issue is playing scenarios with a fixed number of turns. 6 turns could be a VERY short game, depending on when the jokers show up.

Superb video, great primer for the game! Do you mind me asking where your mat is from? I've been looking for one which has grass and a bit of sea on for Pirate skirmish games...

OHSW content is always appreciated! This was a very good video. Do you like the rules? How do they compare to others you've tried?

Good video, educational and very well edited. too much quality. I'm already waiting for the battle reports.