GURPS Fantasy / Dungeon Fantasy (and beyond)

[Dannyalcatraz]

I’m trying to remember which of my wargames used an array of regularly spaced dots instead of hexes or squares. It never caught on.

FIGURED IT OUT!

The game Steve Jackson Games’ Battlesuit (1983). It’s a power armor infantry combat game set within a single OGRE/GEV hex.

https://www.waynesbooks.net/product/429360/BATTLESUIT-Man-to-Man-Combat-from-the-World-of-OGRE-Steve-Jackson

 

[Paragon Lost]

It could be GDW, but I doubt it. The only titles of theirs I can think of offhand as being in my collection are all RPGs, like Space:1889 and Traveller.

Just got back from my ride thirty minutes ago and the first thing I thought of was GDW's Team Yankee, the First Battle rule set. Pulled it down and its hex but no dots in the center. Strike out again.

 

[Paragon Lost]

FIGURED IT OUT!

The game Steve Jackson Games’ Battlesuit (1983). It’s a power armor infantry combat game set within a single OGRE/GEV hex.

https://www.waynesbooks.net/product/429360/BATTLESUIT-Man-to-Man-Combat-from-the-World-of-OGRE-Steve-Jackson

Good deal. I don't recall playing Battlesuit but I did play a lot of Fantasy Trip (melee/wizard), Ogre and Car Wars. Nice to have that put to bed. BattleSuit.

 

[jolt]

I mentioned Battlesuit two pages ago, but I think it got lost in the rest of my post.

I still have my copy, but I only played it once a very long time ago. You had to keep track of elevation for things like Jump Troops as you had reaction fire/overwatch mechanics. At the time, it seemed like a bit of a slog, but I may not have had the patience for it back then. I should look at it again.

 

[Thomas Shey]

I don't think Battlesuit was the one I'm thinking of because I doubt I own it, but I bought a lot of wargames (especially microgames) back in the day, and it could have been parallel development.