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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JiffyPopTart" data-source="post: 5114817" data-attributes="member: 4881">Battle Cry by Avalon Hill and Memoir 44 by Days of Wonder are pretty fun intro-to-wargaming choices.They both use the same basic rules system as follows...1. The board is a blank board filled with blank hexes.  You build the map using tiles to fill the hexes (for example a tile might have a building on it which makes the hex a building hex).  You can have infinitely different boards as long as you have enough tiles to build what you want.2. Units are plastic pieces, not counters.  A unit of cavalry might consist of 3 horse pieces.  If that unit gets hit it loses a horse piece, until the last piece is gone which destroys the unit.3. You have a hand of some cards that all represent orders to take on your turn (for example "Move two units on the right flank").  On your turn you draw a card and play a card.4. Combat is done by rolling special 6 sided die, which can result in destroying one or more pieces in a unit, or making the unit retreat.The main difference between the two games is that Memoir 44 is set in WWII and has a lot of expansions whereas BattleCry is set in the Civil War and is a standalone game.DS</blockquote>