Below is a list of man-to-man wargames in the order in which they were introduced. •
Western Gunfight Wargame Rules 1st Ed (Steve Curtis, Ian Colwill, Mike Blake 1970. 2nd Ed 1971) •
Old West Skirmish Rules 1816-1900 (Skirmish Wargames ((Ian Colwill, Mike Blake)), 1974. US Ed 1975. Revised Ed. 1978) •
Chainmail (
Gary Gygax and Jeff Perren, 1971) •
Colonial Skirmish Wargames Rules c1850-1900 (Mike Blake, Steve Curtis, Ian Colwill, Ted Herbert, 1972) •
Sniper! (
SPI, 1973. 2nd ed
TSR, Inc. 1987) •
Patrol (
SPI, 1973) •
Hetzer (
TSR, Inc., 1988) •
Special Forces (
TSR, Inc., 1988) •
Skirmish Wargaming (
Donald Featherstone, 1975) •
Melee (Metagaming, 1977. 2nd Ed. Steve Jackson Games 2018) •
Once Upon a Time in the West: Rules for Gunfight Wargames (Ian S. Beck and John D. Spencer, 1978) •
Snapshot (
Game Designers' Workshop, 1979) •
City-Fight (
SPI, 1979) •
Commando (SPI, 1979) •
Time Tripper (SPI, 1980) •
Flintlock & Ramrod 1700-1850 Skirmish Wargames Rules (Skirmish Wargames((Ian Colwill, Mike Blake)), 1980) •
Asteroid (Game Designers' Workshop, 1980) •
Azhanti High Lightning (Game Designers' Workshop, 1980) •
Twentieth Century Skirmish Wargames Rules Vol 1 Rules, Vol 2 Supplement, Vol 3 Tables & Charts (Skirmish Wargames ((Colwill, Grainger & Swan), 1981) •
Gladiator (
Avalon Hill, 1981) •
Trenchfoot (
Game Designers' Workshop, 1981) •
Cry Havoc! (Standard Games, 1981) •
Siege (Standard Games, 1983) •
Samurai Blades (Standard Games, 1984) •
Outremer (Standard Games, 1985) •
Dark Blades (Standard Games, 1986) •
Viking Raiders (Standard Games, 1987) •
Up Front (
Avalon Hill, 1983) •
Banzai (Avalon Hill, 1984) •
Desert War (Avalon Hill, 1985) •
Gunslinger (
Avalon Hill, 1983) •
Close Assault (
Yaquinto, 1983) •
Firepower (
Avalon Hill, 1984) •
Ambush! (Victory Games, 1983) •
Move Out (Ambush! module) (Victory Games, 1984) •
Purple Heart (Ambush! module) (Victory Games, 1985) •
Silver Star (Ambush! module) (Victory Games, 1987) •
Battle Hymn (Victory Games, 1986) •
Leatherneck (Battle Hymn module)(Victory Games, 1988) •
Shell Shock (Victory Games, 1990) •
Battle Cry (3W, 1986) •
Platoon (Avalon Hill, 1986) •
Soldiers (West End, 1987) •
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader (Games Workshop, 1987) •
Iron Cross (
Strategy & Tactics Magazine, 1990) •
Dragon Noir 2 - The Challenge (Eurogames, 1993) •
Special Forces (Dan Verssen Games, 2005) - a VASSAL-only card game also available as a
.pdf download. •
Song of Blades and Heroes (Ganesha Games, 2007) •
Whack & Slaughter (CatZeyeS Entertainment, 2010) •
Deadzone (2012) •
Skirmish Tactics Apocalypse (2013) •
Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team (Games Workshop, 2013) •
Spectre: Operations (Spectre Miniatures, 2016) •
Black Powder Red Earth 28mm (Black Powder Red Earth and Echelon Software, 2021) Some of these games represent further development of earlier titles; for example
Firepower is a modern-set version of
Close Assault, which is set in World War II, both from the same designer.
Ambush! is an innovative solitaire game based on a system of paragraph readings and a sleeve-and-card system that reveals data about the game environment as the player navigates his soldiers over the map. Set in the European Theatre of Operations in WW II, it spawned three sequels as well as a second series of games set in the Pacific (
Battle Hymn) as well as a two-player version (
Shell Shock).
Up Front is a man-to-man game, but its board was abstracted with the concept of relative range and range chits. The game was driven by cards, with individual soldiers represented by cards laid on a playing surface.
Firepower was arguably the most detailed man-to-man treatment; there were, for example, arrow counters to indicate which side of a tree a soldier might be lying behind. ==Miniature figurines and miniature scenery manufacturers==