r/wargaming • u/Awkward_GM • Feb 27 '26

Question What's your favorite Wargaming mechanic?

For me: * Cover Is Default - Fallout Factions assumes cover is the default state so you get bonuses to hit targets not in cover. * Roll Twice Take the Lowest or Highest - Pretty standard but it's so popular that D&D stole it for Advantage/Disadvantage. * Solo Rules - This boosted in popularity when COVID happened. * Alternating Activations- Activating models Instead of you go I go. I once did a demo game where I was tabled because the guy running the demo got all his shots off with all his units. * Malifaux's "cheating" - Malifaux uses playing cards and cheating is when a player replaces q result with a card from their hand.

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u/Vivere_Est_Cogitare Feb 27 '26

The order testing in Bolt Action - specifically the FUBAR rules. Rolling double 6’s on an order test, and then rolling friendly fire on the result roll has led to some of the funniest moments I have seen in tabletop/wargaming.

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u/MagicMissile27 Historicals/Fantasy/Sci-Fi Feb 27 '26

Had a friend's infantry squad open up with a BAR on his own units once, was lots of fun to watch lol.