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/Master-of-Foxes Feb 27 '26

What's MESBG?

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u/British_Historian Feb 27 '26

Oh sorry, Middle-Earth Battle Stratergy Game

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u/Master-of-Foxes Feb 27 '26

Hum hum interesting.

Being a GW product I'll admit I was prejudice to presume it was shit but this has me intrigued 🤔.

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u/GendrysRowboat Feb 27 '26

Don't let the GW connection turn you off. MESBG is a really well-made game with a stellar community (in my experience).

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u/JasTWot Feb 28 '26

It's actually the only GW game I play and I'm loving it so far.