The Grizzled is World War One themed. Its a Card game about camaraderie and trying to survive the war. Players try to help each other out whilst trying to beat the deck.
Like the HoN system, the Command and Colors system can be applied to several different games no matter if these have a historical or a fantasy theme. It is a rather simple card driven boardgame where the amount of dice you roll is determined by unit type, distance to enemy and terrain, regardless of how much is actually left of your attacking unit. Depending on theme and era, each game has some specific characteristics but it's the same game in a different coat. Because the first game Battlecry (American Civil War) appeared in 1999, the C&C system preceded HoN by 15 years so it had lots more time to leave its mark. Moreover, the first games were brought to us by Avalon Hill (part of Hasbro by then) and Days of Wonder, which aren't exactly the smallest players in the games publishing world.
First detected in Battlecry, American Civil War 1999. No expansions, but the game was republished in 2010 with more battles and nicer artwork.
Memoir '44, World War II themed, already published in 2004 hence TONS of expansions have been released throughout the years.
Battlelore, 2006 medieval and fantasy, includes use of magic and fantastic beasts and armies.
Command & Colors, 2006, Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, Punic Wars,…
Published by GMT and has wooden blocks instead of figurines, requires applying hundreds of stickers to hundreds of wooden blocks before you can play. Lots of expansions. Similar for their Napoleonic series.
In 2015, a Great War version was presented. Athough that is a point of interest and the game looked very nice, I refrained from buying because I already had Battlecry, Memoir '44, Battlelore and Command & Colors which are basically the same game in different versions. Didn't want yet another version. Then again, the formerly elusive Samurai era game is now available again…
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