Hex and Counter, your home for table-top wargame simulations.  This subreddit is dedicated to traditional board-wargames, and their digital platforms and equivalents.

**[How to get into wargaming](https://redd.it/43ofm4)**

[/r/hexandcounter discord](https://discord.gg/V4Gg6VT)

**Other subreddits of interest**:  
/r/wargames  
/r/computerwargames  
/r/HistoricalBoardgames  
/r/AdvancedSquadLeader  
/r/tabletop  
/r/boardgames


**Publisher Pages**  
[GMT Games](http://www.gmtgames.com/default.aspx)  
[Multi-Man Publishing](http://www.multimanpublishing.com/)  
[Decision Games](https://decisiongames.com/wpsite/)  
[Legion Wargames](http://www.legionwargames.com)  
[Compass Games](https://compassgames.com/)  

**External Forums**  
[Consimworld Forums](http://talk.consimworld.com/)  
[Boardgamegeek](http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamesubdomain/4664/wargames)  
[Grognard.com](http://grognard.com/)

**External Tools**  
[VASSAL Game Engine](http://www.vassalengine.org/)  
[CyberBoard](http://cyberboard.brainiac.com/)  
[Battlegrounds Game Engine](http://www.battlegroundsgames.com/nutshellbge.html)  
[Ludilog](http://www.ludilog.com/) (PBEM game manager)  
[Limey Yanks](http://limeyyankgames.co.uk/) (PBEM game modules)

**Useful Info**  
[/r/hexandcounter wargame wiki](http://www.reddit.com/r/hexandcounter/wiki/index)  
[Wargame IAmA archive](https://www.reddit.com/r/hexandcounter/wiki/iama)  
[How-it's-Played archive](https://www.reddit.com/r/hexandcounter/wiki/howitsplayed)  
[/r/boardgames Wargame Wednesday threads](https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/search?q=wargame+wednesday&restrict_sr=on&sort=new&t=all)  
[VASSAL Tutorial](https://www.reddit.com/r/hexandcounter/wiki/vassal)  
[NATO Symbology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_Military_Symbols_for_Land_Based_Systems)

Header image by [Reinhard Mueller](https://boardgamegeek.com/image/2074845/unconditional-surrender-world-war-2-europe)

Hex and Counter is a subreddit dedicated to table top wargaming of the hex-and-counter variety.