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What is the Generic Wargaming System?

The Generic Wargaming System is a modular family of wargaming publications, designed to let players learn the fundamentals, explore increasingly complex military operations, and create their own battles and campaigns.

GWS publications will be available through Wargame Vault, an online marketplace specialising in tabletop wargaming rules, scenarios and gaming resources.

Each publication serves a different purpose, but all are built around the same underlying system.

GWS Publications

GWS Basic

Free on itch.io

Learn the System!

An accessible introduction to the Generic Wargaming System, covering the essentials of movement, detection, combat and morale. Includes the Battle of Khafji (1991) scenario, allowing players to learn the rules through a historical engagement.

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GWS Core

$19.99 on Itch.io

The Complete Rules Engine

The foundation of the Generic Wargaming System, providing comprehensive rules for land, air, naval and multi-domain warfare. Explore command, reconnaissance, manoeuvre, combat, drones, electronic warfare, cyber operations and logistics through one unified system.

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GWS Designer

$14.99 on Itch.io

Create Your Own Battles

A practical guide to designing military units, forces, scenarios and campaigns using the Generic Wargaming System. Learn to assign Attributes, Traits and Capabilities, represent different historical eras, and create engaging battlefield challenges using the common GWS rules framework.

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Upcoming Projects

Your Next Battlefield Awaits.

History presents the battlefield. You make the decisions.

From the frozen forests of Bastogne to the armoured clashes of Desert Storm and the battlefields of modern Ukraine, upcoming GWS scenarios and campaigns will challenge you to command, adapt and overcome.

Can you change history, defy the odds or achieve what real commanders could not?

COMING IN NOVEMBER 2026

GWS Scenario: AVDIIVKA, UKRAINE | 12 December 2023

Modern warfare. Drones, artillery and contested ground.

Fight for control of a heavily defended Ukrainian stronghold, where reconnaissance, firepower and battlefield coordination can determine the outcome.

GWS Scenario: SIEGE OF BASTOGNE | 19 December 1944

Surrounded. Outnumbered. Holding the line.

Command American defenders or German attackers during one of the most famous engagements of the Battle of the Bulge. Can you hold Bastogne or break its defences?

COMING IN DECEMBER 2026

GWS Scenario: 73 EASTING, KUWAIT | 26 February 1991

Armoured warfare at its most decisive.

Experience the clash between American armoured forces and Iraqi Republican Guard formations during Operation Desert Storm. Will superior detection, coordination and firepower decide the battle?

COMING EARLY 2027

GWS Supplement: OPERATIONAL COMBAT

Think bigger. Command divisions and corps.

Expand GWS into operational-level warfare, where formations, command decisions, logistics and the coordination of major combat operations take centre stage.

GWS Campaign: FALKLANDS 1982 | From San Carlos Bay to Stanley

An island campaign. A race against time.

Command British or Argentine forces across a campaign combining naval, air and land operations. From the landings at San Carlos to the final battles for Stanley, every decision matters.

The battlefield is set. Are you ready to take command?

New scenarios, campaigns and supplements are in development. Check back for upcoming releases.

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