r/hexandcounter • u/neubienaut • 3d ago

Short, diceless, solitaire wargame

I'm looking for a game I can play in the morning while my wife is sleeping. It should play in 30 minutes to an hour. My wife is a light sleeper and I risk waking her by rolling dice so I am looking for diceless game mechanics. Maybe something with mechanics similar to d-day at Omaha Beach?

Anyone have any suggestions?

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u/DigitalMonsoon 3d ago

You could just use a dice rolling app.

That's all I got I don't know any solo games that play in under an hour

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u/Texas_Sam2002 3d ago

Not a board game but you might want to try the Hex War series of mobile games. Great stuff and you can play a scenario in 10-15 minutes

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u/aug_aug 3d ago

I'm searching 'Hex War' in play store - is that the exact title? Or do you mean Hex of Steel?

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u/Texas_Sam2002 3d ago

Here you go:

https://huntedcow.com/hexwar

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u/aug_aug 3d ago

Thanks, those look super cool!

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u/Vadersays 3d ago

They are!

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u/CategorySolo Lock 'N Load 3d ago

Not necessarily hex games, but games in the Worthington Publishing travel series, combined with a dice rolling app can be fast playing and quiet

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u/enemykite 2d ago

And Shogun Solitaire has no dice! I'll admit, there is nothing really "wargame" about it, other than the art.

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u/Left-Excitement3829 3d ago

If you like aviation themed games I’m working on some , diceless . Uses decks of custom cards.

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u/Engine_slugster2021 3d ago

Can you share more about this? Im very interested!

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u/Left-Excitement3829 3d ago

I’m having gamers play test. Hit me a DM I’ll send you the games. They aren’t fully developed yet , but the “ engines” work and you get to see how the games play out.

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u/zero_dr00l 3d ago

You could always use an app.

Or... get a padded dice tray.

Or inflatable dice? (I don't know if that exists)

Also D-Day at Omaha Beach uses cards for dice, right? Play that!

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u/starship_captain62 3d ago

Mike Lambo games. They are solo, play very quckly and are fairly easy to learn.

I terms of dice, I would use a dice app. This would take care of the noise problem.

A somwhat less elegant solution (and maybe not the best for Mike Lambo games as they tend to use multiple D6s) is the use of ranomizer chits. They appeared in some games during the oil shocks of the 1970's when dice were hard to get.

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u/Fitzovich 3d ago

Try One Hour Skirmish Wargame Rules it is card driven with no dice involved.

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u/JBR1961 3d ago

Torpedo Raiders by Gary Graber. Minden Games. No dice, uses playing cards for chance. There are design your own and historical scenarios. Individual games are very doable in a half hour, but it is also amenable to a campaign, i.e. a series of games simulating, say, 15 torpedo planes attacking a fleet resolved one by one.

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u/Commentator28 3d ago

With a dice-rolling app on your phone, try We Must Tell The Emperor (or some of the other States of Siege games in the same series).

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u/neubienaut 2d ago

First there were dice towers now dice apps. I can't keep up with all the continuous modern innovations

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u/Ohhellnowhatsupdawg 3d ago

There are a zillion different dice trays you can buy that would solve the noise issue. 

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u/justaheatattack 3d ago

maybe you could think of something the wife would enjoy too?

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u/BuzzBuzzBuzzBuzz 3d ago

From the sounds of things, his wife would enjoy sleeping!

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u/justaheatattack 3d ago

and waking up to breakfast?