These days there are so many board games out there that if you are looking for a "simplified ______", another game probably already exists and fills that niche

These days there are so many board games out there that if you are looking for a "simplified ______", another game probably already exists and fills that niche reasonably well. Shout out here to Heroscape, which is my favorite game and is basically a simplified version of a miniature war game. It is an interesting case study for this article too because Heroscape comes with two rulebooks, one for a basic game and another for the advanced game. (Although even the "advanced" game is much simplier than most minature games). Heroscape also introduced complexity over time with its many expansions (primarily new miniatures which each of special powers). The game was discontinued back in 2010, but still has a community of fans going strong at https://www.heroscapers.com https://www.heroscapers.com. The forums are great.