Squad leader is the biggest beast of them all in this space. The base rules run over a hundred pages, without including the historical notes. If you are inter

Squad leader is the biggest beast of them all in this space. The base rules run over a hundred pages, without including the historical notes. If you are interested in ASL as a tactical, squad-level game, you should start with Starter Kit #1, which is only $28: https://mmpgamers.com/asl-starter-kit-c-2_8 https://mmpgamers.com/asl-starter-kit-c-2_8 If you want something lighter, Memoir '44 is much much lighter, but still good, and there is a whole series of games that use that system. In the middle would be something like Combat Commander: Europe, which is squad-level, but uses cards rather than the detailed rules that ASL does. Here's the BGG list of wargames, ranked: https://boardgamegeek.com/wargames/browse/boardgame https://boardgamegeek.com/wargames/browse/boardgame