Over War: The Night Comes Down

The game looks and feels very much like Tactics Orge that I used to play on SNES. I have a question about Blessing (under Provisions) it says heal all characters on *both sides* by 1 HP, may only be used in combat.  So in order to use "blessing" two units have to be engaged and when I use it both sides gain 1 HP?  I wonder what's the convention behind it? Why also opposing side?  Thanks

This game reads amazingly, as someone who’s played Kreigsspiel, Adventure Conquer King, mausritter and other games like it. I feel like these kinds of systems best reflect a combat between large groups.  Specifically games where you have to plan ahead and not rely on fate as much, lots of characters coming in and dying off, and an impact on the world. 

When I get paid I’m definitely going to buy a copy.  It’s nice to see that there’s a community for wargamer/trpgs, as I’ve been working  to make a lancer mass combat strategic war game rpg for some time using something kind of similar. Would it be all right if I add you to my list of inspired sources? And could I ask for some advice for writing? 

Wow. I gotta say this may be the best simplified ttrpg war/skirmish game I've seen yet.

For years I've been trying to find some way to play out commanding a troop of units or how to run a battle with a lot of units without having to keep track and move every single one without the game turning into a massive slog.

For years, I've had players complain about the methods I would try and use to simplify the process and in the end I just run it as an Abstract thing where multiple units just acted as a blob of hit points and dealt damage depending on how many hit points are left.

I have no idea when I'll use this game or even if I'll ever use it, but I gotta say it again, this is hands down the best low number, low maintenance war/skrimish game I've seen and I've collected a lot of mass combat rules just to figure out how to actually run it.

Interesting little number right here.

The control of multiple characters, all with their own names and personalities gives it a very different feel to your standard 1to1 rpg, teetering more perhaps into something like Necromunda or Battle Brothers which is certainly a tick in its favour for me.

I get a bit of sense of that Battle Brothers or Hard West overworld too, with your desperate little company marching across the countryside gathering up resources for a final showdown.

Choosing what troops you have available at the start can be a quick and dirty little faction game, which I like. 

I'm getting a lot of video game references in this, but it's no bad thing. Sort of boardgames that feeling, which I think is great. Nowhere near grokking all the synergies myself yet, but keen to give it a try.

I'm excited to try this. It feels like OSR 4th Edition, if that makes sense. Blogosphere-OSR-reimagines-Chainmail. 

Dumb questions: Can unreliable characters target themselves? Does a side lose if all the unreliables are actively unreliable in a turn? (I'd assume No and Yes)

I think the first sentence in the description should have a period in the middle!