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Chit-Pull System

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weight-controlled

Definition

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Used in wargames to address the problem of simulating simultaneous action on the battlefield and issues of "Command and Control". Invented by Eric Lee Smith, in such a system the current player randomly draws a chit or counter from a large-mouth opaque container, such as a wide-brimmed latte mug or cereal bowl, identifying a group of units which may now be moved.

Top games using this mechanism

By BGG bayes rating, top 50.

GameYearRatingWtTime
Aeon's End#10820167.582.860m
Space Crusade#179819906.322.3120m
A Victory Lost: Crisis in Ukraine 1942-1943#234820066.162.5360m
Star Trek Panic#250520166.132.090m
Tiny Epic Defenders (Second Edition)#252420186.132.060m
Enemy Action: Ardennes#253520156.134.3900m
Comanchería: The Rise and Fall of the Comanche Empire#260820166.114.1360m
Zulus on the Ramparts!: The Battle of Rorke's Drift – Second Edition#305920096.022.125m
Bolt Action#326320125.982.7120m
B-17 Flying Fortress Leader#338520175.973.3120m
An Infamous Traffic#348020165.953.690m
Cataclysm: A Second World War#358520185.943.9600m
FAB: The Bulge#379420085.913.1240m
Tiny Epic Defenders#391020155.891.830m
World at War: Eisenbach Gap#399620075.882.690m
The Dark Valley#399720135.883.4500m
The Devil's Cauldron: The Battles for Arnhem and Nijmegen#402620085.883.82400m
Battle Masters#407019925.871.960m
Silent War#425920055.853.47500m
Downtown: Air War Over Hanoi, 1965-1972#426320045.854.1240m
In Magnificent Style: Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg#459120125.821.960m
Celles: The Ardennes, December 23-27, 1944#460820125.822.4180m
Reds! The Russian Civil War 1918-1921#463020015.813.1360m
Enemy Coast Ahead: The Doolittle Raid#496320175.783.0360m
Across 5 Aprils#523119925.762.3360m
The Greatest Day: Sword, Juno, and Gold Beaches#526420155.764.06000m
The Great Battles of Alexander: Macedonian Art of War#383720155.763.7240m
World at War: Blood and Bridges#533420085.762.890m
A Victory Denied: Crisis at Smolensk, July-September, 1941#536020095.752.6240m
Tenkatoitsu#544320165.753.4420m
Hoplite: Warfare in the Greco-Persian Age 5th-4th Century BC#555120145.743.4480m
Carthage: The First Punic War – The Ancient World, Vol. II#569920055.734.01800m
At Any Cost: Metz 1870#573820185.733.3480m
A Most Dangerous Time: Japan in Chaos, 1570-1584#578020095.733.1240m
Mrs Thatcher's War: The Falklands, 1982#582120175.722.7250m
Longstreet Attacks: The Second Day at Gettysburg#592520185.723.4720m
Agricola, Master of Britain#605320165.712.690m
1805: Sea of Glory#607320095.713.8480m
Air Baron#614719965.712.5120m
Steel Wolves: Germany's Submarine Campaign Against British & Allied Shipping – Vol 1 1939-43#628520105.704.09000m
Stonewall's Sword: The Battle of Cedar Mountain#629920155.703.1180m
The Barbarossa Campaign#630520105.703.1160m
Where Eagles Dare: The Battle for Hell's Highway#631220115.703.52400m
Roads to Leningrad: Battles of Soltsy and Staraya Russa, 1941#632920045.703.4
Nations at War: White Star Rising#634120105.702.6240m
Königsberg: The Soviet Attack on East Prussia, 1945#634920185.702.2480m
Chariots of Fire: Warfare in the Bronze Age, 2300-1200 B.C.#636820105.703.5180m
Clash of Giants II: 1st Ypres & Galicia 1914#638120065.692.4300m
Operation Dauntless: The Battles for Fontenay and Rauray, France, June 1944#648320165.694.12400m
Sherman Leader#659920175.692.760m

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