Ratio / Combat Results Table

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weight-controlled

Definition

From BoardGameGeek

In many Board Wargames to resolve a combat between units, the Attacker and Defender total the strength of the units involved in that combat. This is then expressed as a "Ratio" (Attacker versus Defender) which is used to index into a "Combat Results Table (CRT)". A dice roll then determines the final result of the combat.

Top games using this mechanism

By BGG bayes rating, top 50.

Game	Year	Rating	Wt	Time
Dawn of the Zeds (Third Edition)#570	2016	6.94	3.8	120m
Advanced Squad Leader#576	1985	6.94	4.7	480m
Empire of the Sun: The Pacific War 1941-1945#895	2005	6.71	4.4	360m
Squad Leader#1012	1977	6.65	4.0	60m
Ambush!#1370	1983	6.48	3.3	240m
For the People#1385	1998	6.47	3.7	360m
No Retreat! The Russian Front#1523	2011	6.42	3.2	360m
Normandy '44#1942	2010	6.28	3.4	420m
Ogre#2054	1977	6.24	2.3	45m
World in Flames#2110	1985	6.23	4.6	6000m
The Civil War 1861-1865#2122	1983	6.23	3.8	1200m
The Russian Campaign#2213	1974	6.20	2.8	360m
Unconditional Surrender! World War 2 in Europe#2215	2014	6.20	3.8	3000m
B-17: Queen of the Skies#2307	1981	6.18	2.3	60m
A Victory Lost: Crisis in Ukraine 1942-1943#2348	2006	6.16	2.5	360m
Europe Engulfed: WWII European Theatre Block Game#2460	2003	6.14	3.7	720m
Rise and Decline of the Third Reich#2602	1974	6.11	4.3	720m
Panzer Leader: Game of Tactical Warfare on the Western Front#3362	1974	5.97	3.1	90m
PanzerBlitz#3523	1970	5.94	3.0	90m
Panzergruppe Guderian#3580	1976	5.94	2.8	300m
RAF#3670	1986	5.92	3.1	180m
G.E.V.#3901	1978	5.90	2.2	90m
Stonewall Jackson's Way II: Battles of Bull Run#3993	2013	5.88	3.7	720m
The Dark Valley#3997	2013	5.88	3.4	500m
Starship Troopers#4317	1976	5.85	3.1	120m
Battle for Germany#4359	1975	5.84	2.1	180m
Caesar: Epic Battle of Alesia#4412	1976	5.84	2.9	360m
War of the Ring#4478	1977	5.83	3.5	210m
Battle Hymn#4527	1986	5.82	3.3	240m
Hearts and Minds: Vietnam 1965-1975 (Third Edition)#4575	2019	5.82	3.0	360m
Cry Havoc#4627	1981	5.81	2.2	240m
Reds! The Russian Civil War 1918-1921#4630	2001	5.81	3.1	360m
Afrika: 2nd Edition#4741	2006	5.80	2.7	720m
Midway#4945	1964	5.79	2.4	120m
Stalingrad Pocket: 2nd Edition – The Wehrmacht's Greatest Disaster#4984	1996	5.78	2.6	900m
Freedom in the Galaxy: The Star Rebellions, 5764 AD#5121	1979	5.77	4.0	1200m
Terrible Swift Sword: Battle of Gettysburg Game#5131	1976	5.77	4.2	4200m
Across 5 Aprils#5231	1992	5.76	2.3	360m
Imperium: Empires in Conflict – Worlds in the Balance#5256	1977	5.76	2.6	300m
Hell's Highway: Operation Market Garden#5331	1983	5.76	3.7	1500m
A Victory Denied: Crisis at Smolensk, July-September, 1941#5360	2009	5.75	2.6	240m
Frederick the Great: The Campaigns of The Soldier King 1756-1759#5529	1975	5.74	2.7	240m
The Longest Day#5548	1979	5.74	4.1	5400m
Baltic Gap: Summer 1944#5633	2009	5.74	4.1	240m
Buck Rogers: Battle for the 25th Century Game#5641	1988	5.74	2.7	120m
NATO: The Next War in Europe#5663	1983	5.73	3.2	240m
Conquistador: The Age of Exploration – 1495-1600#5829	1976	5.72	3.2	420m
Bitter Woods Deluxe Edition#5871	2003	5.72	3.1	240m
Source of the Nile#6082	1978	5.71	2.9	180m
The Arab-Israeli Wars: Tank Battles in the Mideast#6135	1977	5.71	3.2	240m

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