Years ago, I found a Japanese site called <a href="http://homepage1.nifty.com/Watermark/index.html">Watermark</a> that specializes in giant robot (mecha) themed counter-and-hex wargaming (but lost the link for years do to some fluke). This site seem to make their own rules, counters, and even show some turn-by-turn plays. With the rules sets featured there, they have at least 8 Anime, including <a href="http://homepage1.nifty.com/Watermark/slg/gineiden/ginei_index.html">Leg… of Galactic Heroes</a>! For folks that don't know, LoGH is an epic anime with fleets of ships numbering in the hundreds - if not thousands - and big space battles (and then there is the personal melodrama of a bunch of characters, but who cares about that? ;) )!<br /><br />From what I can make-out, the rules are not that complex and quite light given the hobby (as most counter-and-hex sets have thick rulebooks with folding cheat-sheets!). The only problem is that its all in Japanese, so unless you can read it, you'll have to past the link on a Google search and press [Translate] when you see it on the search result, and then deal with all the weird "engrish" (I tried using Bablefish, but results are unreadable regardless of what language you know). Thus far, I was only able to translate (the "engrish" of course, and even still, I'm still lost on some of the details) the <b>Macross</b> and <b>Dougram</b> rules, as I already have the counters printed-out.<br /><br />Even if you're not a fan of counter-and-hex wargaming, you can still find a ton for do-it-yourself counters (under <i>MS-DOT-MATRIX</i>) for spaceships, giant robots, and military vehicles, so you can use them in your own games. I hope someone appreciates the find - ENJOY!
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