Warband (games)

Warband games, also known as skirmish games, are a sub-breed of wargames. Whereas the typical wargame has the player control an entire army, a warband game is much smaller in focus, with the player controlling a single tactical unit, or 'warband' of six to twelve individual models.

Examples of this type of game include:

• Avalon Hill's Squad Leader
• Games Workshop's Mordheim, Gorkamorka and Necromunda.
• Kenzerco's Fairy Meat
• Wizard of the Coast's Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures Game.

The computer and video game equivalents of this board-game genre are real-time tactical and tactical role-playing games.