FOLLOW ME: The Infantry's Game(TM) (2023)

FOLLOW ME: The Infantry’s Game is a game of military strategy and domination. It was developed to teach junior military leaders, both commissioned and non-commissioned officers, to maintain situational awareness on the battlefield while orchestrating the elements of combat power with their designated units. It would be wise for players of this game to apply the principles of warfare when planning, coordinating, and executing their game strategy. This game is played on a gridded game board by two or more players who use FOLLOW ME game pieces to maneuver and fire on their opponents in order to accomplish a chosen game objective. The game pieces represent the warriors, leaders, supports, and assets that are employed on the field of battle, and their fate is determined by a roll of the dice. The game ends when the chosen game objective is accomplished by the winning player. Mechanically, the game centers around formation-based grid movement and dice-based fires adjudication. Units moving in a formation near a leader are more mobile and effective than those operating alone, but they those benefits require staying close to a command piece. This game was designed in 2019 and initially released in 2024. It is based on the designer's experience in the US Army with the goal of creating realistic and instructional models of squad-level and platoon-level combat on the modern battlefield.