#Two hour wargames nuts review pdf

and that a firefight can rage back and forth until one combatant is hit, or ducks back out of sight. For example, I like that 5150's 'Received Fire' reaction is to either duck back, snap fire (at reduced effect) or fire at full effect. I actually think I prefer the reaction system in 5150 to that in Tomorrow's War, because it seems more clearly laid out and a bit more intuitive. I guess there were about three pages in the book I had to flip back and forth regularly from, and that's not too bad.

Granted, most won't be used in a game, but still.

including three dealing with Spider Holes (standard chart plus 'Discovery' and 'Occupancy'), two dealing with Grenades ('Ready' and 'Throwing'), etc. The different charts for the different factions are pretty cool, but it is the sheer volume of charts in 5150 that blow my brain a little bit. I think the guys enjoyed the game, but personally, it is gonna take more to move me off my beloved IGO-UGO (I know, I am a bit of a dinosaur that way). Greg's die rolling was hot (lots of 'obviously dead' results) and Brian's was mostly 'not' so that may have made a bit of difference in the result, but as with most 'reaction' rulesets we've played, small differentials in troop quality make a huge difference in the game (Tomorrow's War, I'm looking at you). However, they weren't exactly unbloodied, with a Star Army squad caught in the open getting seriously mauled.

#Two hour wargames nuts review pdf

The game pretty much went as expected with the better-led Star Army squads lighting up the PDF and achieving their objective of grabbing the pilot. Star Army survivor makes off with the pilotД¬onscript Brian played the PDF and Greg B.