Monday 30 December 2013

Force on Force arrives!

Today Christmas arrived a little early (or late) as my latest wargaming purchase arrived. Force on Force is a hardback rulebook and is probably the best looking set of rules that I have ever seen.

Having only flipped through the book I can't say what the game will play like but for me it already seems unconventional. Throwing handfuls of dice that would be more at home in a game of D and D will take some getting used to as will the fluid turn sequence. This really is a new approach to a complicated subject...

To be on the safe side I will also track down "At Close Quarters" which if I remember correctly does much the same thing in a far more familiar way. To its credit this ruleset does force one to adhere to small scale organisation with the units operating as I recognise them.


Going to sign off now, take some Ibuprofen and dig out some more D8s....alternative wargaming is a cruel mistress so I may have a beer as well.

I would be very interested to hear what others think of this book...is it all just show or does it work?
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7 comments:

  1. Neil Scott30 December 2013 at 21:11

    You will have to let us know how the rules play as I have often thought of purchasing these

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  2. Solo wargaming-on a budget!30 December 2013 at 21:22

    Hi Neil, they look like D and D if I am honest, I am unsure about them at best on the first glance.

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  3. Monty30 December 2013 at 22:50

    Had them for a while and their forerunner Ambush Alley, which I quite liked. These and Two Hour Wargames are my rules of choice now.

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  4. styx30 December 2013 at 23:08

    Curious to hear your review on this.

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  5. Solo wargaming-on a budget!30 December 2013 at 23:34

    Thanks Chaps, I will give them a run out this week. I am hoping that they are a lot easier to play than they are written. As far as I can see there are no groups of tables with weapon ranges, effects etc. They are all in seperate parts of the book. A cheat sheet Rapid fire style would have been great. Despite looking excellent there is a lack of cohesiveness which Osprey really should have nailed by now. IHMN is much better laid out.

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  6. dylan31 December 2013 at 09:40

    Make sure you take advantage of the AAG wikia. This is not an intuitive system!

    http://ambushalleygames.com/aagwiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

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  7. Solo wargaming-on a budget!31 December 2013 at 09:59

    Thanks for the link Dylan, that is a really useful page that I had'nt seen before. I am struggling to get my head around the turn sequence which seems to be a little too fluid. Still I will bash on. The book is really well presented but its all over the place regarding information.

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