{"id":7010,"date":"2016-01-06T19:40:33","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T19:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7010"},"modified":"2021-10-29T03:00:51","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T02:00:51","slug":"holiday-rollings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/01\/06\/holiday-rollings\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Rollings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With me being in the North for a decent length of time, I found myself journeying to York to pit myself in martial combat against my erstwhile foe. Well, martial combat meaning the deployment of tiny metal figures and dice. I\u2019ll be writing a big post on modern wargaming rules when Spectre release their new set but on this day, we had two rulesets to try.<\/p>\n

First up was\u00a0Osprey\u2019s Black Ops<\/strong>. We came to these rules expecting a great game to reenact stealthy military ops and by gods does it deliver. I think the \u201clow is good\u201d system is a little odd and the author should be castigated for using half points in the army building system but the rest of the game is rock solid, super quick fun. Combat plays well but the stealth mission rules are the best. Random guard positions, sound counters that have to be managed by the infilitrator \u2013 it all makes for a fun time. We played three games.<\/p>\n

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  1. Standard battle \u2013 insurgents vs 6 SF guys. We messed up the points (I should have had a few more insurgents) but great battle was had. Just a shame my commander got nabbed as he crossed open ground causing my force to flee.<\/li>\n
  2. Sneaky battle \u2013 SF guys vs the man himself Solid Snake. Snake managed to grab the intel and brutal murder a few guards but got shot in the back while attempting to exfil<\/li>\n
  3. Massive Sneaky Battle \u2013 Milita and FSB defending against a group of SAS teams. Some tense moments as the SAS got into the compound but were spotted when the FSB agents saw them sneaking around. A mess of a fire fight later and we ran out of time, although the milita did manage to bundle the hostages into the back of a SUV. Maybe a rematch is in order\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Next was\u00a0OSC\u00a0<\/strong>from\u00a0Evil Bear Wargames. I\u2019ve met the writer behind the game and the way he described it really got me interested. Finally getting to play it and I was really excited in the end result. I did find the sheer number of actions you can do a little overwhelming in the first game, but the focus on objectives, the simple 1 stat system and the setup for playing weapons off against armour makes me excited to play again. I\u2019m also a fan of how the turns playout, with the outnumbering player being limited in how many figures he can move each turn by the number of bad guys. Highlights included a\u00a0Hardsuit swatting an RPG out the air with its countermeasures (just before fleeing from a few sniper hits), a SF soldier managing to grab an objective under four turns of full auto fire and my commander taking full advantage of his extra action.<\/p>\n

    Overall, I really enjoyed both games. They bring cool stuff to the table \u2013 Black Ops for super sneaky infiltration times while OSC feels like re-enacting an airsoft game, all fast paced and full of cool moves and heroics. I\u2019ll be playing a lot more of both games, as well as more Skirmish Sangin and Spectre, this year.<\/p>\n

    Then we played sleepy D&D and a fun time was had by all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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