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Try: Death World Forest - Citadel Army Green - Army Painter Camouflage Green - Vallejo (Game Color)

Side note, there is a cool burger joint called Schoops that serves up smash burgers with the good stuff and a green river shake. SOOOOOOOOOOO good. If you're ever out here in IL there are a few but there are more in IN.

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Believe it or not, it was a pretty close game, as I recall it - I needed the BFS cards to win! I used air strike cards against my objective target. Without those, I would have had a tougher go. Can't say I'd have won it the same.

What was that like?

@@BattleBound It's like taking your military vehicle into a virtual world and blowing stuff up LOL I got to fly the Apache when they introduced it and the 18th and I had a ball. I went up against M1 tanks and Bradley's on the ground as I flew over their heads. Remember this is before they came up with the virtual war gaming realities they have now

@@SgtJamesRay I saw a video once of a guy playing a tank simulator where it drives a little camera around a miniature town with hills, houses, etc. Makes me think of that lol. Thanks for sharing!

@@BattleBound I was introduced to the system when they were still testing it somewhere back in 88 I went looking for a video that might cover it and I found this ruclips.net/video/46rF_A1DIgA/видео.htmlsi=GMw20TuKwbTDMSJZ

You love to see it!

I almost thought this was going to read "trash option" and I was gonna be like well, they ARE urbanmechs, and it's called a trash CAN, not a trash cannot. But now I see you said trap, lol. DFA's, to me, are the "I don't care what happens in this game" move. It either dramatically improves your position out of pure luck, or it doesn't - not a great place to be.

I mean, it doesn't feel any more convoluted than, say, other similar battle card games. I suspect it's for folks who want a game with the Battletech feel but not the usual Battletech time investment.

These were made a long time ago by someone with a hot wire cutter and some insulation foam.

I have a very specific response for the initiative thing, and yes, it includes technically correct (but still not necessarily correct all the time). I'm currently running a game at a convention, but when I'm home I'll have time to address this specifically (but it involves Gen Con).

Hey there, just dropping a line to let you know I replied - check the thread by Scott's game room and then go subscribe to his channel.

I am currently running a game, but I promise to come back to this later!

Otay. I'm back and I got some time before today's game where I can spit. So - while you are technically correct (the best kind of correct - see, I told you I'd use it) - it isn't correct all the time, and I'll explain with the Grand Melee seen in my GenCon vid. That game, initiative was handled by playing cards, as seen. They were dealt out 1 or 2 at a time, and each person would move when their name was called. Pretty standard. When shooting time came, though, this order went in reverse. The initiative WINNER was now shooting FIRST, despite the RAW having that order go the other way around. When the last player finished their move, they were shooting. This is the key factor - the LOS is not tied specifically to initiative. Back home, we have what is colloquially known as "The Chuck Blankenship Manouvre". It is the act of purposely declaring no fire so that the enemy will be forced to make you the defender if he wants to try and shoot you - then you flip the script on them and you get to make the call. LOS is only checked it someone is shooting at you. If they specifically said they ain't - you might be getting Chuck'd, idk what to tell you. I try to teach all my players that one. Ask 'em. But see, if the LOS choice were tied specifically to the initiative, then the Chuck Blankenship Manouvre would just be a Blank Chuck. The winner would always have the choice regardless of what the loser chose to do, and as evidenced by the CBM, that is not guaranteed to always be the case.

@@BattleBound yep, I was just pointing out why initiative order matters for it. The rule is first defender picks. There is definitely a player skill element at play too when there are more units on the board. Save declarations where LoS is on an edge to try to get your opponent to declare attacks first, make sure to target something else so that you can pick a defensive LoS against a dangerous attacker, and sometimes pick the less defensive LoS in order to open up easier return fire.

​@scottsgameroom1 Strategically, 100%, I wholeheartedly agree. However, the question is essentially: was there ever a time where the initiative winner had unilateral control over the choice of where LOS falls when the line traces directly between two hexes? The answer is "no". The loser can re-order it to benefit them, though I admit that the choice to do so is more what I'd consider a veteran-elite player move.

Sometimes, when you're looking up at a 100 ton jumping quad, you just have to keep keep your head down.

That is, unfortunately one I don't have in physical hard copy. I think I have a PDF tho!

Next time feel free to just stop me! I'm always running somewhere anymore! 😂

I love your username, I understand that reference. "DON'T YOU KNOW THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM!?"

That was a custom job by a friend/friend of the show. It is a laser cut tower and has since succumbed to the rigors of road travel. I keep prodding at CGL (AHEM, RAY, ARE YOU READING? SEE, EVERY VID) to get these made but it's not been easy thus far. Thank you for keeping the tradition alive. I'd almost forgotten what it felt like to be asked about the dice tower after a batrep. 🥰

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