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Hot Book for a Cold War
22 Nov 2011
Format:Paperback
This was a book that worried me, as there is so much to cover and so many traps that you can fall into with it (i.e. "Hey, let's do tank rush #13,123,459!). Instead, this book really turned out to be the best of the Ambush Games bunch, with a great diversity in scenarios, focus, and overall production.
There are a few new rules meant to capture the flavor of the Warsaw Pact's restrictive command structure, as well as suggestions for using rules like the NBC rules in the main rulebook. Along with this are pretty extensive Tables of Organization and Equipment (TO&E) in the back of the book, along with a listings of different support weapons, particularly stats of different AT weapons and ATGMs. The stats in the back of the book do include familiar vehicles, however they have been modified to show what is obsolete now was like when it was brand-new. So even with familiar vehicles, you are getting all-new stats.
The scenarios themselves are wonderfully varied, broken down into three rough categories, the first of which is Cold War Fears. This category shows what NATO analysts feared, a strong Russian attack. Thus, a great many of the scenarios have the Russians on the offensive, whether it be a Special Forces operation or a full-on tank assault. The second is Cold War Realities, which shows the weakness of Soviet Forces and takes in the idea of NATO mobilizing while waiting for the Russians and their own possible counterattacks. These scenarios have NATO on the offensive, with airborne operations into Poland and a few tasty missions which could have really happened, by accident or on purpose. Finally there are the Cold War Fantasies, which encompasses all the various ridiculous movie plots from missions into Russia, Russians in America, and more. This chapter probably has the most globetrotting, from the Arctic Circle to small-town Wisconsin (Which is similar to the Arctic Circle, only with more people), and the authors definitely were having fun with these.
Overall, this book is probably the best supplement Ambush Games has put out. It has the right balance of elements and scenarios, and the different outlooks on the Cold War definitely makes the book feel larger than it is. A great buy, and hopefully the next lineup of books will be just like this one.
There are a few new rules meant to capture the flavor of the Warsaw Pact's restrictive command structure, as well as suggestions for using rules like the NBC rules in the main rulebook. Along with this are pretty extensive Tables of Organization and Equipment (TO&E) in the back of the book, along with a listings of different support weapons, particularly stats of different AT weapons and ATGMs. The stats in the back of the book do include familiar vehicles, however they have been modified to show what is obsolete now was like when it was brand-new. So even with familiar vehicles, you are getting all-new stats.
The scenarios themselves are wonderfully varied, broken down into three rough categories, the first of which is Cold War Fears. This category shows what NATO analysts feared, a strong Russian attack. Thus, a great many of the scenarios have the Russians on the offensive, whether it be a Special Forces operation or a full-on tank assault. The second is Cold War Realities, which shows the weakness of Soviet Forces and takes in the idea of NATO mobilizing while waiting for the Russians and their own possible counterattacks. These scenarios have NATO on the offensive, with airborne operations into Poland and a few tasty missions which could have really happened, by accident or on purpose. Finally there are the Cold War Fantasies, which encompasses all the various ridiculous movie plots from missions into Russia, Russians in America, and more. This chapter probably has the most globetrotting, from the Arctic Circle to small-town Wisconsin (Which is similar to the Arctic Circle, only with more people), and the authors definitely were having fun with these.
Overall, this book is probably the best supplement Ambush Games has put out. It has the right balance of elements and scenarios, and the different outlooks on the Cold War definitely makes the book feel larger than it is. A great buy, and hopefully the next lineup of books will be just like this one.
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