Re: [OFFICIAL] New stuff....

>Jon wrote:
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>>  1) Following its launch at Salute, we've got some stock of the new
>>  Hammer's Slammers book in:
>
>Speaking of which, has anyone read enough of it to post a review? Is 
>this a skirmish game, platoon level game, company level game? What 
>kind of rule mechanisms are used? Has anyone had a chance to play 
>it? How quickly does it play?

I've only had the chance to take a brief glance at it so far; seems 
pretty simple and basic, fairly intro-level stuff. 1 to 1 figure 
scale (I mean one fig = one man, before somebody makes a smartass 
comment about 1800mm miniatures... <grin>). Basic units seem to be 
fireteams/squads, so I guess it's around platoon to company level 
"grand skirmish" (kind of like SGII!). John Lambshead wrote the 
rules; they do not have any connection to the Silent Death-derived 
version used in the Warlords' Salute demo games a couple of years ago 
and still available on the Salute website (I think).

Frankly, for experienced gamers I wouldn't say buy the book for the 
rules; buy the book for the info and pretty pictures, consider the 
rules a bonus that may or may not be of interest. There is enough 
organisational and weapon data to make conversions to your favourite 
rules set quite easy.

Jon (GZG)
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