The heroic steel warriors of the United Nations of Ava's White Stars gave their lives for the cause in the final assault of the day - destroying the wicked Therian's nanogenerators then being slain to a man before they could escape.Nick took the role of the human commander of the White Stars while I was the technologically superior robot forces in our first test drive of the AT-43 rules this afternoon. We played through five mini-scenarios in quick succession and the running total was two victories apiece going into the final conflict.
The rules proved to be as fast (some games taking as little as 15 minutes), simple and brutal as we had been told by the salesman at Cavalier - and quickly won our unanimous support. Of course there were some vagueries in the rules, but nothing that couldn't be sorted by a thorough analysis of the text and a dose of common sense.
The prepainted 28mm figures looked beautiful on the battle mat supplied with just the minimal terrain elements from the starter box set - imagine how cool they will look amidst the sprawling terrain that currently sits boxed in storage waiting for the post-wedding move to a home with a dedicated games room!
Nick and I are planning to have one more afternoon of games before Salute next month where Rackham promises to be hosting a large AT-43 participation game, which we hope to have time to join in!
It's amazing how much action the kitchen table saw over the weekend...
ReplyDeleteGood grief, Lumpy! I don't think you meant to say it quite like that :-)
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