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Reply To: TANKS comes to World War III

July 3, 2018 at 9:23 am #1223515

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TANKS is a fun “beer and pretzels” game rather than in any way a serious wargame, although there is real tactical challenge for those who look for it. I think the starter set cost around £15 or so when it came out, which was pretty much a no-brainer. It makes for a great “gateway game” for friends that are wargames-curious as it is very easy to pick up and learn and small to carry around – particularly if you use the 2D terrain it comes with, and covers the main bases of the genre – manoeuvre, angle of attack, weight of fire, cover etc. Expansions are at pocket-money prices, which makes it a great game for kids to take up, and of course for BF/GF9 it makes for another avenue to recover a return from their investment in plastic tanks.

An expansion into Cold War sounds fun in the same vein. For me as an established gamer with 15mm WWII armies and a Team Yankee army already, it gives me another option for those gaming nights when you really can’t cope with a heavy game and just want to roll dice and have a laugh, for minimal outlay.