Benghazi 2012 - Designing Buildings for Transit Game
Black Hawk Down - Elessar2590 vs. Oriskany
Here is the re-play from the live game shared between myself and @elessar2590 yesterday. We took a swing at playtesting new expansions for Barry Doyle’s Valor & Victory WW2 squad-based infantry combat system, pushing the system into the 1990s with a “Blackhawk Down” scenario from the Battle of Mogadishu, Operation Gothic Serpent, October 3-4 1993.
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I’ve jumped in and out following a lot of these streams. Great to see. I may have missed this discussion but have you had to overcome any big hurdles pushing the V&V system this far into modern? Entire new rules needed or just expanding on existing?
Thanks for checking us out @donimator Great questions on overcoming obstacles involved in bringing Valor & Victory to the modern age. Short answer … while the core system remains robust for the change, we’ve had to add new “chapters” to the rule book. 1) Integral Support Weapons: in traditional WW2 V&V, every fireteam or squad is carrying rifles. MGs, light mortars, etc … are considered support weapons that are ATTACHED with different counters. Once you get into Vietnam forward, however, EVERY fireteam has at least one LMG or GPMG in it, and ALL weapons are now automatic. Rather than have… Read more »