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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: blacksmith on 18 September 2010, 10:40:25 PM

Title: Small introductory Crossfire AAR
Post by: blacksmith on 18 September 2010, 10:40:25 PM

My first experience with this ruleset, and I liked it!
http://javieratwar.blogspot.com/2010/09/bridgehead.html (http://javieratwar.blogspot.com/2010/09/bridgehead.html)

Title: Re: Small introductory Crossfire AAR
Post by: David on 18 September 2010, 11:35:38 PM

Have they change much from the old set of crossfire rules?

Title: Re: Small introductory Crossfire AAR
Post by: blacksmith on 19 September 2010, 07:55:02 AM

Quote from: David on 18 September 2010, 11:35:38 PM

Have they change much from the old set of crossfire rules?

AFAIK there's only one edition of Crossfire so far...

Title: Re: Small introductory Crossfire AAR
Post by: Arlequín on 19 September 2010, 09:40:56 AM

There's supposed to be a Crossfire 2 in the works, but apparently the core mechanics will remain unchanged. I've always liked the concepts behind Crossfire, just never played it though.

Title: Re: Small introductory Crossfire AAR
Post by: blacksmith on 27 September 2010, 12:54:55 PM

Sedond AAR with Crossfire. This time Reconnaissance before Ponte Corvo, Italy, from Hit the dirt.
http://javieratwar.blogspot.com/search/label/Battle%20Reports.%20Crossfire (http://javieratwar.blogspot.com/search/label/Battle%20Reports.%20Crossfire)
I'm loving it  :D

Title: Re: Small introductory Crossfire AAR
Post by: blacksmith on 27 September 2010, 11:07:31 PM

Bocage is my third Crossfire AAR so far: http://javieratwar.blogspot.com/search/label/Battle%20Reports.%20Crossfire (http://javieratwar.blogspot.com/search/label/Battle%20Reports.%20Crossfire)

Title: Re: Small introductory Crossfire AAR
Post by: leadfool on 28 September 2010, 06:36:48 AM

Nice game review Blacksmith.
I think Crossfire is one of the best games out there.  You just have to have a lot of terrain.  If you don't own enough, just put yarn in a circle on the table and call it a depression.  Crossfire makes the commander really look at and use the terrain, or gets his troops killed. 

Title: Re: Small introductory Crossfire AAR
Post by: blacksmith on 28 September 2010, 09:46:27 AM

Yes Leadfool (nice nickname BTW :)) When you play Crossfire you realize how static can be other WWII games.

Title: Re: Small introductory Crossfire AAR
Post by: Smillie on 28 September 2010, 10:45:26 PM

Nice review, I've been considering trying Crossfire for a while now and it sounds pretty good. Also like the idea of the yarn depression leadfool, top tip! :D

Title: Re: Small introductory Crossfire AAR
Post by: leadfool on 29 September 2010, 08:21:21 AM

The yarn idea was one of those "opps I forgot a box of terrain" improvizations.  The other cheap and easy way to go is cut shapes of various colors of felt.  Dark Brown is a hill, light brown is a depression, dark green is a forrest, light green is a marsh, etc. 

Or you can just spend 25 plus years collecting terrain like I have.

Crossfire is all about the terrain.  I think it does the one thing that real combat teaches a soldier, and that our tabletop games often forget, the world is not flat.