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A Fistful of TOWs 3: Miniature Wargame Rules – Modern Mechanized Warfare 1915-2015 (2011)
- This game: Strategy 7, Luck 7, Interaction 5, Complexity 6.5, Theme 5
This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.
Overview
A Fistful of TOWs 3 is a fast-playing battalion- to brigade/regiment-level game using miniatures. Game covers mid-1930s to 2015, and army lists from WW2 and post-war eras. Each stand represents a platoon. Can be played with miniatures from 2mm up to 15mm with no modifications; for larger miniatures authors suggest possibly changing ground scale. Design ground scale is 1"=100m, can be played using 1cm=100m without altering any numbers. Nominal turn length is 12 minutes, but for infantry heavy games 20 or 30 minutes per turn is probably more accurate. Game features: - Troop quality is very important - Simple command rules - Includes a full battle-generator campaign system. - WW2 comprehensive data and army lists for Germany, USA, UK, France, and Poland. Authors will be releasing Italian data and army lists as a free expansion. - Modern data on over 1000 post-war armored vehicles, artillery, helicopters, etc. - Modern army lists for US Army 1950-2015, Russian Army 1970-2015, most of the NATO allies in the 1980s-1990s, Arab-Israeli wars in 1967 and 1973, Australia 1966-2015, and North Vietnam/Vietcong 1964-1973. - Includes rules for airstrikes, airborne and amphibious assaults, helicopters, chemical weapons, tactical nukes. - Formatted for easy reading. - 458 pages including: 104 pages of core rules, 26 pages of supplemental rules, 96 pages of army lists, 128 pages of vehicle/gun/infantry/aircraft data, 18 pages of scenario/campaign design and system, quick reference charts, introduction, detailed table of contents, index, etc.
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