{"id":4796,"date":"2016-02-13T11:34:22","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T11:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=4796"},"modified":"2016-02-13T11:34:22","modified_gmt":"2016-02-13T11:34:22","slug":"second-combat-patrol-science-fiction-play-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=4796","title":{"rendered":"Second Combat Patrol: Science Fiction Play Test"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The<\/a>
The compound at the start of the game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last night at our club night we had a chance to put some science fiction figures on the table to test variations of Combat Patrol for that genre. \u00a0I made up unit stats that were based on WWII weapons. \u00a0The focus of the test was on how to handle body armor. \u00a0 You can’t draw too many conclusions from a single play test, so I’ll want to try it a couple more times before making any changes. \u00a0We did have some hits on body armor; however, the attackers always “rolled” well enough to negate its effect, so the initial feeling was that it wasn’t effective. \u00a0 Again, I need a few more play tests. \u00a0Also, it was unclear whether people were remembering to do take it into account all the time, so I need to think through that as well.<\/p>\n

\"Winged<\/a>
Winged commandos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The forces were a mismatch of Woodbine, Pig Iron, Reaper, and Void figures. \u00a0The Marines (Woodbine) and Army (Pig Iron) were defending the compound along with some security forces (Reaper). \u00a0The attackers were mostly Void figures with some armored vehicles. \u00a0The defenders had no armored vehicles, but they had many anti-tank weapons.<\/p>\n

\"My<\/a>
My tank facing off against an Army anti-tank rocket launcher team<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bruce’s machine-gun took out the anti-tank rocket launcher man, and the rest of the crew fled to get out of the beaten zone. \u00a0Chris was never able to collect the rocket launcher. \u00a0Greg fired at me with his rocket launcher five or six times — and missed every time!<\/p>\n

\"Defenders<\/a>
Defenders move toward the gate to close with the attackers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Despite Chris and Greg being bottlenecked in the gateway, we were unable to get our forces into a position to push into the compound. \u00a0In the end, we called it a defender’s victory despite their having taken heavy casualties.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The defenders arrayed across the front of the compound<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Attacking<\/a>
Attacking forces take cover in a rocky area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hand<\/a>
Hand to hand between my winged commandos and Chris' Army infantry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I dropped my Winged Commandos on Chris’ Army infantry in an attempt to clear a path into the compound. \u00a0Unfortunately my luck was poor and three out of five commandos were killed. \u00a0(I also forgot to add the +2 hand-to-hand modifier for submachine guns into my attacks!)<\/p>\n