{"id":5710,"date":"2016-09-18T11:42:38","date_gmt":"2016-09-18T11:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=5710"},"modified":"2016-09-18T11:42:38","modified_gmt":"2016-09-18T11:42:38","slug":"first-run-of-cyber-phase-of-lsnc-science-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=5710","title":{"rendered":"First Run of Cyber Phase of LSNC: Science Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yesterday, I had a bunch of HAWKs to my war room to play three games. \u00a0I set up the gaming day because a West Point buddy, Ma’k Morin was coming for the weekend to visit Dave Wood. \u00a0One of the games I ran was an initial test of the cyber phase of the Look, Sarge, No Charts: Science Fiction<\/em> rules that we are beginning to pull together. \u00a0The idea is that between turns, the two sides’ cyber forces fight for control of each others networks by allocating their cyber teams to attack or defend. \u00a0Based on the outcome of the cyber phase, the sides draw cards that provide cyber effects that can be applied during the turn. \u00a0Examples are the ability to “pin” an enemy unit, get an extra activation for a friendly unit, interrupt an enemy artillery mission, etc.<\/p>\n

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I have many of my science fiction figures painted and based; however, I haven’t put much thought into the unit attributes, so those forces aren’t ready to game yet. \u00a0Instead, I put a bunch of France 1940 figures on the table but added the cyber phase. \u00a0Again, the purpose was for this to be an initial test of the cyber phase.<\/p>\n

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So, how did it go? \u00a0Actually very well for a first attempt, I think. \u00a0The cyber effects were meaningful and interesting, but they did not overwhelm the game. \u00a0In this first play test, Kurt’s company of panzer grenadiers got to the bridge (pictured above), which was their objective. \u00a0Then Chris drew some really good and timely cyber effects that first pinned the armored battalion (to which the panzer grenadiers belonged) and then in the next turn, took an activation away from the panzer grenadier company. \u00a0This delayed the German advance for two, critical turns.<\/p>\n

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The cyber fight went okay. \u00a0While there is the potential for wild swings in the status of the penetration of enemy networks, in this first play test, the outcomes were very evenly matched, so there was little progress along the “cyber penetration” track. \u00a0Only in the last turn did Chris get a strong result that propelled him to a portion of the track where he could get two cyber cards per turn. \u00a0I am going to make one or two small adjustments, but nothing major until I get a couple more tests of the current ideas.<\/p>\n

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