My own views on this system have been based on the few games I have played and it seemed that in these games armour appeared King of the table and infantry seemed to be more of an afterthought than a main arm. The rules themselves, or should I say the mechanics of the rules, I always thought were my type of system, fun, simple to grasp and easy to play and it has always griped me why I found such a hugely popular rules set so annoying!
So, over the past few days I have been reading up on the rules again and after visiting various websites I decided to download the Rapid Fire for Rookies free play sheet and give them another go.
Although I'm still a way off being where I want to be as far as my figures / models and scenery collection go I was still able to muster enough goodies to put on a small game to try the rules out once more. Here's a few pics I took at the beginning of the game .........
| Both sides advance onto the table |
| The Churchill and Panzer trade shots at long range with no effect! |
| The Panzer III takes up position supporting a HMG crew in the centre of the line. |
| The Churchill and the HQ start their advance. |
I haven't done a blow by blow account of the game but my verdict? ............. I loved it.
So, in answer to the charges of not giving a rule set a proper chance, and being too quick to judge? ........ Guilty on both counts. The free version of the rules I used are of course a slimmed down version of the full set but after this enjoyable game I'm very keen to expand my forces and my knowledge of the Rapid Fire rules. I'm looking forward to more RF games very soon!
Rapid Fire For Rookies is available from the Valiants website HERE (Bottom of the page)
Rapid Fire For Rookies is available from the Valiants website HERE (Bottom of the page)