Recent reviews by The 111th Guardsman

I bought the original Wargame 2 days after it came out, but never really played it because i didn't really get how the game worked. However, i bought Airland Battle a few days ago on offer, and decided i would stick with it. The new deck system is much better than the old one, you no-longer have to unlock units (a pain for me because i found the campaign very hard) and the new aircraft really add an extra depth to the game.

However, the core gameplay is much the same, but when combined with using the units that i WANT to use, instead of what i'm stuck with, made all the difference.

In the most recent game i played, Economy, there was a 40 point difference between the two sides, trying to get to 3000ish. We were both at 2700. to maintain my lead, i needed to hold an area cut off behind enemy lines, and the units were out of ammo and exhausted, plus on the most part damaged.

I won the game by using a simple chinook resupply helicopter, flying from my FOB into the area and landing in a field while the battle raged on either side to deliver the supplies. With a bit of imagination, i could imagine the men running from the back of the helicopter, carrying cases of ammo, to the trees while under machine gun fire and having tanks battling it out on the other side of the treeline. And then the pilot said "Why do i get the feeling your about to put our lives at risk?"

That skin of the teeth victory was probably the most enjoyable battle i've had in a long time on all of my games, and if i get even a few more moments like that, i'll be content. Money well spent, in my opinion!

OMG! Just, do it.

One of the best buys i ever made, although its difficult to master the full scope of this series hasn't even shown itself to me yet.