fire during the enemy turn, to sort of reduce the chance of them acting twice, rather than stopping them completely. I chose the mechanic of causing units that opportunity fired to take a morale test in the Morale Phase, simply as a randomised way to dampen down units that used op.

One of the outcomes of a morale test is that fire and / or movement restrictions are placed on the unit for that turn. Hi Mike, in the system, there is a morale phase at the start of the turn for infantry, but not for tanks. I like the Thomas set and look forward to doing more with it once I get infantry up and running. The Thomas rules cannot truly compare with the likes of Panzer, but they were never meant to, they are an introductory set and as such, probably punch above their weight anyway. but at the expense of long detailed rules and quite a bit of chart accessing, so there is much to be said for a solid system that makes things a bit easier. In panzer, the handling is much more nuanced and the the thing of capability and tank attributes really comes through. The post originally started with a look backwards to the way that the Panzer boardgame had handled the situation. It should of course have typically gone the German way, but those sixes for the Soviet new boys and the one’s and two’s for the German vets are just typical of the devious nature of dice and the result does at least show that both sides can engage with the hope of a win. The mods made the second game much more interesting than the first, even with the tanks being rated identically on specs.

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