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Category: Phoenix Command

Delta Force – Operation Red Thunder

brad May 6, 2016 Delta Force / Phoenix Command / rpgLeave a comment

A few months back, I had the rare pleasure of refereeing a game of “Delta Force – America Strikes Back!” This is based directly on the first scenario in the main rulebook called Operation Red Thunder. We tried to play it straight but you’ll find some irony seeping in here …

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One Battle, Two Tanks, Three Systems: Design, Complexity and Outcomes

brad April 26, 2016 Fire Team / Phoenix Command / Twilight: 20005 Comments

A while back, I wrote a post about Phoenix Command, detailing a squad-level firefight and talking a little bit about how the rules were extremely detailed. A good friend of mine mentioned in a comment that for all its complexity, the system was actually no more realistic than simpler rules …

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Phoenix Command – The Rescue Mission

brad February 23, 2016 After Action Report / Phoenix Command5 Comments

Phoenix Command was a combat system for miniatures and roleplaying games (and whatever else you wanted) that was published in the 1980s.  This wasn’t just any combat system.  Designed by NASA rocket scientists (I’m not even joking there), the system aimed for realism through an incredibly detailed rules set. Combat …

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