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 …
Scenario 2 from Fire Team is a lot more interesting than the first scenario in the game. “Reconnaissance on the Nuremberg Highway” features an engagement between American scouts from 2ACR and the lead elements of Soviet 11th Guards Tank Division. The Soviet player secretly chooses one of three available force …
Well, here’s another lopsided end game shot from a different game! I set up and played Fire Team this weekend after getting a sudden craving for some good ol’ squad-based tactical action. It wasn’t even close. The Soviets started off on the road north of Ehrenberg with three platoons facing …
Last month, I posted a short review of Fire Team, a tactical squad based game set in World War III. I’ve had a bit of time to sit down and play this West End Games offering from 1987 and I’m enjoying it for the most part. There are some holes …
Since I’ve been on a World War III gaming kick for the past several years, I decided to purchase West End Games’ Fire Team, a game of squad tactics published in 1987 by the now defunct company. It was designed by Jon Southard, who created a bunch of great games …
