![]() The Cohesion is about how close to another squad member you need to be (so Militia 2″, Professionals 3″) to benefit from command actions and the rules state squads should adhere to this but as we played on there didn’t seem to be any real disadvantage to being non cohesive especially for the insurgents who were scattered about anyway and were just running to the sound of gunfire and getting stuck in as and when – this is the trigger point for furious e mails saying “for god’s sake, are you stupid? it clearly states on page ….”Īnyway…. The command test requires the section leader to be Cohesive with his group for them to understand and you dice against his stat, the better you are the more chance of passing. ![]() ![]() The first few moves were pretty uneventful as the operators used the cover of the buildings to get closer and the insurgents did nothing because there was nothing to do, in fact who won the Initiative was a bit redundant really, the only things of note from a rules point of view were that the operators took a Command action test to split the team into two teams of three which they failed the first time (lol) so we assumed they just kept on moving as one group and the guard on the roof took an action to go on Overwatch for part of the street in his field of view which didn’t require a test. At the edge of town we positioned six operators tasked with extracting Masry and exiting the board in their station wagon, the operators were classed as Professional, had Radio Comms and two guys were classed as having suppressed weapons. All the insurgents were classed as Militia according to the rules, armed with a random assortment of weapons – basically we diced to pull them in no specific order from the KR Multicase tray we keep them in and added a technical with a. We set up a 4 x 4 vaguely middle eastern town where a local leader, Amir El Masry, is holed up in his compound with about a dozen adherents scattered around three locations including the compound. One gripe before we go on though, why publish a set of rules and not have a quick reference sheet ready to go with it? Annoying, as is the whole download the pdf thing gripe over. Why buy an update of a set of rules you haven’t really played that much? Well it was the Spectre guys who got us into considering modern skirmish, their stuff is cool and despite our learning curve problems we knew there was a good game in the rules, we just weren’t getting it. Specter Ops is an exciting stealth game that belongs in every gamer's collection.A game report isn’t something we originally planned to do with the blog but having jumped in with a purchase of Spectre Operations new rules, despite having had very little game play out of the original set, we thought we’d share the game and offer our opinion and invite comments. Plot your moves in secret or hunt down the intruder. Several game modes accommodate 2-5 players who must utilize strategy, deduction, and stealth to win. Specter Ops: Shadow of Babel features a streamlined ruleset great for veteran and rookie gamers alike. Four hunters, all with different powers, complement the four agents, and all eight characters are represented by high quality miniatures. agent in their line of sight, they have a chance to do damage to the agent. The Raxxon hunters move every turn as well, and drive a vehicle that rushes across the board and detects the motion of the A.R.K. Four agents to choose from as well as 12 equipment cards means a variety of strategies and experiences are possible. player can collect three out of four mission objectives and escape without losing all their life points, they win. agent marks their moves secretly, indicating their board location only if they pass through a hunter's line of sight. ![]() Super-human mutations and keen coordination aid them in their duty to destroy Raxxon's enemies.Įach turn, the A.R.K. On the other side, two or more genetically enhanced Raxxon hunters, alerted to the intruder's presence, take no prisoners as they attempt to eliminate the A.R.K. Equipped with unique skills and tools, the agent moves in secret. agent infiltrates a Raxxon facility, seeking to retrieve three mission targets and escape alive. ![]() Specter Ops: Shadow of Babel puts you and 1-4 friends in the middle of a war for society that's fought in the shadows. Stealth, the search, the fight, and the thrill of the hunt. ![]()
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