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Weasel25 Aug 2016 1:54 p.m. PST

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FiveCore has come a long way (and will continue to do so).

As such, it is time to do some drastic I feel.

The original Five Men in Normandy, the ww2 skirmish campaign game that started the whole thing, and FiveCore 1st edition, the generic skirmish version, along with a collection of all the old supplements and expansion packs are now available in a single bundle pack.

This contains the following expansion packs:

*The Tactical Primer.
*Chaos and Circumstance.
*Actions and Tasks.
*The Skill Companion.
*Heroes and Horrors.
*Wolves in the Night.
*Irregular Encounters.
*Heavy Metal.
*Riflemans Guide.

Along with both of the two core games.

Best of all? The entire thing is available as a "Pay What You Want" bundle.

Did I mention its a total of 199 pages of gaming goodness?

Nuts right?

I am confident that reading and playing these old versions will get you fired up to dive into the current versions of the rules (FiveCore 3rd edition, Company Command, Brigade Commander and Five Men at Kursk).

Do note these pdf's are all provided in their original versions:
As such, some of the early ones look a little rough layout-wise and they are generally sparsely illustrated. On the upside, that makes them very print-friendly.

Weasel25 Aug 2016 1:59 p.m. PST

(and yes, the image is grey on purpose :) )

RetroBoom25 Aug 2016 1:59 p.m. PST

fantastic! :D

Landorl25 Aug 2016 3:41 p.m. PST

I've seen these rules mentioned a lot. About how big of a game can you play? is it only suitable for one squad on one squad, or could you possibly get up to a platoon on the table?

Weasel25 Aug 2016 3:44 p.m. PST

Landorl – The original was aimed at a squad or so.

People have done bigger games by treating each squad as a force in its own right, which gets its own activation roll.

Mooseworks825 Aug 2016 6:08 p.m. PST

So glad to see this. Wish it had came two days sooner. grin Just picked up my copy. I've been wanting to look at 5MiN. Thanks.

RetroBoom25 Aug 2016 8:25 p.m. PST

Landorl, fivecore is a complete game as is, but if its anything its hackable! However you want to play it, you can pull it off, and usually with minimal effort. I'd say definitely check it out at least. And you can't beat the price! ;)

Weasel25 Aug 2016 8:29 p.m. PST

Sorry Brigadier! Hope you find it of value in any event though :-)

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