"What a Tanker, our try out." Topic

Today, our club had a couple of trial games of the 2 Fat Lardies' 'What a Tanker' rules.
A brief description of what happened, and some thoughts of mine are on my blog at this link

Thank you for sharing!

Did you the the rules clearly written and easy to understand. I've tried teaching myself a few of the TFL rules but struggled to get my head around everything very well. When I've bennn shown their rules by someone who knows, it is easier but I've struggled by myself when I am doing my own learning.

I'd really like to try these out!!

I didn't get to see the rules much, but I found the game very easy to learn. After a few moves, I was able to run my activations with only the occasional question!

@Ney Ney,

Check out the video here: YouTube link

It shows how the game plays very well. Thee are also videos for "Chain of Command" and "Sharp's Practice"

We also tried out What a Tanker for the first time this weekend. We played 3 games in an evening (5 players with a tank each), fighting back and forth for control of a town in Prussia in 1945. We did an accelerated version of the campaign career ladder so players were able to move up to some better tanks or get some of the bonus cards. We really enjoyed the game. It was fast and fun, but also featured a lot of cat and mouse stalking of enemy tanks that produced a lot of tension (our terrain was much denser than shown above, so we had plenty of opportunities to drive for flank shots, etc.

Ney, I found the rules quite easy to pick up, although I do have a familiarity with other TFL rules and there are a lot of elements of these that are obviously evolved from earlier rules. Rich and Nick have gotten much better in their writing and the book has lots of diagrams and examples to make it clear. It is also noyt designed to be a super-detailed rivet counter's game, so the same streamlined mechanics that enable fast play make it pretty easy to pick up.

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Thanks guys!

Thanks for the write up. Sounds like a lot of fun. I have now taken the proverbial plunge!

Game is fun. Probably better for multiplayer than one on one.

works quite well for 1 vs 1 as well . played 2 games the other night and there were plenty of tense moments and some surprise results . have also played 2 vs 2 and that gives a fun game as well .
there were some unorthodox tactics , like my M-10 hiding behind some woods for a few turns while repairing temporary damage :)

I ran WHat a Tanker for my game group last Wednesday and we had a blast. Four players, Shermans vs. PZIVs in and around some desert ruins. In the end one brewed up Panzer, the other Panzer crew jumped out of their damaged tank and surrendered.

there were some unorthodox tactics , like my M-10 hiding behind some woods for a few turns while repairing temporary damage :)

In a recent podcast the Lardies were saying ‘temporary' damage is more akin to a drop in morale. The tank has taken a few hits, the crew are a bit rattled and perhaps there are some minor injuries as a result. The commander taking the vehicle into cover or out of harm's way to sort out the issues and get the crew focussed again wouldn't be unorthodox.

I'd say keeping you and the crew in the line of fire while in that situation would be unorthodox, or should I say, that's what wargamers would normally do because that's at no personal risk to themselves. If they were inside the tank I'd wager they'd appreciate the respite.

Sounds to me like the M-10 commander made a wise command decision, although his comrades in the other tanks may not have appreciated him scuttling away!