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Pizzagrenadier | 25 Jul 2018 2:01 p.m. PST |
The new home blog for Disposable Heroes II is now live. The first post covers a basic demo of the rules through a single turn of the game. A German rifle platoon attacks a French GRDI motorcycle platoon. Throughout the turn, many of the basic rules and core concepts are showcased as well as some of the design philosophy. If you are interested in how Disposable Heroes II works or what went into the design of the rules, this first post is a great place to start. Many more posts will follow with battle reports, rules demos, tank action, terrain tutorials, miniature projects, and much more. Thanks for coming by and hope you enjoy! Miniatures are 28mm by Crusader, buildings by 4Ground, and terrain by me. link
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Bashytubits | 25 Jul 2018 7:11 p.m. PST |
What are the main differences between Disposable Heroes II and the 1st edition? |
6mmACW | 25 Jul 2018 7:52 p.m. PST |
Quite a few, actually. Too many to mention in one post, but some of the big differences include: (1) Deployment. The defender begins off board, hidden. (2) Victory Locations. Each side has a series of locations along their board edge, reflecting where they can bring on new units and doubling as victory locations to capture. In fact, if the attacker wants to bring on his full force he is REQUIRED to take an enemy location. I like this concept, as it forces players to do something. (3) Casualties. Much less bloody than the original DH. Those are some of the big highlights for me, but there are quite a few changes in this version. |
Dentatus | 26 Jul 2018 4:50 a.m. PST |
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Marc33594 | 26 Jul 2018 5:29 a.m. PST |
Bookmarked and many thanks! |
Pizzagrenadier | 26 Jul 2018 7:27 a.m. PST |
Thanks everyone! More to come. Bashytubits: That's a common question. I think the next post will address that. Thanks! |
NickNorthStar | 26 Jul 2018 10:38 a.m. PST |
Played this scenario with Keith at Historicon. Great fun, and I won. Hurrah! |
John Leahy | 26 Jul 2018 10:57 a.m. PST |
Nice looking table and figs! Same sequence of play? Thanks. |
Pizzagrenadier | 26 Jul 2018 11:05 a.m. PST |
Nick: Well played! This time around the Germans got crushed… those GRDI are tough troops. John: Yes, essentially the same game play sequence, though the way Activations work is different. You can Activate the same unit each Activation, instead of only Activating each unit once. It really opens up the tactical opportunities as well as challenges. A key difference are Push Activations as well, which allow a player to Activate twice in a row, which can really add some twists to a game. |
Dentatus | 26 Jul 2018 1:31 p.m. PST |
Played a lot of DH few years back. Went hunting for the new rules. $30 USD for a pdf? Did I get that right? What's the price on a printed version? |
saltflats1929 | 27 Jul 2018 10:38 p.m. PST |
$40 USD soft cover, +15 hc. link |
John Leahy | 29 Jul 2018 3:27 p.m. PST |
Hi, ok sounds interesting. Does the Pdf come with the soft copy or hardcopy? Thanks. |
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